5 r >7 



rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded; costal fold in male moderately broad, extending- 

 to Jr ; fuscous, median area suffused with whitish; a fuscous 

 basal patch, containing several fine dark-fuscous transverse 

 lines, interrupted by a median whitish suffusion ; a fine dark- 

 fuscous line, suffusedly bordered with brownish, from | costa, 

 soon bifurcating, anterior limb ending on | dorsum, posterior 

 on tornus; similar lines from f costa to tornus, a short line 

 from costa beyond this, and a line on termen ; cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Nearest B . cralerana, Meyr. ; distinguished by the median 

 whitish suffusion. 



Bab. — Queensland: Toowoomba, in September; one 

 specimen. 



Gen. Authomaema, nov. (av^o/xat/xo?, akin). 



Antennae in male ciliated. Palpi moderate, pcrrect : 

 second joint with projecting scales above and beneath ; ter- 

 minal joint short. Forewings with 3 and 4 stalked from 

 angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 

 4 connate, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A development of Capua, distinguished by the stalking" 

 of 3 and 4 of forewings. Type, A. pentacosma , Low. 



Capua naias, n. sp. (rata?, a water-nymph). 



d - 12 mm. Head white, slightly ochreous-tinged. Palpi 

 whitish, external and anterior surface of second joint blackish, 

 except towards apex. Antennae whitish, annulated with 

 blackish ; ciliations in male J. Thorax white, tegulae blackish. 

 Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. Legs fuscous; posterior pair 

 ochreous- whitish. Forewings slightly dilated posteriorly, costa 

 rather strongly arched, apex pointed, termen obliquely 

 rounded; in male without costal fold; white; markings 

 blackish ; a large spot on base of dorsum with a short posterior 

 process reaching fold; a spot on base of costa, sometimes 

 double, another at ^, and a dot at \; an oblique fascia from 

 midcosta to dorsum before tornus, interrupted above jniddle, 

 dilated beneath interruption, constricted above dorsum; a 

 dot on -g costa ; four small spots on apical fourth of costa ; 

 several dots on termen ; cilia white, with a few basal blackish 

 dots. Hindwings and cilia pale-grey. 



This pretty and delicate -species is not like any other. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Ebor, in December and Janu- 

 ary; two specimens taken in a damp cave beneath a small 

 waterfall. 



