16 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



SCOLIACMA XUTHOPIS. 



iovdcoTzig, tawny. 



Scoliacma xuthopis, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. Suppl. i, p. 461, 

 PI. 25, f. 22. 



9 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax 

 brownish-ochreous. Abdomen grey, tuft brownish- 

 ochreous. Legs brownish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa evenly arched, apex rounded, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; brownish-ochreous ; a faint 

 interrupted fuscous line from f dorsum towards f costa ; 

 cilia brownish-ochreous. Hindwings with termen sinuate 

 beneath apex, then rounded ; pale ochreous ; cilia pale 

 ochreous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



W.A., Albany, in January. One specimen. 



Lepista pulverea. 

 Pulvereus, dusty. 

 Lepista pulverea, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. Suppl. i., p. 462. 



9 23-24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish. 

 Antennae brownish ; in 9 with short ciliations (^) and 

 longer bristles (1). Abdomen brownish-grey. Legs pale 

 brownish. Forewings narrow-elongate, costa evenly 

 arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish- 

 ochreous unevenly irrorated with pale-fuscous, which 

 sometimes forms a streak along fold, and a median streak 

 beyond middle ; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 broadly ovate, termen rounded ; pale ochreous ; cilia pale 

 ochreous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Burpengary, near Brisbane, in April ; Stradbroke 

 Island, in April ; Coolangatta, in March ; three specimens. 



PoLiosiA zetesima, n. sp. 



^rjTrjaiiuog, to be searched out. 



Poliosia zatesima (misprint), Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. 

 Suppl. i., p. 463, PI. 25, f. 26. 



(J 12 mm. Head ochreous-grey- whitish ; face grey. 

 Palpi minute ; grey. Antennae ochreous-grey-whitish ; in 



