BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 379 



a triangular blackish fuscous patch towards middle of costa, 

 anteriorly suffused, reaching J across wing ; a black dot in disc 

 before middle, a second slightly beyond it on fold, a third on apex 

 of costal triangle, and three others transversely placed and generally 

 united into a crescentic mark in disc beyond middle ; an obscure 

 darker transverse outwards-curved line, from a small spot on costa 

 at f- to before anal angle : cilia whitish-ochreous suffused with 

 grey, with a dark grey interrupted line. Hind wings dull whitish- 

 ochreous, slightly-fuscous tinged, apex and hindmarginal edge 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous grey, tips paler. 



Conspicuously distinguished by the peculiar hindwings, which 

 are alike in both sexes ; these pale hindwings are specially 

 characteristic of the Tasmanian mountain fauna. 



Mount Wellington, Tasmania, from 1000 to 1500 feet; common, 

 early in December. 



171. Neph. philopsamma, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. dilute fuscis, cano-mixtis, basi, costse dimidio 

 antico, macula postica lineaque transversa flexuosa saturatioribus, 

 punctis disci tribus nigris ; post, albido-ochreis. 



£?. 15 mm. Head whitish-yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint and apex of second whitish. Antennae dark 

 fuscous. Thorax whitish, anteriorly mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, central ring of 

 middle tibiae^ apex of all joints, and hairs of posterior tibiae 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; ochreous-grey, 

 mixed with white ; base, a costal streak from base to before 

 middle, a spot on costa beyond middle, and an inwardly oblique 

 spot at 5 suffusedly darker ; a black dot on fold at 3, and two 

 others transversely placed in disc beyond middle ; an outwardly- 

 curved line of blackish scales from posterior costal spot to before 

 anal angle : cilia white, beneath anal angle ochreous-tinged, with 

 an interrupted fuscous-line. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, slightly 

 fuscous-tinged; cilia whitish-ochreous, with a fuscous line near 



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