278 AECTIADiE. 



583. Halone sinuata. 



Setina sinuata, WUgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 46 (1860) ; Kirby, Cat, 



Het. p. 358. 

 Mosoda anartoides, Wlk. xxxv. 1900 (1866) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 348. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; basal joint of palpi wbitisli ;. 

 antennae with the tnft of scales on basal joint whitish ; vertex of 

 head whitish, with black central patch ; thorax mixed with whitish 

 scales, and with whitish patch on metathorax ; tibise and tarsi with 

 pale rings ; abdomen with the anal tuft and ventral surface orange. 

 Fore wing dark reddish brown, irrorated with whitish scales; 

 indistinct irregularly-dentate subbasal, ante- and postmedial dark 



Fig. 195. — Halone sinuata, c? . f . 



lines defined by grey scales, the two latter angled inwards in sub- 

 median fold, the last bent outwards between veins 6 and 4 and 

 angled inwards in discal fold ; a white discoidal spot ; a white 

 point at apex ; a terminal lunule below apex, and two above tornus. 

 Hind wing orange, with terminal black band varying much in 

 width, its inner edge bent outwards to near termen between vein 3- 

 and submedian fold and irregular towards tornus. 



Eab. N. S. Wales, Sydney {Darnel, MatJuiv, Baynor), type 

 anartoides. Ex-p. 24 millim. Type t in Mus. Stockholm. 



Larva feeds on lichens on rocks. 



584. Halone sobria. (Plate XXVI. fig. 23.) 



Halone sobria, Wlk. ii. 540 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 347. 



Mosoda consolatrix, Eosenst. A. M. N. H. (5) xvi. p. 381 (1885) ; Kirby^ 



Cat. Het. p. 348. 

 Mosoda hemichroa, Turnel-, Trans. E. Soc. S. Auhtr. 18'J9, p. 18. 



S. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; fore tibiae and tarsi 

 black ringed with whitish, bind legs pale ; abdomen with the anal 

 tuft and ventral surface yellow. Fore wing fuscous brown irrorated 

 with grey ; indistinct irregularly- dentate subbasal, ante- and post- 

 medial dark lines, the two latter angled inwards in submedian fold,, 

 the last bent outwards between veins G and 4 and angled inwards 

 in discal fold. Hind wing orange-yellow, with some fuscous 

 suffusion on apical area. 



Ab. 1. Vertex of head whitish, with black patch; patagia tipped 

 with white ; metathorax with white points ; fore wing with the 

 lines defined by whitish, broadly so on antemedial line from costa 

 to median nervure and on postmedial line at costa; a terminal 



