BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 333 



1 a. Thorax dark fuscous 121. hejjhaestea. 



lb. „ orange-ochreous 122. anthopetala. 



121. Plac. hephaestea, n. sp. 

 Minor, alis ant. saturate fuscis, macula dorsi antica permagna, 

 altera costse media parva, strigaque ante-apicali curva dilutissime 

 flavidis, niveo-marginatis, macula dorsi postica dilute rufa ; post, 

 aurantiacis, postice leviter fusco-tinctis. 



$ 9. 14-15^ mm. Head white, margin of eyes dark fuscous, 

 crown faintly yellowish-tinged. Palpi white, basal half of second 

 joint externally dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, with small white posterior spot. Abdomen orange- 

 ochreous, somewhat suffused above with fuscous. Anterior and 

 middle legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish-ochreous ; posterior 

 legs ochreous, tarsal joints greyish towards base. Forewings 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex round, pointed, hindmargin 

 slightly sinuate, oblique ; dark fuscous ; a large yellowish-white 

 blotch, margined with pure white, extending on inner margin 

 almost from base to middle, its posterior edge slightly convex, its 

 upper edge very near and parallel to costa ; a rather small semi- 

 circular white spot, posteriorly yellowish-tinged, on costa slightly 

 beyond middle ; an ill-defined pale reddish-fuscous blotch towards 

 anal angle, posteriorly mixed with darker fuscous, and containing 

 two small spots of pale yellowish scales ; an ill-defined inwards- 

 curved slender white, posteriorly pale yellowish, streak from costa 

 at I co hind margin below middle ; cilia dark fuscous, suffused with 

 blackish, with a large pale yellowish spot on middle of hindmargin, 

 towards base pure white, rather narrower, and bisected by a short 

 dark fuscous line, cilia towards anal angle mixed with reddish- 

 fuscous. Hindwings ochreous-orange, slightly fuscous-tinged 

 towards apex ; cilia fuscous grey. 



A very distinct and handsome insect. 



Sydney, in November and December ; four specimens in gardens. 



122. Plac. anthopetala, n. sp. 

 Minor, alis ant. saturate fuscis, fascia antica lata recta, maculae 

 costse media, altera apicis, tertia anguli analis riveis; post, griseis. 



