BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 1051 



dilated on lower third ; an irregular streak from middle of this 

 fascia to j of inner margin ; a small round spot in disc beyond 

 middle, connected with costa by a perpendicular bar, and nearly 

 confluent with a large irregular blotch immediately following, 

 which touches anal angle, and sends from its upper angle a three- 

 ) unnched streak to costa before apex ; a curved interrupted line 

 immediately before hindmargin : cilia white, with a cloudy central 

 light grey shade, on costa dark fuscous. Hindwings whitish-grey, 

 ochreous-tinged ; cilia pale yellowish -ochreous 



Easily recognised by the blackish anterior half of thorax, entire 

 anterior fascia, and more complex posterior markings. 



Sydney, Blackheath (3500 feet), and Mittagong (2000 feet), New 

 •South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Hobart, Tasmania ; from 

 August to March, generally distributed but never very common. 



355. Ox. iiephelonota, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. canis, dimidio dorsali griseo, macula costae basali, 

 fascia antica obliqua dorsum non attingente, altera postica directa 

 maeuliscpie costse duabus posticis saturate fuscis ; post, griseis ; 

 thorace medio griseo. 



£. 15-22 mm. Head white, face and crown greyish-tinged. 

 Palpi white, lower f of second joint dark grey. Antennae grey- 

 whitish. Thorax grey, patagia and a posterior spot white mixed 

 with grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, apex of 

 joints white, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hind-margin 

 almost straight, extremely oblique; white, somewhat sprinkled 

 with greyish-fuscous, and dorsal half wholly light greyish-fuscous, 

 separation irregular ; markings dax-k fuscous ; a small rounded spot 

 at base of costa, reaching half across wing ; a rather narrow 

 inwardly oblique fascia from costa before middle, not reaching 

 inner margin, sometimes very slenderly interrupted below costa ; 

 sometimes a dot in disc above middle ; a moderate fascia from costa 

 beyond middle towards anal angle, beneath dilated and lost in the 



