BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 381 



fuscous and ochreous-whitish ; base and costa suffusedly darker ; 

 an obscure blackish dot in disc before middle, a second directly 

 beneath it on fold, and a third in disc beyond middle ; an obscure 

 darker spot above anal angle ; an obscurely indicated darker 

 transverse outwards-curved line very near hindmargin indented, 

 inwards beneath costa : cilia grey, with a darker basal line, tips 

 whitish. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia grey, with a 

 darker line. 



Very obscure-looking, but perfectly distinct • the smallest of the 

 genus. 



Mount Wellington, Tasmania, 1000-1200 feet, at the beginning 

 of December • rather common. 



174. N&ph. apora, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. angustis, griseis, albido-mixtis, costae triangulo 

 depresso medio saturation, puncto ad basim, aliis disci septem, 

 lineaque postica transversa flexuosa nigrescentibus ; post, griseis. 



$. 17-22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white, irregularly 

 mixed with fuscous. Antennae grey-whitish. Abdomen elongate, 

 ochreous-whitish. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous mixed 

 with whitish ; posterior legs whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; white, fine and irregularly irrorated 

 with fuscous ; a small blackish spot very near base beneath costa ; 

 a very indistinct grey flattened-triangular blotch on costa towards 

 middle, a black dot in disc at J, a second, rather elongate, on fold 

 beyond first, a third above middle, a fourth and fifth transversely 

 placed beyond middle, a sixth below and before fifth, and a seventh 

 before sixth ; a strongly outwards-curved blackish-grey line from 

 costa at I to before anal angle, sharply indented beneath costa ; 

 cilia whitish, with a blackish-grey median line, and a faint grey 

 line before tips. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia grey- 

 whitish, with a grey line. 



Distinguished from all by the peculiarly elongate and narrow 

 forewings, with extremely oblique hindmargin. 



Coomooboolaroo, near Duaringa, Queensland ; several specimens 

 sent by Mr. G. Barnard. 



