404 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



wards on upper third, thence twice waved and terminating on 

 inner margin at \; a series of blackish elongate spots, starting 

 from costa before middle, strongly curved around and ending on 

 inner margin in middle, somewhat obscure on lower 1; a second 

 row of similar, yet more elongate spots, starting from costa at f , 

 and ending on inner margin at anal angle, almost parallel to 

 previous row of spots; hindmarginal area of wing more fuscous; 

 a row of obscure blackish hindmarginal spots : cilia fuscous, with 

 dull whitish points at extremities of veins. Hindwings whitish, 

 faintly infuscated around apex and upper half of hindmargin; a 

 fine fuscous hindmarginal line; cilia whitish, fuscous-tinged. 

 Blackwood and G-oolwa, S.A.; two specimens, in October. 



GEOMETRINA. 



Xanthorhoe lychnota, n.sp. 



(Jcj). 24-30 mm. Head, palpi and thorax light fuscous, mixed 

 with ferruginous, palpi 2. Antennae fuscous, in £ annulated 

 with white, pectinations of g, 6. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, 

 sprinkled with fine black scales. Legs dark fuscous, more or less 

 banded with whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 hindmargin bowed, hardly waved; whitish-ochreous in £, in g 

 leaden-tinged, in both sexes strongly mixed throughout with fine 

 bright reddish and black striguke, so as to appear almost wholly 

 reddish-ochreous; costa strigulated with blackish throughout; a 

 small black spot close to base; median band limited by well 

 defined thick black lines, anterior from just before J of costa to 

 ^ inner margin, hardly curved, somewhat irregularly dentate; 

 posterior from just before |- of costa to just beyond § of inner 

 margin, median third forming a somewhat triangular projection, 

 and a smaller projection immediately above inner margin; a large 

 suffused blackish discal spot, sometimes followed beneath to inner 

 margin by an obscure blackish shade; median band edged on 

 either side by a strip of groundcolour of same width as limiting 

 lines; groundcolour along hindmargin more ochreous; a hind- 

 marginal row of black dots : cilia dark greyish-fuscous. Hind- 



