BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 795 



J\ 21-27 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen metallic coppery, 

 beneath metallic-green. Palpi and antennae metallic green, pecti- 

 nations 5. Legs dark coppery-fuscous. Forewings rather elongate- 

 triangular, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin oblique, 

 slightly rounded ; metallic coppery ; cilia fuscous, base dark 

 purple-fuscous. Hindwings ovate ; blackish, sometimes with a 

 few metallic green scales towards anal angle ; veins 3 and 5 

 remote. 



Albany, West Australia ; also from South Australia ; several 

 specimens (Coll. Macleay and Australian Museum). 



Appendix. 



The following specific descriptions remain unidentified ; probably 

 in some cases they refer to known species but are erroneously 

 drawn up, in others the species may not be really Australian ; I 

 give abstracts of them for reference. 



157. Zygaenaacharon, F., Ent. Syst. 556. Tota cyanea, alis 

 fuscis, obscuris, ano villoso, rufo. Probably a Procris. 



158. Lithosia plana, Boisd., Voy. Astr. V, 209. Alis ant. 

 cinereo-luteis, post, luteis, thorace cinereo, collari flavo. 



159. Lactura dives, Walk. Bomb. 486. Forewings brown, 

 with seven yellow spots ; one near base, two before middle, three 

 beyond middle, one near apex. Hindwings brown, towards base 

 luteous. 



160. Bombyx curvata, Don. Ins. N. H. Alis testaceis, ant. 

 fasciola curvata punctisque nigris, post, basi roseis nigroque 

 bifasciatis. Probably a Spilosoma. 



161. TJiemiscyra laetifera, Walk. Suppl. 258. 36 mm. 

 Whitish ; head with a brown stripe on crown ; antennae red ; 

 thorax with anterior margin and a spot on patagia red, and a 

 brown band connected behind with a broad brown stripe : fore- 

 wings with some red lines, and some broad irregular contiguous 

 brown streaks, forming two incomplete bands, connected on costa 

 and inner margin : hindwings ochreous. 



