BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 67 



Hepialus tephroptilus, n. sp. 

 req)Q07ixiXog, ashy-winged. 



9 112 mm. Head and palpi green. Antennas 

 ochreous-whitish. Thorax grey, anteriorly greenish-tinged. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, dorsum fuscous except three 

 basal segments, and bases of other segments. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous, greenish-tinged ; tarsi grey. Forewings 

 broadly triangular, costa nearly straight, arched towards 

 apex, apex round-pointed, termen straight, oblique, 

 rounded towards tornus ; grey, at base and along costa 

 greenish ; several triangular whitish spots in basal half ; 

 a straight interrupted narrow whitish band from I costa 

 towards but not reaching mid-dorsum ; a fainter similar 

 band midway between this and termen ; cilia grey. Hind- 

 wings broad, termen strongly rounded ; grey ; cilia grey. 



Type in Coll. Illidge. 



W.A., Albany ; one specimen, which emerged in March, 

 from !, larva obtained by Mr. R. Illidge. 



