324 Mr. E. Meyrick 071 the classification 



beneath ; ochreous-brown, irrorated, especially towards base, with 

 dark reddish fuscous scales, which are metallic-blue in some lights ; 

 first line indicated on inner margin at two-fifths ; a very large 

 light brassy yellow costal blotch, dark-margined, extending on 

 costa from one-fourth to three-fifths, reaching towards anal angle 

 more than half across wing, margins irregularly rounded, with a 

 small indentation in middle of lower margin, beneath which is a 

 pale yellow dot ; within this blotch are two very small round 

 ochreous dark-margined spots towards costa, two small dark 

 fuscous dots towards lower margin, and a few dark scales in 

 middle ; an outwards-curved dark fuscous line from costa at five- 

 sixths to close before hind margin below middle, followed by a row 

 of five small light brassy yellow spots, the three lowest mostly 

 suffused with reddish ochreous ; costa towards apex paler ; hind 

 margin dark reddish fuscous, except a pale interrupted marginal 

 lino ; ciHa grey, with a blackish basal hue. Hind wings brownish 

 ochreous, becoming very much paler towards costa and inner 

 margin ; a pale brassy yellow central dot, surrounded by dark 

 fuscous scales ; an obscure dentate dark fuscous line towards hind 

 margin ; cilia as in fore wings, becoming much paler towards anal 

 angle. 



A beautiful and conspicuous species, certainly with 

 some perceptible affinity to the European samhucaUsy 

 S. "V. (which, however, has the outer end-spur de- 

 veloped). 



Fernshaw, Victoria ; one fine specimen in November, 

 taken in swampy forest. 



ScopuLA, Schrk. 

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

 Antennas two-thu-ds of fore wings, in male rather stout, filiform, 

 evenly ciliated (] — ^), rough-scaled above. Labial palpi rather 

 long, straight, porrccted, elongate-triangularly scaled, terminal 

 joint concealed. Maxillary palpi moderate, dilated with loose 

 scales towards apex. Posterior tibiae with outer middle-spur in 

 male obsolete, in female half inner, outer end-spur one-half to 

 three-fourths of inner. Abdomen moderate, in male with mode- 

 rate loose anal tuft; valves exserted. Fore wings with vein 11 

 moderately long, oblique. Hind wings as broad as fore wings ; 3 

 rather remote, 4 and 5 closely approximated towards base, 7 out of 

 G near origin, anastomosing with 8 to near middle. 



This genus differs from all others of the family repre- 

 sented in Australia in having the outer middle-spur of 



