BY E. MEYRICK. 617 



indented below middle ; median shade rather thick, blackish, 

 posteriorly rather broadly suffused with ochreous-brown, nearly 

 straight, slightly indented in middle ; a small black discal dot 

 close beyond this ; second line fuscous, indistinct except near 

 inner margin where it becomes black, obtusely prominent above 

 and below middle, tolerably nearly followed by an indistinct 

 ochreous-fuscous parallel shade ; subterminal slender, whitish, 

 partially obscure, irregular and subdentate, anteriorly strongly 

 margined with black except towards inner margin, somewhat 

 dilated with whitish-ochreous in middle, posteriorly margined 

 with an ochreous or pale ferruginous suffusion ; a black hind- 

 marginal line. Hindwings with hindmargin slightly rounded, 

 dentate ; colour and markings as in forewings, but base and 

 anterior half of costa suffused with ochreous-whitish, first line 

 absent, second line sinuate, subterminal without pale dilation in 

 middle. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; Campbell town, Tasmania ; in January, 

 four specimens. From the three following species, which resemble 

 it structurally, it is immediately known by the black discal dot of 

 forewings. 



40. Sel. acaciaria, Boisd. 



(Boarmia acaciaria, Boisd., Faun. Mad. 116, pi. xvi, 4, Gn. 

 IX, 255 ; B. alienavia, Walk. 370 ; B. displicata, ib. 389 ; B. 

 gelidaria, ib. 1537.) 



(JQ. 35-38 mm. Face with rather prominent tuft, whitish-grey, 

 with broad blackish bar across lower part of face, and narrow 

 more obscure bar on forehead. Antennae in £ with apical § 

 simple. Forewings with hindmargin obliquely rounded, waved ; 

 10 sometimes connected with 9, 11 separate or sometimes connected 

 with 10 ; grey, sometimes ochreous-tinged, densely irrorated with 

 white, and with scattered black scales ; first line slender, black, 

 dentate, roundly angulated near costa ; a transverse discal mark 

 of raised whitish scales, suffused! y margined with grey, placed on 

 and interrupting median shade, which is slender, blackish, curved, 

 rather irregular ; second line well-marked, black, subdentate, 



