BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 479 



11. Dich. hyperetana, n. sp. 



$ . 5 J". Head, palpi, and thorax greyisli-f uscous mixed with 

 darker. Antennae grey- whitish, annulated with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 and middle tibke suffused with dark fuscous, all tarsi dark fuscous 

 with whitish rings at apex of joints. Forewings rather elongate, 

 moderate, somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched at base, 

 hindmargin very oblique ; greyish-fuscous, with irregular scattered 

 transverse dark fuscous strigulso ; costa and inner margin coarsely 

 strigulated with dark fuscous ; outer edge of basal patch indicated 

 by a transverse dark fuscous line from one-fifth of costa to one- 

 fourth of inner margin, angulated outwards in middle ; central 

 fascia moderate, oblique, dark fuscous, from middle of costa to 

 inner margin before anal angle, anterior edge slightly sinuate, 

 distinct, posterior edge with a short deep semicircular excavation 

 in middle ; an obscure dark fuscous triangular patch on costa at 

 three-fourths ; an elongate transverse dark fuscous mark near 

 hindmargin above anal angle ; hindmargin dark fuscous beneath 

 apex : cilia whitish-grey, with a broad blackish-fuscous partially 

 interrupted line near base. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia dark 

 grey, towards extremities whitish-grey. 



An obscure-looking species, resembling D. solatia, but smaller, 

 duller and more obscure, separated by the uniform grey hind- 

 wings of the male. 



Mr. G. H. Baynor took two specimens of this easily overlooked 

 species (both males), one at Deloraine in Tasmania, the other at 

 Warragul in Grippsland, Victoria, both in December. 



12. Dich. argillosana, n. sp. 



$ . 7". Head, palpi, and thorax light brownish-ochreous. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish, broadly annulated with dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior 

 and middle tibia) suffused with dark fuscous above, all tarsi dark 

 fuscous with pale rings at apex of joints. Forewings elongate, 



