BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 1063 



joint 5 of second. Antennue dark fuscous, ciliations 5. Thorax 

 yellow. Abdomen grey, segmental margins whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs deep greyish-purple, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargiu extremely oblicpiely rounded ; bright yellow ; 

 base of costa slenderly dark fuscous ; a broad purple hind- 

 marginal band, suffused with dark grey on margins, anterior edge 

 convex, extending from f of costa to £ of inner margin : cilia 

 ochreous-yellow, with a dark purple-grey spot above apex, beneath 

 middle of hindmargin wholly light purplish-grey, becoming purple 

 at base. Hindwings broadly lanceolate, tolerably acute, veins 3 

 and 4 from a point or slightly remote ; grey, basal half in fi 

 semi-hyaline ; cilia light grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; seven specimens taken on a fence 

 beneath Eucalyptus trees, from August to November. 



366. Ocyst. hemisema, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. dilute ochreis, strigula costae basali, macula 

 anguli analis transversa, striga marginis postici, sacpius etiam 

 puncto plica) saturate fuscis ; post, g vitreis, £ saturatius griseis. 



(£ $■. 11-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale yellowish- 

 ochreous, second joint of palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint I of 

 second. Antennae light grey, ciliations 3. Abdomen light grey. 

 Legs dark grey, apex of joints and posterior pair whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa hardly arched, apex tolerablj- 

 acute, hindmargin slightly sinuate, very oblique; light yellow- 

 ochreous, with dark fuscous markings ; a narrow sti-eak along 

 basal third of costa ; a round dot on submedian fold below middle 

 of disc, sometimes absent ; an erect spot on anal angle, reaching 

 half across wing, constricted beneath its apex ; a thick streak from 

 apex along hindmargin to below middle, attenuated beneath : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with a dark fuscous spot above apex, 

 beneath middle more or less grey, becoming purplish at base. 

 Hindwings broadly lanceolate, acute, veins 3 and 4 short-stalked ; 

 in <J wholly hyaline, with dark grey veins ; in £ rather dark 

 grey, towards base hyaline ; cilia light grey. 



