716 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



40. Clua. rubricosta, Walk. 



(Gluaca rubricosta, Walk. Suppl. 269.) 



£. 29-33 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax blackish ; collar red. 

 Palpi red. Abdomen light ochre Dus-yellow, rosy-tinged. Legs 

 blackish, posterior pair above whitish-ochreous, rosy-tinged, coxae 

 rosy. Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin somewhat obliquely 

 rounded ; blackish-fuscous ; a narrow red costal streak from 3 to | ; 

 a small spot at base of inner margin and a dot in middle very near 

 base pale rosy or yellowish ; sometimes a pale rosy or yellowish dot 

 on inner margin at £ , in one specimen surmounted by a small 

 round yellow spot : cilia blackish-grey, tips paler. Hindwings 

 light ochreous-yellow ; a moderate blackish hindmarginal band, 

 narrowed beneath and not quite reaching anal angle ; cilia dark 

 grey, on inner margin ochreous-yellow, rosy- tinged ; veins 3 and 4 

 Irom a point, 6 and 7 approximated at base. 



Fernshaw, Victoria ; also from Tasmania ; three specimens. 



18. Zia, Walk. 



Face with projecting scales ; tongue well-developed. Antennae in 

 £ filiform, moderately ciliated (1). Palpi moderately long, por- 

 rected, clothed with dense loose scales beneath. Thorax crested 

 posteriorly. Abdomen with small crest near base. Middle and 

 posterior tibiae with long loose hairs above. Forewings with tufts 

 of scales on surface ; 2 from middle, 7 and 8 out of 9. Hindwings 

 with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 

 from a point, 8 from middle. 



41. Zi. tactalis, Walk. 



(Zia tactalis, Walk. Cramb. 110 ; Aauita horridella, ib. 200). 

 £ £. 24-34 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, somewhat 

 sprinkled with brownish, thorax with some marginal black scales* 



