BY E. MEYRICK, 13. A. 467 



^ 5--6", $ 74-"-8". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax in 

 male ochreous-brown, in female whitish-grey. Abdomen light 

 ochreous-grey, anal tuft of male whitish-ochreous. Legs ochre- 

 ous-whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings broad, oblong ; in male, costa rather 

 strongly arched towards base, apex nearly rectangular, hind- 

 margin somewhat oblique ; in female costa rather strongly arched 

 near base, somewhat sinuate posteriorly, apex rather produced, 

 hindniargin somewhat sinuate below apex, slightly bent outwards 

 below middle ; in male ochreous-brown strigulated with darker, 

 in female whitish-grey faintly tinged with brown, sometimes 

 strongly suffused with brown in irregular cloudy blotches towards 

 inner margin ; outer edge of basal patch faintly indicated in 

 female, running from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner 

 margin ; a small cloudy fuscous spot on costa at one-third, in 

 male obsolete ; a small dark fuscous triangular blotch on costa 

 at one-third, in male obsolete ; a small dark fuscous triangular 

 blotch on costa at two-thirds, in male often rather obscure, in 

 female blackish and much more distinct ; sometimes there is a 

 large dark fuscous blotch on posterior half of inner margin? 

 uniting with costal triangular blotch, but generally this is obsolete 

 or quite imperceptible : cilia in male ochreous-brown, paler 

 towards anal angle, in female dark fuscous, becoming whitish at 

 anal angle. Hindwings in male fuscous-grey spotted with darker, 

 cilia light grey with a darker basal line ; in female whitish- 

 yellow, becoming deeper yellow at apex and pale grey along 

 inner margin, and generally spotted with pale grey ; cilia whitish 

 with a dark grey basal line. 



A very variable species, the markings differing much in size, 

 position, and intensity. 



Generally distributed and very common in gardens, as well as 

 in dry bush ; it occurs at Sydney, Parramatta, Morpeth, and 

 Bulli, New South Wales ; at Toowoomba in Queensland ; and 



