BY E. MEYRICK. 621 



hindmargin, in <£ almost wholly suffused with dark fuscous, with 

 scattered blackish scales ; basal fourth of costa rather broadly in 

 ^ pale ochreous, in Q whitish, with scattered dark scales ; first 

 line black, curved, in £ twice, in Q once obtusely angulated, on 

 lower half nearly preceded by a blackish shade ; usually a pale 

 patch on inner margin beyond this ; median shade slender, usually 

 very indistinct, dark fuscous or blackish, angulated near costa ; 

 second line slender, black, slightly irregular, curved and somewhat 

 sinuate, followed on costa by a small ochreous-whitish or white 

 spot ; in Q sometimes a whitish shade beyond this ; subterminal 

 obscurely paler or nearly obsolete, in Q more whitish and dentate 

 near costa, traversing a round pale spot of ground colour between 

 veins 6 and 7, which in Q extends to hindmargin ; a black inter- 

 rupted hindmarginal line. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, 

 dentate ; colour as in forewings, but lighter towards base; median 

 shade, second, and subterminal lines as in forewings, but second 

 line irregularly dentate, no pale subapical spot before hindmargin; 

 a transverse black discal mark beyond median shade. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales; Fernshaw, Victoria; 

 in October, November, February, March, and May, locally common. 

 It is a variable insect, and the sexes differ markedly. The larva 

 feeds on Acacia decurrens. 



10. Melanodes, Gn. 



Face rough-scaled. Tongue developed. Palpi rather short, 

 porrected, second joint with dense loose scales, terminal joint very 

 short. Antennse in £ subdentate, shortly ciliated. Thorax not 

 crested, densely hairy beneath. Femora glabrous (?) ; posterior 

 tibiae in <J not dilated. Forewings in <J without fovea (?) ; 10 

 rising out of 9 below 7. Hindwings^ normal. 



Contains the following species only ; certainly a good genus, but 

 although apparently sometimes common, I have not yet succeeded 

 in obtaining good specimens for detailed examination, and the 

 characters given above are in part uncertain. Hence the affinity 

 of the species is also doubtful, but it seems allied to Lophodes. 



