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Descriptions of Ne^w Australian 

 Lepidoptera. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A., RZ.S. 



[Read June 2, 1891.] 



SYNEMONID^. 



Synemon. 



Syn. leucosptla, n. sp. 



Male and female, 31-42 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 ■dark fuscous, somewhat sprinkled with whitish. Palpi whitish, 

 above dark fuscous. Antennas dark fuscous, ringed with white. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, hindmargin rounded, rather ob- 

 lique; rather light fuscous-grey ; base and anterior half of costa 

 suffused with dark fuscous ; an irregular suffused dark fuscous 

 fascia before middle, formed of three rounded confluent spots, 

 uppermost and sometimes others also margined posteriorly with 

 an ochreous-white suftusion ; a roundish dark fuscous blotch be- 

 neath costa beyond middle, posteriorly margined by an ochreous- 

 white suffused band or series of spots ; two rows of cloudy dark 

 fuscous spots before hindmargin, and a third marginal : cilia grey, 

 tips whitish or white. Hindwings blackish-fuscous; a roundish pale 

 yellowish discal spot ; a yellow-whitish subterminal band, not 

 reaching costa or inner margin, often divided into four or five 

 spots, of which the middle one is often very small or absent ; a 

 submarginal series of seven white spots, three upper small, others 

 rather large, lowest suffused ; cilia fuscous, tips white. 



Geraldton, West Australia ; abundant on the plains near the 

 town in November. The species is very distinct by its white or 

 whitish markings. 



Syn. heliopis, n. sp. 



Male and female, 27-35 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 fuscous. Palpi snow-white. Antennae dark fuscous, ringed with 

 white. Legs fuscous, femora white beneath, tibiae ochreous be- 

 neath. Forewings elongate - triangular, hindmargin strongly 

 rounded, rather oblique ; fuscous, sometimes rather darker in 

 disc ; a narrow oblique transverse white median discal spot ; a 

 very obscure suffused band of light grey scales extending beneath 

 middle from base to beneath discal spot and thence along upper 

 half of hindmargin to apex ; a slightly curved band of about five 

 subconfluent small ochreous-whitish suffused spots on upper hal 



