BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 695 



Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, narrow 



at base, gradually dilated, costa strongly arched, apex obtuse, 



hind margin obliquely rounded ; white, towards inner margin 



anteriorly and in disc posteriorly very faintly ochreous-tinged ; 



cilia white. Hindwings and cilia pale ochreous-yellowish. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; three specimens (Coll. Masters and 



Macleay). 



4. Scoliacma, n.g. 



Tongue well-developed. Antennae in <J subserrate, moderately 

 ciliated (1J), with scattered longer cilia. Palpi short, porrected, 

 with appressed or somewhat rough scales, terminal joint short, 

 pointed. Forewings with vein 2 from beyond middle, 3 and 4 

 stalked or separate, 5 absent, 6 out of 7 near base or rising 

 separate and connected with it near base (both forms in same 

 species), 8 and 9 out of 7, 11 anastomosing with 12. Hindwings 

 in £ with apex broadly obliquely truncate and subconcave, some- 

 times with costal fold or discal excrescence ; 3 and 4 stalked or 

 coincident, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 from near middle. 



7. Scol. bicolor, Boisd. 



(Lithosia bicolora, Boisd., Voy. Astr. V, 211, pi. Ill, 9; L. 

 rubratra, Tepper, Trans. Royal Soc. S. Austr. V, 30.) 



£ £. 29-35 mm. Head and collar crimson. Palpi, antennae, 

 thorax, abdomen, and legs blackish ; outer edge of patagia, anal 

 tuft, and posterior tibiae light crimson. Forewings elongate, 

 somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; veins 3 and 4 stalked ; bright crimson, disc 

 somewhat mixed with blackish ; posterior | blackish except on an 

 attenuated costal streak ; cilia pale crimson. Hindwings light 

 crimson ; a broad blackish hindmarginal fascia, somewhat 

 narrowed beneath ; cilia pale crimson. 



Glen Innes (3,000 feet), Newcastle, Sydney, and Bombala, 

 New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Mount Lofty, South 

 Australia; and occurs in Tasmania; December; apparently never 

 common. Boisd uval's spelling of bicolora is an inadmissible 

 solecism. 



