AND THEIR TRANSFOEMATIONS. 86 



The Antenna long; bipectinated to the tip in both sexes. In the female (fig. 2), the pectinations are very small; in the 



male (fig. 3), rather long ; in both finely ciliated. 



The Labial palpi small, particularly in the female (fig. 4, male). Basal joint long, being twice the length of the middle 

 joint; terminal joint very small, and rather pointed (fig. 5 denuded of hair). Basal and middle joints 

 moderately covered with hair and scales. In the male, projecting forwards in front of the eyes ; in the 

 female, bending down. 



The Legs slender ; anterior pair small (fig. 6, female) ; intermediate pair with two, and posterior pair (fig. 7, male) 



with four, thin and rather long spurs on the tibiaj. Tibi* and tarsi moderately covered with scales and 

 fine hair ; the male with a fan-shaped tuft of long hair beneath the base of the tibia of the posterior leg. 



The wings horizontal in repose. 



The upper surface of both sexes is whitish-grey, sprinkled with minute dots and lines of brown and black. A double fascia, 

 black above and very dark brown beneath, proceeds from the inner margin of both wings, about one-third from the base, and 

 running almost parallel to the costa, terminates on the hind-margin, just below the apical angle ; a similar but fainter fascia is 

 placed near the hind-margin, and the space between these fascite is darkly shaded with brown and black. Two thin, transverse 

 fascia, one brown, the other black, are near the base of the wings, which also bear a small brown discoidal spot ; the outer 

 margins are denticulated, and are outlined with black ; marginal fringe grey and brown. Thorax and abdomen grey, shaded 

 with black and brown ; a black band crosses the thorax, and is continued for some distance below the costa of upper wing. The 

 male has a few annular bands of dark brown on the back of abdomen. 



The under side is light silvery-brown, shaded with dark bronze-brown near the hind margins. There are a few faint, 

 transverse brownish fascite, and a brownish discoidal spot on each wing. 



The caterpillar is shown on its food plant, the Lcptospermum scoparium, together with the female moth. 



SELIDOSEMA DESTINATARIA, GnENfiE.— (Plate XXL, <?). 

 Gnophos destinataria, Guence, Spec. Gen. des L^pid., Vol. IX,, p. 297. (1857). 

 Boarmia attenta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus , XXI., p. 390 (1860). 

 Tephrosia indirecta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit Mus., XXL, 418 (1860). 

 Tephrosia vagaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., XXVL, p. 1542. (1862). 

 Selidosenia destinataria, Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1891, p. 613 (1892). 

 Geometra lentiginoaa, Scott, MS. 



Of the few specimens of this caterpillar which have come into our possession, some were found in May in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Sydney, on the leaves of the common Convolvulus ; others were discovered at Ash Island in October, on a vine of the 

 Stephania hernandiaifolia. The caterpillar is in length 1 J inches, is cylindrical and moderately slender ; the abdominal feet absent, 

 with the exception of one pair on the ninth segment. The body is reddish clay-colour, with many short longitudinal strite and 

 spots of purplish-brown ; near the stigmata is a faint lateral band, containing a small white spot on the fifth and sixth segments ; 

 beneath this band, on each segment, is a short streak of purplish-brown, and there is also a purplish-brown oblique marking on the 

 terminal segment. The head is clay-colour, with a faint marking on each side, and striated in front with purplish-red. 



The cocoons were formed of coarse silk, covered externally with particles of earth, and were placed close to the surface of 

 the soil. The chrysalis (fig. 1, male) is barely half an inch in length, and shining reddish-brown in colour. The moths took wing 

 in July and December. 



The female measures 1 inch and 4 lines ; the male slightly less. 



The Antennm: male, rather long ; bipectinated to the apex, each pectination finely ciliated (fig. 2) ; female, filiform. 



The Labial palpi small, especially in female (fig. 3, male). Basal joint large, and twice as long as middle joint; terminal 

 joint very small, thin, and acute at the apex (fig. 4, male) ; basal and middle joints rather thickly covered 

 with feathery scales and hair. The whole projecting forwards and slightly upwards. 



The Legs slender ; intermediate pair (fig. 5) with two, and posterior pair with four, rather long, thin spurs on the 



tibiae. Tibiffi and tarsi thinly covered with feathery scales. 



