RY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 451 



Taken at Sydney and Parramatta, in September and October, 

 amongst dry bush, in sheltered places, generally flying near the 

 ground ; it is restricted in locality and not common. 



6. Cap. niontanana, n. sp. 



. 7". Head brownish-grey. Palpi brownish-grey, in- 

 ternally whitish, beneath mixed with dark fuscous. Antennro 

 greyish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown, dark fuscous in 

 middle. Abdomen silvery-grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibia) and tarsi 

 suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, not bent, hindmargin 

 very oblique, an expansible tuft of whitish hairs beneath costal 

 fold; grey-whitish, coarsely and irregularly strewn with ochreous- 

 reddish scales, especially in centre of disc and towards apex ; 

 costa and inner margin irregularly strigulated with blackish, 

 costa marked with four larger blackish spots between middle and 

 apdx ; basal patch indicated by a transverse dark fuscous line 

 from before one-fourth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, 

 angulated above middle ; a small triangular dark fuscous spot 

 on inner margin before middle ; central fascia indistinct, irregular, 

 from before middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, 

 brownish-red, suffused with blackish above and below middle, 

 and on costa and inner margin ; a triangular dark fuscous blotch 

 on anal angle, its apex connected with a small irregular dark 

 fuscous blotch in disc above middle at two-thirds from base ; a 

 blackish elongate streak along hindmargin ; cilia pale ochreous, 

 reddish-tinged at apex, becoming whitish at anal angle, with a 

 blackish line near base along hindmargin. Hindwings light 

 grey, indistinctly spotted with darker ; cilia whitish-grey, with 

 an indistinct darker grey basal line. 



Readily distinguished by the ochreous-reddish irroration on a 

 grey-whitish ground, and the definiteness of the markings. 



