240 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



30. EUCHOECA ATROSTRIGATA. 



Epicyme atrostrigata, Warr. Nov. Zool., 1894, p. 394. 



Asthena porphyretica. Low. Tr.R.S. S.A., 1896, p. 152. 



Q., Rockhampton (Lower), Brisbane, two $ specimens. 



There is a series in Coll. Rothschild said to be from Queens- 

 land. Though I cannot be quite sure of the identity of my 

 example witli these, I think it scarcely doubtful. The difference 

 in the neuration between this and rubropunctaria is probably 

 constant. Of the latter I have examined a series. The wings 

 are ochreous-tinged, not pinkish-tinged as in rubropunctaria. 

 Both species are variable. 



31. EuCHOECA RUBROPUNCTARIA. 



Ptychopoda rubropunctaria, Dbld. Dieff. N.Z., ii., p. 287. 



Acidalia pulcharia, Wlk. Brit. Mus. Cat., xxiii., p. 780 (nee 

 Dbld). 



Asthena risata, Gn. Lap. ix., p. 438. 



Asthena mullata, Gn. Ent. Mo. Mag. v., p. 42. 



Asthena vexata, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Lep., Het., p. 78. 



Euchoeca rubropunctaria, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 811. 



Q., Duaringa, Brisbane, Toowoomba ; N.S.W., Newcastle, 

 Sydney ; V., Melbourne, Fernshaw, Gisborne ; T., Mt. Welling- 

 ton, St. George's Bay. Also from New Zealand. 



Genus 9. Asthena. 



Asthena, Hb. Verz., p. 310. 



Face smooth. Palpi short, porrected, slender, loosely scaled. 

 Antennae in c? shortly ciliated. Thorax glabrous beneath. 

 Posterior tibiae with all spurs present. Fore wings with areole 

 double. Hind wings with 8 anastomosing with cell from near 

 base to beyond middle (Meyrick). 



Type. — A. candidata, Schiff., from Europe (Hampson). 



1. Wings greenish ------ 2 



Wings not greenish ------ 7 



2. Face green. Fore and hind wings with con- 



spicuous dark discal dots - - - - glaucosa 



Face not green. Fore and hind wings without 



conspicuous dark discal dots - - . 3 



