BY E. MEYKICK, B.A. 1049 



353. Het. coppatias, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. griseis, partim cano-suffusis, punctis disci anticis 

 duobus nigris, fascia postica angusta nigro-bi punctata lineaque 

 subterminali saturatioribus ; post, dilutius griseis. 



£ Q. 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white mixed with 

 dark grey ; second joint of palpi with a dark grey subapical band. 

 Antennae white, annulated with dark grey. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 dark grey, apex of joints whitish, posterior tibise pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 tolerably acute, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; grey, 

 suffused with white, and irrorated with dark grey ; a black dot in 

 disc before middle, and a second much larger one slightly beyond it 

 on fold ; two black dots transversely placed and sometimes confluent 

 in disc beyond middle, placed on a narrow dark grey fascia from 

 § of costa to anal angle ; a cloudy dark grey line from costa near 

 apex to anal angle ; a i - ow of very ill-defined dark grey spots on 

 hindmargin: cilia white, irrorated with grey. Hind wings light 

 grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



The posterior markings are sometimes very indistinct, but the 

 two anterior dots are always very conspicuous. 



Murrurundi and Bathurst, New South Wales ; Adelaide, South 

 Australia ; tolerably common in October and November. 



56. Oxythecta, Meyr. 

 Head loosely haired, sidetufts rather large, rough, spreading. 

 Antenna? in £ strongly ciliated (2J-3), basal joint rather stout, 

 with strong pecten. Palpi moderate, second joint not exceeding 

 base of antenme, densely scaled, dilated beyond middle, somewhat 

 rough beneath, terminal joint rather shorter than second, l-ather 

 stout, recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, hind- 

 margin very oblique. Hindwings slightly narrower than fore- 

 wings, elongate-ovate, apex round-pointed, cilia * to 1. Abdomen 

 moderate. Posterior tibiae clothed with extremely long tine 

 dense hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to hindmargin, 2 almost 

 from angle of cell, upper basal fork of 1 obsolete except at origin 

 Hindwino;s normal. 



