504 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTEALIAX MICEO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



Common round Sydney and Brisbane, in September, October, 

 January, and February. 



65. Hopl. rufa, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. ochreo-rufis, strigis duabus rectis parallelis 

 obscuris lineaque postica curva dentata saturate griseis ; post, 

 griseis, basim versus albido-ocbreis. 



(^ . 15-18 mm. Head redoisli-ochreous-brown, face pale 

 ochreous. Palpi ligbt fuscous-reddish, externally mixed with 

 dark fuscous, second joint ochreous-whitish towards base. 

 Antennae light ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous, towards 

 base reddish-tinged. Thorax reddish-ochrcous-brown, suffused 

 oh back with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, segments 

 suffused with grey except on margins. Legs whitish-ochreous, 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi suffused with pinkish above, middle tarsi 

 greyish towards base of joints. Forewings moderate, slightly 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rounded, 

 oblique ; deep reddish-ochreous, or reddish-ochreous-brown, with 

 scattered lighter ochreous scales ; costa very narrowly carmine- 

 pink, tips of scales ochreous-whitish ; discal dots obsolete ; some 

 blackish- grey scales at base ; a small blackish- grey spot on costa 

 before middle, tending to form a connected streak with a smaller 

 cloudy blackish-grey spot in disc at \ from base, and another on 

 fold somewhat nearer base ; an elongate cloudy blackish-grey 

 blotch along inner margin from \ to I ; a blackish-grey cloudy 

 streak from i of costa to t of inner margin, dilated on costa into 

 a small spot, whence proceeds a transverse slightly curved row 

 of indistinct blackish-grey dots to inner margin before anal angle ; 

 a row of indistinct dark grey dots along hindmargin and apical 

 fifth of costa: cilia reddish-ochreous, towards tips ochreous- 

 whitish. Hind wings ochreous-grey, costa and base more whitish- 

 ochreous : cilia whitish-ochreous-grey, with a faint grey line 

 near base. 



