BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 1053 



Separated from 0. nephelonota by the white thorax and pale 

 hind- wings, from 0. zonoteles by the basal costal spot not produced 

 to inner margin, from both by the conspicuous subcostal inter- 

 ruption of the anterior fascia. 



Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland ; Murrurundi, Newcastle, 

 Sydney, and Bathurst (2000 feet), New South Wales; Port 

 Lincoln, South Australia ; common fi'om August to November 

 and in March, usually amongst Acacia. 



357. Ox. zonoteles, n. sp. 



Minor, alls ant. canis, fascia basali Integra, altera antica obliqua 

 dorsum non attingente, macula dorsi postica transversa, fascia 

 postica directa sub costa iuterrupta maculisque cost* duabus 

 posticis saturate fuscis ; post, albido-griseis. 



(J 12-18 mm. Head and palpi white, apex of terminal joint, 

 and second joint except apex dark fuscous. Antennae whitish. 

 Thorax white, anterior margin irregularly dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, 

 apex tolerably acute, hind-margin straight, extremely oblique ; 

 white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings dark 

 fuscous; a i-ather narrow entire basal fascia ; a narrow inwardly 

 oblique fascia from costa before middle, not reaching inner 

 margin ; a transverse spot on inner margin before anal angle, 

 nearly reaching middle ; three quadrate spots on costa between 

 middle and apex ; from beneath first of these a narrow fascia to 

 anal angle ; a row of small confluent spots immediately before 

 hind-margin : cilia ochi-eous-whitish, with a cloudy central pale 

 greyish shade. Hind-wings whitish-grey, ochreous-tinged ; cilia 

 pale whitish-ochreous. 



Difl:ers from all the other species by the entire basal fascia. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales, in 

 October and March ; five specimens. 



