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in 3^ very shortly ciliated. Thorax not hairy beneath. Abdomen 

 not crested. Anterior tibiae in both sexes with a long tuft of 

 hair from under surface near base, closely appressed to tibia ; 

 posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Fore wings with areola 

 simple; veins 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wings with 3 and 4 

 separate, 5 approximated at base to 6, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anasto- 

 mosing with cell to beyond middle. 



The palpi, neuration of both wings, and anterior tibiae distin- 

 guish this genus. 



Type. — S. albinotata, Wlk. 



46. SCOTOCYMA ALBINOTATA. 



Scotosia albinotata, Wlk. Brit. Mus. Cat., xxxv., p. 1689. 



Xanthorhoe (?) platydesma. Low. Tr.R.S. S.A., 1894, p. 79. 



3 ?, 30-34 mm. Head and palpi brown, or reddish-brown 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae dark grey. Thorax and 

 abdomen fuscous mixed with brownish. Legs dark fuscous, 

 irrorated, and tarsi annulated with ochreous-whitish. Fore wings 

 rather broadly triangular, costa moderately arched, termen 

 bowed, oblique ; brown variably mixed with brown-whitish and 

 daik fuscous ; a small dark basal patch with convex border, more 

 or less distinct ; median band darker, or paler, than rest of wing, 

 sometimes marked with whitish spots or suffusion; anterior 

 border outwardly curved, from \ costa to J dorsum, sometimes 

 edged with brown-whitish ; sometimes a short, blackish, longitu- 

 dinal bar in median band from convexity of anterior border ; 

 posterior boixler from § costa to | dorsum, with a rather pro- 

 minent double median projection, sometimes edged with brown- 

 whitish or with whitish dots on veins ; a slender, pale, dentate, 

 subterminal line often obsolete, often marked by minute dots on 

 veins, and by a larger pure white or whitish spot between veins 

 3 and 4 : a blackish terminal line ; cilia dark fuscous mixed 

 with brownish. Hind wings with termen rounded, dentate ; 

 brownish-fuscous, with numerous fine, dark, transverse lines; 

 sometimes a small, subterminal, white or whitish spot between 

 veins 3 and 4 : terminal line and cilia as fore wings. Underside 

 grey, with whitish lines and median subterminal spot. 



A very variable species. One 3 in the Brisbane Museum has 

 the whole of median band uniform dark fuscous. 



