BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 689 



middle, and three or four slender dark grey very oblique strigulae 

 between that and apex ; middle of disc somewhat suffused with 

 blackish ; an ill-defined black spot in disc above anal angle ; 

 generally a row of about three ill-defined black spots above anal 

 angle towards hindmargin, preceded and followed by an obscure 

 silvery-metallic line : cilia dark grey, paler towards anal angle, 

 with a blackish apical spot, costal cilia white. Hindwings thinly 

 scaled, grey, darker at extremity ; cilia pale grey, with an 

 indistinct darker line near base ; veins 3 and 4 coincident. 



Distinguished from all others by the white subcostal streak 

 from base to apex, but variable in intensity of colouring. 



JFour specimens taken in the scrub near Sydney in December ; 

 I found the species very abundant amongst, I believe, Leptosper- 

 mum ericoides, near Dunedin, and also took it at Hamilton and 

 and "Wellington, in New Zealand during January. The New 

 Zealand specimens do not differ from the Australian ; the species 

 is evidently at home in New Zealand, but appears to be scarce in 

 Australia, and it is possible that it may have been artificially 

 introduced thither. 



9. Streps, plinthinana, n. sp. 



$ . 6". Head and thorax white, with a few grey scales. Palpi 

 rather elongate, somewhat tufted beneath, white, the hairs greyish- 

 tinged towards extremities. Antennae grey, in male notched at 

 about one-eighth from basal joint. Abdomen ochreous-grey. 

 Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi suffusedly 

 banded with dark fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex produced, hindmargin sinuate, rather oblique; dark 

 reddish-fuscous, coarsely irrorated and suffused with white, 

 especially towards anal angle ; a broad well-defined white streak 

 along costa from base to apex, posteriorly attenuated, crossed by 

 an oblique dark reddish-fuscous fascia-like streak before middle ; 

 costal edge strigulated finely with brownish-grey, one or two of 



