BY E. MEYRICK. 625 



subterminal pale, dentate, margined suffusedly with dark grey ; a 

 fine black interrupted hindniarginal line, forming dots between 

 veins. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, waved ; colour and 

 markings as in forewings, but first line absent, median and second 

 not or hardly curved, disca) dot placed beyond median line. 



Melbourne, Victoria; Georges Bay, Tasmania; in December 

 and January, two specimens. 



14. Ectropis, Hb. 



' Face tolerably smooth or with hardly projecting scales. Tongue 

 developed. Palpi moderate, porrected, rough-scaled, terminal 

 joint short. Antennae in J biserrate-dentate, or bipectinated 

 partially or throughout with two short slender (or rarely long) 

 pectinations on each side of each joint, terminating in tufts of 

 cilia. Thorax smooth or with slight crest, moderately or slightly 

 hairy beneath. Femora glabrous; posterior tibiae in £ moderately 

 or slightly dilated, sometimes containing tuft. Forewings in £ 

 with well-marked fovea; 10 sometimes anastomosing or connected 

 with 12 and 9, 11 out of 10 between connections, sometimes 

 running into 12 or absent. Hindwings normal. 



The genus is comparatively small, but widely distributed, at 

 least in temperate regions. The species included in it show con- 

 siderable diversity of structure, but it seems unnecessary to 

 subdivide the genus further, the differences being properly regarded 

 as specific only; they agree in all essential points, and particularly 

 in the possession of two teeth or pectinations on each side of each 

 joint of the antennae in the g, instead of one. In observing this 

 point it must be remembered that there is a slight ridge of scales 

 in the middle of each joint which might cause the impression that 

 the joints are twice as numerous as^they really are; this must be 

 guarded against. 



1. Antennae in g with moderate or long pectina- 

 tions 2. 



Antennae in <J with very short pectinations 



or teeth 3. 



