c!t)» REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTEEA, 



fus,cous; rarely witli a terminal series of ochreous dots; cilia ochreous. 



'llie sexes are similar. 



N. Qland : Cairns, Herberton ; Qland : Nambour, Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine, 

 Coolangatta; N.S.W. : Dorrigo, Sydney; Vict.: Melbourne, Wandin, Moe, Gis- 

 borne; Tas. : Hobart; S. Aust. : Mt. Lofty; W. Aust. : Waroona. 



11. Epigoma protrahens. 



Teara protrahens, Luc, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1889, p. 1090. 



c?. 20-28 mm. ?. 26-35 mm. Head whitish-ocbreous ; face brownish. An- 

 tennae fuscous, irrorated on stalk with whitish. Thorax pale-brown. Abdomen 

 dark-fuscous; a series of dorsal median spots and tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 fuscous mixed with pale-ochreous. Forewings triangular, rather narrow, costa 

 straight, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; fuscous-brown with some 

 whitish irroration or suffusion; a rather large, circular, whitish-ochreous discal 

 spot slightly beyond middle; a terminal series of whitish or whitish-ochreous 

 spots; cilia pale-ochreous with dark-fuscous irroration, which forms indistinct 

 bars. Hindwings with termen rounded; fuscous; a terminal series of whitish- 

 ochreous spots in c?; in ? these are usually absent; pale-ochreous, in ? irrorated 

 with fuscous; on tornus and dorsum fuscous. 



Qland: Brisbane; N.S.W. : Clarence River, Sydney. 



12. Epiooma ahgentata. 



Marane argentata, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xsxii., p. 355. — M. subargentea, 

 Wlk., *., p. 397.— Teara argentosa, Luc, Proc Linn. Soc N.S.W., 1889, p. 1089. 



(?. 32-44 mm. 5. 50 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Antennae ochreous- 

 whitish; pectinations pale-fuscous. Thorax ochreous-whitish or whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen ochreous; sides and bases of segments on dorsum sometimes dark- 

 fuscous. Legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 more so in 2, apex obtusely round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique ; whitish more 

 or less irrorated with pale-ochreous ; when this irroration is well-marked, it leaves 

 a terminal series of whitish spots ; cilia whitish-ochreous, apices* whitish. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded; whitish-ochreous, in ? brownish-tinged; sometimes 

 a terminal series of. whitish spots; cilia whitish or ochreous-whitish. 



Northern Territory examples are considerably smaller than those from the 

 Peak Downs, and show no marginal spots. 



N. Aust.: Darwin, Macdonnell Ranges; N. Qland: I'ownsville; Qland: Duar- 

 inga. Emerald, Clermont. 



13. Epigoma barnardi. 



Teara barnardi, Luc, Proc. Linn. Soc N.S.W., 1889, p. 1088. 



d". 36-40 mm. Head and thorax pale-ochreous, the latter with central white 

 spot. Antennae pale-fuscous. Abdomen blackish; tuft ochreous. Legs fuscous. 

 Forewings triangular, costa straight, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; 

 white, usually irrorated with brown ; a narrow, brown, costal streak ; an oblique 

 line, slightly inwardly-curved, from costa before apex to about mid-dorsum; a 

 brownish terminal band, sometimes nearly obsolete, its anterior edge suffusedly 

 dentate, containing a terminal series of white spots ; cilia brown with small white 

 bars, or wholly white. Hindwings with termen rounded; fuscous; a terminal 

 series of white spots; cilia white, bases mixed with fuscous. 



?. 40-42 mm. Head and thorax dark-brown. Forewings dark-fuscous with 

 slight whitish irroration ; a basal white spot ; a terminal series of whitish-ochreous 



