BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 345 



132. Iopt. aristogona, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. fuscis, albiclo-conspersis, maculis sub costa 

 quinqne parvis, singulis disci longitudinalibus plerisque, signoque 

 disci postico transverso cum dorso connexo nigrescentibus ; post, 

 dilute griseis. 



cT- 22mrn. Head white mixed with grey, crown dark grey. 

 Palpi fuscous-grey, terminal joint and extreme apex of second 

 mixed with white, second joint internally suffused with white. 

 Antennae ochreous- whitish. Thorax fuscous-grey mixed with 

 white. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Anterior and middle legs 

 dark fuscous-grey, posterior legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 very elongate, narrow, costa very slightly arched, somewhat 

 sinuate beyond middle, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very 

 oblique, slightly rounded ; rather light brownish-grey ? thickly and 

 irregularly strewn with white, more scantily along costa and inner 

 margin ; four small ill-defined blackish spots below costa between 

 middle and apex ; a short cloudy blackish oblique streak beneath 

 costa about ^, and three others more clearly defined beneath the 

 first three subcostal spots ; inner margin broadly and irregularly 

 irrorated with blackish : two or three ill-defined longitudinal 

 streaks of blackish scales in disc ; a transverse blackish mark in 

 disc at ?, emitting two slightly diverging cloudy blackish lines 

 directly to inner margin ; a small cloudy blackish oval spot in disc 

 beyond this ; cilia grey-whitish, with a broad cloudy fuscous-grey 

 median line. Hindwings pale fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish, with a 

 broad suffused light grey median shade. 



A distinct and rather elegant species. 



Sydney, in April ; one fine specimen at rest on a fence. 



27. Macronemata Meyr. 



Head smooth, sidetufts rather small, loosely spreading behind. 

 Antennae in <? moderate, somewhat serrate, strongly ciliated (3), 

 basal joint rather stout, with strong pecten. Palpi moderate, 

 second joint not reaching base of antennae, densely scaled, some- 

 what loosely beneath, terminal joint rather shorter than second, 



