BY E. MEYRICK. 669 



35. Stjbaroma, n.g. 



Face slightly prominent, with short projecting scales. Tongue 

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

 joint very short. Antennae in £ bipectinated, apex simple. 

 Thorax with slight central crest, densely hairy beneath. Femora 

 hairy beneath, posterior tibise in g not dilated. Forewings in 

 £ without fovea; 10 connected with 9. Hindwings with veins 

 3 and 4 from a point. 



Formed to include the following species. 



107. Stib. melanotoxa, n.sp. 



(JQ. 38-43 mm. Head and thorax dark grey irrorated with 

 whitish. Antennal pectinations of $ 4. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, hindmai-gin somewhat waved, hardly oblique, nearly 

 straight, rounded beneath ; fuscous-grey, irrorated with white, 

 with scattered black scales ; veins marked by fine black lines ; 

 sometimes a short black transverse line from costa near base ; 

 first line black, curved, or twice angularly dentate outwards, 

 variable ; median shade dark fuscous or black, angulated in middle, 

 sinuate inwards on lower half ; second line black, from beyond § 

 of costa to | of inner margin, angulated in middle, sinuate in- 

 wards on lower half ; subterminal cloudy, whitish, dentate on 

 upper half, suffusedly margined with darker fuscous, more broadly 

 anteriorly ; a sharp black hindmarginal line : cilia grey-whitish, 

 with two grey lines, and barred with grey. Hindwings with 

 hind margin rounded, unevenly waved ; in £ whitish, in Q grey ; 

 a broad dark grey hindmarginal band, its anterior edge straight, 

 so that it is narrowed to a point at anal angle ; in £ a dark 

 grey discal dot and slender postmedian line ; a black hindmarginal 

 line ; cilia whitish, spotted with dark grey on veins. 



Wiramera district, Victoria ; Mount Lofty, South Australia ; 

 received from Mr. E. Guest and Dr. Lucas ; four specimens. The 

 species varies in the intensity of marking and in the form of the 

 lines ; the variability of the first line in particular is singularly 

 great. Larva 10-legged ; yellowish-green ; dorsal purplish- 

 brown ; lateral pale yellow ; head greenish-orange ; feeds on 



