BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 45 



orange-yellow. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair yellow. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, hindmargin oblique, 

 gently rounded; dark ashy-fuscous; sometimes a darker fuscous 

 patch on costa at f , obscurely continued across wing to anal angle, 

 more pronounced at end of cell : cilia ashy-grey-whitish, tips more 

 whitish; a few yellowish scales at base near anal angle. Under- 

 side of wing strongly mixed with yellow; median area blackish. 

 Hindwings bright orange-yellow; apex blackish, shortly continued 

 along hindmargin and costa; a small patch of black scales at 

 base: cilia yellow, more or less mixed with fuscous. 



<J. 22-24 mm. Forewings as in <-£, but more whitish and with 

 a tine distinct whitish costal streak throughout, indications of a 

 tine white line from base in middle to I : cilia as in g. Hind- 

 wings dull ochreous, more or less infuscated on apical half; cilia 

 as in (J. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; common in August; beaten from Bassia 

 biflora, the leaves of which are an admirable imitation of the 

 forewings of the species; the £ is much more retired in habit. 

 The only known species with yellow hindwings. 



I have dedicated this pretty and interesting little species to my 

 mother, not so much for her entomological knowledge, hut in 

 grateful recognition of her unvarying kindness in attending to 

 my large collection during my sojournings in the pursuit of 

 entomology. 



Nephogenks atrisignis, n.sp. 



(JQ. 28-30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae and abdomen 

 ashy-fuscous, base of second joint of palpi whitish and with a 

 white ring at apex, terminal joint mixed with whitish. Legs 

 dark fuscous, tibia? with whitish rings, posterior legs ochreous- 

 whitish. Abdomen fuscous, becoming blackish on anal segments, 

 anal tuft pale yellowish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded; 

 dark ashy-grey-fuscous, sprinkled with white, and with ferruginous 

 on costa and hindmargin; a row of black disconnected subcostal 

 spots along upper median vein; a similar row along lower median; 

 a black lunate mark at end of cell; three elongate black longi- 



