92 NEW SPECIES OK AUSTKALIAX LEPIBOPTERA. 



Pykausta, Uoti/s; Epitrota, Meyr. 

 Two specimens obtained from Newcastle, N. S. Wales,. 

 Australian jMuseum, Sydney. Dr. T. L. Bancroft has bred this 

 from Burpengary. New to Queensland. 



EUP.THRYPARODES BRACTEOLATIS, Z. 



Brisbane. Not hitherto recorded as Australian. 

 Omiodes ijianoralis, Meyr. 



Brisbane; in scrubs, Mackay; Mr. Turner. Not previousl)^ 

 recorded as Australian. 



Family SPILOMELID.E. 

 Nausixoe jiarmorata, sp.nov. 



c? ? . 30-34 mm. Head creamy grey, fuscous on crown. 

 Palpi black, white or creamy grey at the base. Antennae light, 

 fuscous, silvered beneatli. Thorax light fuscous, bordered by 

 silvered grey, and in some specimens by a few black dots. Abdo- 

 men silver grey anteriorly, light fascous posteriorly, a black 

 band anteriorly, and an interrupted dotted dark line laterally. 

 Forewings elongate, moderately dilate, costa slightly sinuous,, 

 apical portion rounded, hindmargiu nearly straight in apical 

 half, inner half obliquely rounded, light creamy fuscous, marbled, 

 blotched and dotted with various shades of darker fuscous ;. 

 costa with a series of dark spots alternating with light ground 

 colour spots on basal half, and sparingly to apex ; a small brown 

 dot beneath centre of median vein ; the pattern of the wing 

 embraces a light space of ground colour, having its anterior- 

 border from -i costa obliquely outward to median vem for ^ 

 extent of wing along the vein, and thence at an acute angle tO' 

 I inner margin, and having the posterior ])order from |- costa 

 nearly parallel with hindmari^'in for -i, thence bent over at right 

 angles anteriorly for ^ of wing, and thence turned at an 

 obtuse angle to meet anterior border at J inner margin ; this 

 light space thus enclosed contains a dark rhomboid blotch neat- 

 costa anteriorly ; beyond the posterior border the dark fuscour 

 shades into lighter patches — in some specimens to form a lighs 

 fuscous shading below costa to \ hindmargin, and another from 

 -2- to f hindmargin. Cilia light fuscous, with dark fuscous dots. 

 Hiudwings as forewings, with three irregular dark fuscous broken 

 bands or fascia bordered bv marbliugs of creamy fuscous or 



