308 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



broadly interrupted with white below apex, with a grey line 

 spotted with dark fuscous. Hind wings whitish ; a rather broad 

 suffused light pui'plish grey hind-marginal band, closely preceded 

 by a somewhat irregular purplish grey line, rather sharply dentate 

 inwards below middle ; a triangular reddish ochreous spot, mixed 

 with pale yellow, on middle of inner margin, posteriorly black- 

 margined ; a row of black linear marks along hind margin ; cilia 

 white, with an interrupted dark fuscous line. 



A very elegant insect, coloured somewhat as in 

 Agrotera. 



Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland ; taken in Sep- 

 tember, and received from Mr. G. Barnard ; seven 

 specimens. 



ZiNCKENIA, Z. 



Forehead flat, vertical. Ocelli present. Tongue well developed. 

 Antennae two-thirds of fore wings, in male serrate, evenly ciliated 

 (^), thickened towards base, notched above basal joint, basal joint 

 stout, with a broad erect projection of dense scales on inner side. 

 Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, 2nd joint with dense 

 projecting scales beneath, terminal joint moderately long, slender, 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform. Posterior tibiae with 

 outer spurs almost as long as inner. Abdomen moderate, in male 

 with small slender apical tuft ; valves retracted. Fore wmgs with 

 vein 11 moderately long and oblique. Hind wings one-third 

 broader than fore wings ; 4 and 5 closely approximated towards 

 base, 7 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to one-third. 



Coptohasis, Ld. closely approaches this genus, al- 

 though widely removed from it by Lederer himself. 

 The two species are both well known. 



Zinckenia recwvalis, F. 



Plialcena recurvalis, F., E. S., 407 ; Z., Caff., 55 ; Gn., 

 225; P. angustalis, F., Mant., 309; P.fascialis, 

 Stoll., pi. xxxvi., 13; Cr. 398; 0.; Hydrocampa 

 alhifacialis, Boisd., Mad., 119, pi. xvi., 1. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Auckland, New Zealand ; 

 not common. Also occurs in Java, Jai)an, China, 

 Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, 

 West Indies, and South America. 



