772 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



37. Digama, Moore. 



Tongue well-developed. Antennae in £ moderately bipectinated, 

 apex simple. Palpi moderately long, ascending, smoothly scaled, 

 terminal joint moderately long, cylindrical. Forewings in £ with 

 a dilated impression beneath on inner margin before middle ; 2 

 from §, 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 connected by bar with 9. Hind- 

 wings in £ with oblique strigil on costa above before middle ; 3 

 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 short-stalked, 8 closely approximated 

 to cell towards middle. 



115. Dig. marmorea, Butl. 



(Digama marmorea, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877, 363 ; 

 D. piepersiana, Snell., Tijd. v. Ent. 1879, 81, pi. VII, 2.) 



£ 2- 26-31 mm. Head fuscous-whitish, face dark fuscous. 

 Palpi fuscous-whitish, with three dark fuscous bands. Antennae 

 dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous-whitish, patagia and two posterior 

 dots dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, w r ith dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots. Legs dark fuscous ringed with 

 whitish, posterior pair whitish spotted with dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderately dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin rather obliquely rounded ; whitish, fuscous- 

 tinged ; a dark fuscous sub-triangular blotch extending along 

 costa from base to I, reaching half aross wing ; a dark fuscous 

 oblique strigula from costa at I, and another at § ; two black 

 dots obliquely placed in disc at J, two others in middle, a fifth at 

 |, and a sixth beyond this ; two black dots on inner margin 

 obliquely before these respectively, in £ forming two spots on 

 dilation ; an irregular quadrate dark fuscous blotch on inner 

 margin about § , posterior angle connected with costa at 5 by an 

 irregularly sinuate subdentate dark fuscous line ; an irregular 

 narrow anteriorly subdentate suffused dark fuscous hindmarginal 

 fascia : cilia fuscous-whitish, with a median row of dark fuscous 

 spots. Hindwings light ochreous-yellow ; a dark fuscous discal 

 dot before middle ; a dark fuscous apical spot ; cilia whitish- 

 yellow, round apex grey on basal half. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; sent rather commonly by Mr. G. 

 Barnard. Also from Celebes. 



