BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 817 



498. Macr. hemitropa, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. saturate fuscis, fascia subbasali cum striga 

 dorsali postice dilatata connexa dilutiori, fascia antica angusta 

 obliqua infra obsoleta carneo-alba, maculis costse duabis tertiaque 

 anguli analis albis ; post, saturatius fuscis. 



9. 15 mm. Head fuscous, face oqlireous-wliitish. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish, base and apex of second joint dark fuscous, ter- 

 minal joint dark fuscous except base. Antennae blackish. Thorax 

 and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, banded with 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous ; 

 a lighter greyish-fuscous fascia very near base, continued along 

 inner margin to anal angle as a thick streak, posteriorly dilated 

 into a triangular spot reaching half across wing ; markings white, 

 tinged with flesh-colour ; a rather narrow oblique fascia from costa 

 at \, becoming obsolete in dorsal streak ; a moderate irregularly 

 subquadrate spot on middle of costa ; a wedgeshaped inwardly 

 oblique spot from costa at \, meeting a similar smaller spot from 

 anal angle : cilia fuscous, on costal spot white (apex of wing 

 damaged). Hindwings fuscous, towards apex darker ; cilia 

 fuscous. 



"Wirrabara, South Australia 3 one specimen in October from 

 Acacea acinacea. 



499. Macr. melanargyra, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. nigrescentibus, fascia antica modica, altera 

 media angusta albido-griseis, ad costam niveis, macula costte 

 postica punctoque anguli analis niveis ; post, saturate fereo-f uscis. 



9. 14 ram. Head and thorax pale shining grey, face white, 

 back of crown black. Palpi white, apex of second joint Vjlack, ter- 

 minal joint with black line on each side. Antennse black, spotted 

 with white. Abdomen dark grey. - Legs blackish, banded with 

 white. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, blackish ; markings snow- 

 white, both fasciae suffused with pale shilling grey except on costa ; 

 a moderate fascia from | of costa to I of inner margin, somewhat 

 narrowed on costa ; a narrow slightly curved fascia from middle of 



