BY E, MEYRICK, B.A. 1049 



353. Het. coppatias, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. griseis, partiin cano-suffiisis, punctis disci anticis 

 duobus nigris, fascia postica angusta nigro-bipunctata lineaque 

 subfcerminali saturatioiibus ; post, dihitius griseis. 



(J $. 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white mixed with 

 dark grey ; second joint of palpi with a dark grey subapical band. 

 Antennae white, annulated with dark grey. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 dark grey, apex of joints whitish, posterior tibiae pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 tolerably acute, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; grey, 

 suffused with white, and irrorated with dark grey ; a black dot in 

 disc before middle, and a second much larger one slightly beyond it 

 on fold ; two black dots transversely placed and sometimes confluent 

 in disc beyond middle, placed on a narrow dark grey fascia from 

 f of costa to anal angle ; a cloudy dark grey line from costa near 

 apex to anal angle ; a row of veiy ill-defined dark grey spots on 

 hindmargin: cilia white, irrorated with grey. Hind wings light 

 grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



The posterior markings are sometimes very indistinct, but the 

 two anterior dots are always very conspicuous. 



Murruruudi and Bathurst, New South Wales ; Adelaide, South 

 Australia ; tolerably common in October and November. 



56. OxYTHECTA, Meyr. 

 Head loosely haired, sidetufts rather large, rough, spreading. 

 Antennae in ^ strongly ciliated (2|-3), basal joint rather stout, 

 with strong pecten. Palpi moderate, second joint not exceeding 

 base of antennae, densely scaled, dilated beyond middle, somewhat 

 rough beneath, terminal joint rather shorter than second, rather 

 stout, recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, hind- 

 margin very oblique. Hindwings slightly narrower than fore- 

 wings, elongate-ovate, apex round-pointed, cilia 5 to 1. Abdomen 

 moderate. Posterior tibiae clothed with extremely long fine 

 dense hairs. Forewings with vein 7 to hindmargin, 2 almost 

 from angle of cell, upper basal fork of 1 obsolete except at origin 

 Hindwings normal. 



