646 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



74. Plan, autoptis, n.sp. 



(J. 31 mm. Antenna] ciliations J. Abdomen with pairs of 

 dark fuscous dots on back of four basal segments, basal tufts 

 mixed with blackish. Tuft of posterior legs black. Forewings 

 with costa somewhat sinuate, hindmargin very obtusely angulated 

 in middle, upper half somewhat concave, lower faintly sinuate ; 

 whitish -fuscous, mixed with whitish-ochreous, with a few scattered 

 dark fuscous scales ; costa dotted with dark fuscous ; first line 

 faintly darker, with darker fuscous dots on veins, angulated above 

 and below middle, indented in middle ; a rather large roundish 

 dark reddish-brown discal spot, sometimes split up by a cruciform 

 mark of groundcolour ; second line represented by a nearly 

 straight series of small blackish dots on veins from costa before 

 apex to inner margin at §, partially preceded by reddish-brown 

 dots or a faint suffusion, on inner margin terminating in a short 

 streak. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, unevenly waved ; 

 colour as in forewings ; a blackish discal dot ; a faint cloudy 

 brown line beyond middle, and a row of black dots at J, con- 

 verging and sometimes forming a reddish-brown spot on inner 

 margin. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; two specimens taken by Dr. T. P. Lucas. 



24. Amelora, n.g. 



Face more or less prominent, with tolerably appressed scales, 

 sometimes forming a slight projection or strong conical tuft. 

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

 terminal joint very short or moderate. Antennae in £ bipecti- 

 nated to apex. Thorax with moderate anterior subtriangular 

 crest, rather hairy beneath or almost glabrous. Femora somewhat 

 hairy beneath or glabrous; anterior tibiae sometimes with apical 

 hook, posterior tibiae in $ dilated. Forewings in $ without 

 fovea; 10 connected or anastomosing with 12 and 9, 11 rising 

 out of 10 between connections. Hindwings normal. 



An endemic genus, to which additions may be expected. There 

 is some variation in structure, but the neuration is quite constant 

 throughout. The thoracic crest is not strong, and is very liable 



