662 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



middle ; an interrupted black hindmarginal line : cilia grey- 

 whitish, barred with fuscous, with a cloudy fuscous line. Hind- 

 wings with hindmargin rounded ; pale greyish-fuscous, becoming 

 darker posteriorly. 



Newcastle, New South Wales ; one specimen (Australian 

 Museum). 



32. Chlenias, Gn. 



Face shortly rough-scaled or with projection of scales, or forming 

 a rounded flattened prominence, or with long horny projecting 

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

 scaled, terminal joint moderate. Antennae in £ bipectinated 

 throughout. Thorax with anterior triangular crest, beneath 

 densely hairy. Femora hairy beneath ; posterior tibiae in £ not 

 dilated. Fore wings in g without fovea ; 10 connected or anasto- 

 mosing with 9. Hind wings normal. 



As restricted, the genus is at present confined to Australia. 

 The variations in structure of the forehead are certainly specific 

 only, the species being very closely allied in all other respects ; 

 they are in fact very easily confused together. They are retired 

 in habit, and rarely met with except at lamps. 



1. Face with long horny projecting plate 98. arietaria. 



Face without horny plate 2. 



2. Forewings with strong black dorsal streak 99. melanoxysta. 

 Forewings without black dorsal streak.... 3. 



3. Face with broad rounded prominence 100. umbraticaria. 



Face without prominence 4. 



4. Head and thorax wholly black ... 103. seminigra. 



Head and thorax not wholly black 5. 



5. Wings with hindmargin dentate . 104. carburaria. 



Wings with hindmargin not dentate 6. 



6. Thorax ochreous or brownish-tinged 101. banksiaria. 



Thorax not ochreous or brownish-tinged.. 102. zonaea. 



