BY E. MEYRICK, B A. / yy 



476. Diss, akiirota, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. cauis, griseo plus iniuusve suff'usis, puuctis disci 

 tribus serieque submarginali saturate griseis, interduni obsoletis ; 

 post. (J luteolis, apice griseo, 2 griseis. 



^9. 18-22 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint 

 externally grey. Antennae grey. Thorax white, sometimes pale 

 greyish anteriorly. Abdomen in ^ whitish-yellowish, in § grey- 

 whitish. Legs dark grey, ringed with whitish, posterior pair 

 whitish-yellowish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately 

 arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; white, more or less suffusedly irrorated with grey ; a 

 dark grey dot in disc at -^-, a second on fold rather before first, 

 and a third in disc at |, sometimes all obsolete ; a submarginal 

 row of dark grey dots along hindmargin and apical part of costa, 

 often obsolete : cilia whitish-grey or whitish-yellowish. Hind- 

 wings in J" pale ochreous-yellowish, apex suffused with grey, in § 

 wholly grey ; cilia in ^ whitish-yellowish, in 5 grey-whitish, 

 round apex suffused with grey. 



WoUongong and Mount Kosciusko (4,000 feet), New South 

 Wales ; Launceston, Deloraine, Campbelltown, and George's Bay, 

 Tasmania ; rather common from October to January. 



69. Macrobathra, Meyr. 



Head smooth, sidetufts small, closely appressed. Antennse in 

 (J slender, moderately and evenly ciliated (1), basal joint very 

 elongate, very slender, without pecten or with one or two scales 

 at base. Palpi long or very long, second joint somewhat 

 exceeding base of antennae, with appressed scales, smooth or 

 somewhat loose beneath, terminal joint longer than second, 

 slender, strongly recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate. Hindwings about | of forewings, broadly lanceolate, 

 cilia 1^-2. Abdomen short, dilated and somewhat flattened. 

 Posterior tibige clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings 

 with vein 7 running to costa, 2 from before angle, lower fork of 1 



