656 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



an oblique apical mark, two oval spots on hindmargin above 

 middle, upper often confluent with apical mark, and two others 

 below middle : cilia white, partially spotted with brown. Hind- 

 wings with hindmargin rounded, somewhat waved ; white ; a 

 moderate suboval or irregular blackish-grey subapical spot. 

 Undersurface of hindwings white with a black subapical blotch. 



Bathurst (2300 feet), New South Wales; also in Tasmania; in 

 April, three specimens. 



27. Mnesaajpela, n.g. 



Face obtusely prominent, with short projecting scales. Tongue 

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

 joint very short. Antennae in £ filiform, minutely ciliated, or 

 subpectinated, pectinations broad or lamelliform, clavate. 

 Thorax not crested, densely hairy above and beneath. Femora 

 hairy beneath ; posterior tibiae in <J dilated, containing tuft. 

 Forewings in $ without fovea; 10 out of 9. Hindwings normal. 



Includes only the Australian species. In this instance the 

 differences in antennal structure are certainly specific only ; in all 

 other respects the species, especially the first three, are very 

 closely allied, and cannot be generically separated ; M. lenaea 

 forms an intermediate gradation between the simple and pecti- 

 nated forms of antenna. 



1. Hindmargin of forewings strongly bowed, 



almost bent 2. 



Hindmargin of forewings moderately and 



evenly bowed 93. fucata. 



2. Hindwings clear ochreous-yellow 92. privata. 



Hindwings not yellow 3. 



3. Forewings with median dorsal spot of black 



and white scales 90. comarcha. 



Forewings without spot of black and white 



scales 91. lenaea. 



90. Mnes. comarcha, n.sp. 

 £. 39 mm. Frontal prominence broad-conical. Antennae with 

 short broad clavate pectinations (2). Forewings with apex 



