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dark fuscous annulated with whitish ; posterior pair whitish, 

 with a few scattered, dark fuscous scales. Fore wings triangular ; 

 termen bowed, oblique ; whitish mixed with fuscous and dark 

 fuscous, the light and dark scales tending to form obscure narrow 

 waved transverse lines ; a blackish transverse line near base ; a 

 broad, darker, median band outlined by blackish lines ; anterior 

 line from costa at ^ to inner margin at ^, concave ; posterior line 

 from costa at ^ to inner margin at §, with two prominent 

 dentations in costal half of disc ; immediately beyond this is a 

 double whitish line, sometimes clear white except at margins ; 

 sometimes a waved, subterminal, whitish line can be traced ; 

 an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line ; cilia whitish, 

 mixed with fuscous and dark fuscous. Hind wings with termen 

 rounded, not waved ; whitish suffused with fuscous ; transverse 

 lines indicated towards inner margin ; terminal line and cilia 

 as in fore wings. 



Q., Brisbane ; taken rather commonly on fences, from July to 

 November. Also from Warwick and Stanthorpe. 



48. EUCYMATOGE SCOTODES, n. Sp. 



[o-kotcoSt;?, dark-looking]. 



(? $, 18-24. Head, palpi, tliorax, and abdomen dark fuscous 

 mixed with whitish. Palpi \h- Thorax with a small bifid 

 posterior crest. Antennae dark fuscous ; ciliations in <? \. 

 Legs dark fuscous mixed with whitish ; tarsi annulated with 

 whitish. Fore wings triangular, termen slightly bowed, oblique, 

 wavy; whitish densely irrorated with dark fuscous, which tends 

 to form numerous fine wavy transverse lines ; a blackish discal 

 dot; outer edge of median band with a short, acute, angular 

 projection in middle ; disc before and beyond median band 

 sometimes suffused with whitish ; a fine waved whitish sub- 

 terminal line ; a blackish terminal line ; cilia pale fuscous with a 

 darker median line. Hind wings with termen slightly wavy, 

 rounded ; fuscous, with numerous fine dark fuscous transverse 

 lines ; a wavy whitish line from inner margin at | ; a similar 

 subterminal line ; terminal line and cilia as in fore vvings. 



This appears to be the species described by Mr. Meyrick 

 (P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p 853) as Hydriomena mortuata, Gn. 



