BY E. METRICK, B.A. 48.8 



Easily known by the central cloudy fascia. 



One specimen taken at Launceston, Tasmania, at the end of 

 January, and a second received from Mr. E. Gruest, who states 

 that it is very common during the autumn on the Mount Lofty 

 Range, Adelaide. 



■iS. Hel. rufogrisea, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. albido-griseis, fere omnino rufo-suff usis, margine 

 costali ciliisque roseis, basi, fasciis duabus angustis obliquis, tertia 

 marginis postici, punctisque plerisque sparsis purpureis ; post, 

 griseis, basim versus pallidioribus. 



^ $ . 21\-14i mm. Head light grey, suffused with reddish- 

 fuscous on crown. Palpi with second joint whitish- rosy, terminal 

 joint whitish, anteriorly dark fuscous tinged with carmine. 

 Antennae grey, basal joint rosy. Thorax reddish-fuscous mixed 

 with whitish-grey, suffusedly darker fuscous towards middle of 

 anterior margin. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Anterior 

 tibise and tarsi deep carmine ; middle tibiae and tarsi ochreous- 

 whitish, base of all joints suffused with carmine ; posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi ochreous- whitish. Forewings broad, costa strongly and 

 evenly arched, apex rectangular, blunt, hindmargin straight, 

 hardly oblique ; rather light reddish-ochreous-fuscous, with 

 scattered grey- whitish scales ; base of wing narrowly dark purple- 

 fuscous ; costal edge bright carmine throughout : two slender 

 suffused fuscous-purple transverse fasciae ; first from i of costa 

 to middle of inner margin, very slightly curved outwards ; second 

 from \ of costa to anal angle, attenuated on lower half so as to 

 form a strongly dentate line ; before first fascia the ground colour 

 is more or less suffused with grey-whitish towards disc, and also 

 between second fascia and apex ; some small transverse ill-defined 

 fuscous-purple marks arranged in an obliquely transverse row 

 between first fascia and base, and a similar row midway between 

 first and second fasciae ; a suffused fuscous-purple streak along 

 hindmargin from apex nearly to anal angle, dilated above middle, 



