644 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



series of small blackish dots. Hindwings with hindmargin slightly 

 rounded ; colour and markings as in forewings, but tirst line and 

 discal dot wholly absent, second line not followed by dark parallel 

 line, subterminal almost always obsolete. 



Sydney and Bathurst (2300 feet), New South Wales; Melbourne, 

 Victoria; Georges Bay, Tasmania; Mount Lofty, South Australia; 

 from August to February, rather common generally. Certainly 

 very variable, but it is equally certain that the varieties all belong 

 to the same species, every intermediate form being found. 



22. Metrocampa, Latr. 



Face with slight projection of scales. Tongue developed. Palpi 

 moderate, porrected, rough-scaled, terminal joint very short. 

 Antennae in £ bipectinated to apex, pectinations rather stout. 

 Thorax not crested, somewhat hairy beneath. Femora glabrous ; 

 posterior tibiae in £ dilated, containing tuft. Forewings in £ 

 without fovea ; 10 out of 11, anastomosing or connected with 9. 

 Hindwings normal. 



A small genus, but apparently of very wide range. The 

 characters given above refer to the Australian species only ; some 

 of the others vary greatly in neuration within the limits of the 

 same species, and also vary in having the face quite smooth, and 

 in the density of the hairiness of the thorax and femora. 



Forewings with large discal spot 72. glaucias. 



Forewings with ringed discal dot 73. ada. 



72. Metr. glaucias, n sp. 



,JQ. 40-44 mm. Antennal pectinations of £ short, broad, 

 obtuse (1). Forewings with hindmargin angularly projecting in 

 middle, upper half subconcave, waved, lower half straight, oblique ; 

 light reddish-ochreous or brownish-ochreous, irrorated with black 

 and fuscous or grey ; first line sometimes indicated by three dark 

 fuscous dots on veins ; a rather large round dark fuscous or 

 blackish-fuscous discal sometimes ocellated spot ; second line 

 straight, ill-defined, fuscous, from costa before apex to § of inner 



