740 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



in (J slenderly bidentate. Thorax dark grey mixed with 

 white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior 

 pair whitish-ochreous except base of tarsal joints. Fore wings 

 elongate, moderately dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 hindmargin very obliquely rounded; white; markings blackish- 

 grey ; a broad costal streak from base to §, narrowed at base ; a 

 black dot in disc at £, touching this ; a smaller black dot on fold 

 obliquely before first, touching apex of a slender dorsal streak 

 from base.; lines white, subdentate, margined on both sides with 

 blackish-grey, somewhat angulated outwards above middle ; first 

 from 5 of costa to I of inner margin, second from \ of costa to \ of 

 inner margin, connected by a broad grey dorsal suffusion ; outer 

 margin of second forming a triangular spot on costa ; a black 

 discal dot at § ; a narrow hind marginal streak containing a series 

 of white dots, with a slight suffused dilation beneath apex : cilia 

 grey, becoming paler towards tips. Hindwings whitish-ochreous ; 

 a small oval discal spot at §, and a cloudy apical blotch touching it 

 above grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Launceston, Tasmania ; two specimens in November. 



75. Com. chrysochoa, n. sp. 



£ £. 21-25 mm. Head black, front of crown white. Palpi 

 black. Antennae black, in £ slenderly bidentate. Thorax black, 

 posterior margin of collar, a spot on each side of back, and apex 

 of patagia ochreous-white. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, base 

 blackish. Legs blackish, posterior tibiae ochreous-yellow. Fore- 

 wings very elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded ; bright orange ; a black costal 

 streak from base to 5, toothed at base; a slender irregular curved 

 black fascia from apex of costal streak to \ of inner margin, 

 attenuated and interrupted near inner margin ; a narrow irregular 

 slightly curved black fascia from before middle of costa to middle 

 of inner margin, dilated into a triangular spot on costa ; a small 

 round discal spot at ■§- ; a black dot on costa at § ; a short irregular 

 erect black streak from inner margin before anal angle, more or 

 less dilated above ; a black apical blotch, its anterior edge running 



