262 Povceediiujs of the Boijcd Society of Victoria. 



Thorax with a small bifid posterior crest ; purple-reddish ; in 

 centre ochreoiis. Abdcnneii whitish-oehreous mixed with purple- 

 reddish. Legs whitish-oehreous ; anterior pair fuscous, annulated 

 with whitish. Fore wings with costa gently arched, ternien 

 bowed, oblique; bright ochreous mixed with purple-reddish, 

 which tends to form fine transverse lines ; a purple-fuscous basal 

 patch, well marked on margins, but suffused in centre with 

 ground colour ; a purple-fuscous median band, containing a faint 

 discal dot, and indications of fine, wavy, reddish-purple, transverse 

 lines ; inner edge, from costa at ^ to inner margin at ^, outwardly 

 curved ; outer edge from costa at ~ to inner margin at j, slightly 

 waved above, sinuate towaixls inner mai'gin ; a purple-reddish 

 submai'ginal suffusion ; a purple-fuscous terminal line ; cilia 

 purple-reddish. Hind wings pale purplish-grey ; posterior third 

 suffused with whitish-oehreous ; cilia purple-fuscous ; apices 

 reddish. 



2 differs as follows : — Fore wings with ground colour 

 whitish with brown-reddish lines ; median l)and fuscous rather 

 than purple ; a fine whitish waved subterminal line pi-eceded by 

 two blackish spots between veins 4 and 6. Hind wings whitish ; 

 towards termen purplish tinged ; with faint fuscous transverse 

 lines. 



Nearest to H. trygodes, Meyr., but differs in the brighter and 

 more distinctive colouring. If the two sexes are correctly 

 associated it varies consideraWy. 



Y., Wandin South, near Melbourne (3" type), in September ; 

 one specimen in Coll. Lyell ; T., Mt. Wellington (?) in 

 February ; one specimen in Coll. Lyell. 



94. Hydriomena decreta. 



Cidaria decreta, Wlk. Brit. Mus. Cat., xxxv., p. 1692. 

 Hydriomena decreta, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 852. 

 Type in British Museum. 

 W.A., Geraldton. 



95. Hydriomkna cryeeopa. 

 Hydriomena cryeropa, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 853. 

 Type in Coll. Meyrick. 



N.S.W., Hay; V., Kewell. 



