BY A. JEPFERIS TURNER. MO 



B. Discal spot outlined with blackish 7. 



Discal spot not outlined with blackish 9. 



7. Hindwings ochreous (at least in <^) 8. 



Hindwings fuscous , . . . . mclanosticta. 



8. Discal spot white-centred anisozyga. 



Discal spot ochreous in centre gelotes. 



9. Hindwings whitish-ochreous chrysosema. 



Hindwings not whitish-ochreous 10. 



10. Expanse 34-44 mm. Hindwings blackish tristis. 



Expanse 22-36 mm. Hindwings fuscous protrahens. 



11. Abdomen ochreous argent ea. 



Abdomen blackish 12. 



12. Forewings with ground colour white 13. 



Forewings with ground colour dark-fuscous 14. 



13. Hindwings white dispar <S 



Hindwings fuscous . barnardi c? 



Hindwings ochreous . . . phoenura c?, form alba. 



14. Hindwings ochreous phoenura. 



Hindwings dark -fuscous 15. 



15. Forewings with basal white spot harnardi S. 



Forewings without basal white spot dispar $. 



3. Epicoma melanospila. 



Cnethocampa melanospila. Wlgrn., Wien. Ent. Mon., iv., 1866, p. 164. 



c?. 40-50 mm. 9. 46-58 mm. Head white; face more or less mixed with 

 ochreous or fuscous; some ochreous hairs near antennal bases. Antennae fuscous; 

 stalk sometimes partly wliitish. Thorax blackish; tegulae in c? and sometimes 

 in 5 white or whitish. Abdomen blackish; a median dorsal series of ochreous 

 spots; tuft ochreous, apices of hairs paler. Legs dark-fuscous. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa straight, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; shining-white; 

 a blackish costal streak irrorated and edged with ochreoits ; a fairly large, -circular, 

 blackish, median discal spot; a broad oblique blackish line from costa before 

 apex, near or rarely touching discal spot, then curved outwards to two-thirds 

 dorsum, in ? usually entirely absent; a variable amount of fuscous irroration 

 along dorsum, sometimes broadly suffused and prolonged along termen; cilia 

 fuscous, with median series of ochreous or whitish-ochreous dots, apices partly 

 whitish or ochreous. Hindwing-s with termen rounded ; ochreous, more or less 

 suffused with fuscous; a broad, median, fuscous, transverse line sometimes lost 

 in suffusion; sometimes a terminal series of ochreous spots; cilia ochreous, some- 

 times mixed with fuscous. 



Easily recognised by the silvery-white forewings with large blackish discal 

 spot, but variable. In southern examples the dorsal suffusion is greater. In 

 one $ from Gippsland there is a strong post-median oblique line. 



N. Qland: Cairns, Atherton, Herberton; Qland: Gympie. Brisbane, Coolan- 

 gatta, Toowoomba, Stanthorpe; N.S.W. : Sydney; Vict.: Melbourne, Wandin, 

 Moe, Gisbome ; Tas. : Launeeston, Hobart. 



4. Epicoma sigxata. 



7Vara signata, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 849. 



c?. 40 mm. Head whitish-ochreous ; face ochreous. Antennae whitish ; pec- 

 tinations in d 9, dark-fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous. (Abdomen broken). 

 Legs fuscous with ochreous hairs. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa straight, 

 apex round-pointed, termen slightly bowed, oblique; silvery white; a blackish 



