140 Al'STRALIAX LEPrDOl'TEKA { PYRALID.'E). 



fuscous rings. Aiiteiwiie grey- whitish ; cihatioiis in ^^ I. 

 Thorax grey- whitish. Abdomen whitish irrorated with' 

 fuscous and suffused on dorsum witli ochreous. Legs 

 fuscous mixed with whitish ; tarsi fuscous with ochreous- 

 whitish annulations, Forewings triangular, costa straight, 

 apex rounded, termen bowed, slightly oblique ; grey- whitish 

 Avith some brownish and fuscous irroration ; basal fourth 

 shows more brownish irroration ; a transverse fuscous^ 

 line at ^, often indistinct ; a fuscous line from § costa 

 obliquely outwards, then bent inwards and either dentate 

 or lost in a dark-fuscous suffusion, then angled inwards, 

 ending on dorsum near tornus : a slight ])urplish tinge 

 on posterior part of disc ; an interrupted fuscous terminal 

 line ; cilia pale- brownish barred with fuscous, apices whitish. 

 Hindwings fuscous-whitish ; darker towards termen ; ciliai 

 as forewings. 



8ir Geo. Hampson tells me that mine agree with Indian' 

 and Ceylon specimens. 



N.A. Port Darwin, in October and Xovember ; four 

 specimens received from Mr. F. P. T)odd. 



Orthaga amphimelas, //. .sp. 



afji<f)i/i€X<t<s, black all round. 



^ 24 mm. Head grey. i*al})i with second joint 

 dilated at apex, terminal joint very short, stout, obtuse ; 

 dark-fuscous. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in ^ 1. 

 Thorax blackish. Abdomen grey- whitish densely irrorated 

 with dark-fuscous. Legs dark-fuscous mixed, and tarsi 

 annulated, with fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular^ 

 costa straight, apex I'omided, termen bowed, slightly 

 oblique ; dark-fuscous ; a broad whitish suffusion on middle- 

 third of costa ; markings blackish ; an indistinct transverse- 

 line at I : a dot beneath mid-costa : a line from | costa 

 obliquely outwards nearly to mid-termen. there formings 

 a rounded projection, angulated inwards al)ove dorsum, 

 w^hich it joins near tornus : a few white scales near termen ; 

 cilia fuscous, bases barred with ]:)rownish, a few Avhitish. 

 points on apices. HindAvings fuscous- whitish ; darker 

 tow^ards termen : cilia white with a fuscous basal line. 



The form of the postmedian line of forewings is dis- 

 tinctive. In the i^alpi this species agrees with the preceding^ 



