320 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



Duaringa and Toowoomba, Queensland ; Sydney, New 

 South Wales ; Launceston and Deloraine, Tasmania ; 

 common, in September, November, and March ; almost 

 certamly attached to Acacia decurrens. 



Semioceros chrysorycta, n. s. 



(^ , $ , 14 — 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennfe, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs pale ochreoiis-yellow ; a small dark fiiscous spot on 

 shoulder ; two dark fnscous rings on abdomen before middle, and 

 a band near apex ; anterior tibia3 dark fnscous towards apex. Fore 

 wings moderate, triangular, costa sinuate, moderately arched 

 towards apex, apex almost rectangular, hind margin obHquely 

 rounded ; light ochreous-yellow, markings dark fuscous ; an inter- 

 rupted line almost at base, and a spot on costa near base; an 

 8-shaped yellow-centred mark in disc at one-third, connected with 

 inner margin at one-third by a straight line ; a suboval yellow- 

 coutrod discal spot ; a line from three-fourths of costa to two- 

 thirds of inner margin, sinuate inwards towards costa, sharply 

 angiilated inwards to below discal spot ; a narrow streak along 

 hind margin, forming a triangular spot above middle, and another 

 at anal angle touching angulation of second line ; ciUa white, with 

 a dark grey line at one-third. Hind wings with ground colour and 

 hind-marginal markings as in fore wings ; two dark fuscous lines 

 at one-third and two-thirds, first straight, second irregular ; cilia 

 as in fore wings. 



Lederer's gratalis is very similar to this species, but 

 has a broader dark hind-marginal border, not forming 

 distinct spots above middle and at anal angle. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; sent commonly by Mr. G. 

 Barnard. 



Aphytoceros, n. g. 



Forehead flat, vertical. Ocelli present, but concealed with 

 scales. Tongue well developed. Antennse three-fourths of fore 

 wings, in male stout, filiform, quite simj^le, naked. Labial palpi 

 moderate, straight, porrectcd, triangiilarly scaled, terminal joint 

 concealed. Maxillary palpi short, dilated with loose scales towards 

 apex. Thorax densely hairy beneath between 1st and 3rd pair of 

 legs. Anterior tibite with joints dilated with rough scales at apex ; 

 posterior tibiie with outer spurs less than half inner. Abdomen 

 moderately elongate, very stout, in male with scanty anal tuft ; 

 valves exserted. Fore wings with veins G and 7 from a point, 11 

 moderately long and oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore wings ; 



