84 DESCRIPTIONS OF QUEEXBL.VNI) LEPIDOPTERA. 



the conspicuous terminal line ; cilia as forewings. Meyrick 

 considered this the N. multilinea, but the marks on the palpi, 

 the colouationr of the veins, the oblique band across hind wings, 

 and the wide divergence of the first of the three lines of the 

 hind wing to anal angle distinguish the species. The general 

 appearance of the two insects, habits, habitat, i^c, are distinct. 

 Scrub, Brisbane. 



FAMILY SCOPARIADtE. 



SCOPARIA DELINIENS. SP. XOV. 



$ ^ 19 — 20 111,^11^. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen light 

 fuscous. Antennse smoky fuscous. Forewings, costa straight, 

 hind margin gently rounded, light fuscous, with a few indistinct 

 black dots near base and costa, a navicular figure, ochreous as if 

 washed out or rubbed, from base to half inner margin and reach- 

 ing half across wing to a point opposite one-eighth costa, a 

 reversed line of same colour from foui'- fifth costa to just before 

 anal angle of inner margin, an indistinct smoky discoidal dot 

 and one or two dots near apex of costa, a hind-marginal row of 

 small black dots. Cilia light fuscous. Hindwings ochreous 

 fuscous diffused with light fuscous, a light ochreous sinuous line 

 fi-om four-fifth costa, margined with a light fuscous line half 

 across wing and then almost imperceptible to three-fourth hind 

 margin : cilia ochreous, tinted with light fuscous. The navicular 

 figure only partly ochreous, with irregular patches of ground 

 colour, as if washed out or rubbed, readily distinguishes this 

 species. 



Two specimens, Brisbane. 



SCOPARIA ARCTA. XOV. SP. 



J IGiH^n^. Head, palpi, and antenna' dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, with ochreous at base of Avings. Abdomen ochreous 

 fuscous, with ochreous and fuscous lines across each segment, 

 and chocolate fuscous short dorsal bars, caudal segment tipped 

 with ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa straight, hind margin 

 gently rounded, light ochreous freely speckled and spotted with 

 fuscous scales and chocolate spots and markings ; series of dots, 

 more or less definite, at base, bearing to costa ; median, sub- 

 median, and inner nuirginul in ill-defined lines ; two lines of dots 



