38 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Sedenia polydesma, n.sp. 



£. 16 mm. Head, thorax and palpi whitish, mixed with 

 ochreous-fuscous, patagia ochreous-fuscous. Antennae fuscous, 

 obscurely annulated with white. Legs fuscous, posterior pair 

 whitish, tibiae with one or two obscure fuscous bands, anterior 

 coxae greyish-ochreous. Abdomen light ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa nearly straight, hindmargin rounded; 

 grey-whitish, sprinkled with ochreous-fuscous scales, which tend 

 to form 3 moderate transverse fasciae; 1st f rom ^ costa to ^ inner 

 margin, mixed with blackish and constricted on inner margin; 

 2nd more obscure, from about § of costa to inner margin just 

 before anal angle; 3rd irregularly waved, starting from a black 

 spot on costa at |-, finely attenuated at f, and appearing to join 

 second line above anal angle : cilia greyish-ochreous. mixed with 

 blackish, more pronounced round apex and middle of hindmargin. 

 Hindwings light fuscous, with two darker fuscous transverse 

 fasciae, obscure, one from f of costa, the other from middle of 

 costa, both reaching half across wing, thence lost in general 

 ground colour; a fine line of fuscous scales along hindmargin: 

 cilia greyish, with a faint fuscous median line. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; three specimens, in October. 



ScOPARIA SuSANiE, 11. sp. 



gQ. 20-22 mm. Head, thorax, palpi and antennae ashy-grey- 

 fuscous, collar pale red, thorax beneath anteriorly pale red, 

 abdomen fuscous, second and anal segments dull orange. Legs 

 dark fuscous, coxae pale red, tarsi with whitish rings. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded beneath; dark fuscous; a blackish dentate line from ^ 

 of costa to | inner margin; a roundish orange-red spot, encircled 

 with black at base of cell; a second, outwardly oblique, much 

 larger similar spot at end of cell, edged with blackish; an inter- 

 rupted blackish line from beneath this spot to § of inner margin; 

 an obscure interrupted blackish line from f of costa to anal angle; 

 a row of irregular black dots along hindmargin; sometimes the 



