622 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



44. Mel. anthracitaria, Gn. 



(Mdanodes antkracitaria, Gn. IX, 222, pi. ix, 7 ; Praxis corvus, 

 Walk. Noct. 1087.) 



(JQ. 45-55 mm. Forewings with hindmargin rounded, waved ; 

 blackish, the veins somewhat dotted with whitish; first and second 

 lines black, first twice angulated outwards, second sinuate out- 

 wards in middle, followed on costa by a yellowish dot ; median 

 shade obscure, sinuate. Hindwings with colour and markings as 

 in forewings, but first line absent, median and second straighter ; 

 a transverse black discal spot. Sometimes an ochreous-white 

 suffusion forms a band beyond second line in both wings, and before 

 first line in forewings. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Fernshaw, Victoria ; also in Tas- 

 mania (Austr. and Brit. Mus.). The above incomplete description 

 is sufficient for identification. 



11. Aporoctena, n.g. 



Face with appressed scales. Tongue developed. Palpi short, 

 porrected, rough-scaled, terminal joint very short. Antenna? in 

 (J filiform, shortly ciliated. Thorax without crest, densely hairy 

 beneath. Femora glabrous ; posterior tibiae in (J dilated, contain- 

 ing tuft, tarsi extremely short. Forewings in $ with well-marked 

 fovea; 10 rising out of 11, connected with 9. Hindwings normal. 



Endemic ; nearly related to Selidosema, differing only by the 

 simple antennas. 



45. Apor. scierodes, n.sp. 



(J. 26 mm. Head fuscous, crown whitish-ochreous behind, face 

 with blackish median band, and mixed with whitish below this. 

 Antennal ciliations ^. Forewings with hindmargin rounded, 

 slightly waved ; ochreous-brown, strewn with numerous dark 

 fuscous transverse strigulae, space between first and second lines 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; lines blackish, somewhat irregular, 

 placed near together, first curved, preceded by some whitish scales, 

 median sinuate, second obtusely somewhat angulated above middle, 

 sinuate inwards on lower half, edged with whitish posteriorly, 



