684 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LKPIDOPTERA, III., 



Symmimetis muscosa,* n.sp. 



<J. 20-22 mm. Head dull greenish. Palpi 1|-; fuscous, greenish- 

 tinged. Antennae grey. Thorax dull greenish mixed with fuscous. 

 Abdomen ochreous-greenish with fuscous irroration on bases of 

 segments. Legs whitish; anterior pair pale fuscous. Forewings 

 broadly triangular, costa slightly arched near base and apex only, 

 apex rounded, termen bowed, oblique; whitish mixed with fuscous 

 and greenish, and in places suffused with reddish-brown; a line of 

 raised blackish scales on lower border of cell; two finely dentate 

 transverse postmedian lines faintly indicated; beyond middle of 

 disc are short, interrupted, blackish streaks of raised scales on 

 veins; a faintly marked dentate subterminal line preceded by 

 whitish dots; a fuscous terminal line interrupted on veins; cilia 

 greenish, apices grey. Hindwings with termen rounded; colour 

 and markings as forewings. Underside whitish; both wings 

 with fine fuscous antemedian lines, broader and more suffused 

 postmedian lines, and a broad terminal fuscous suffusion. 



The type has the general appearance of a Gymnoscelis, but the 

 forewings are proportionately broader. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. : Kuranda, in November; two specimens received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd, of which one is in Coll. Lyell. 

 Gen. Gymnoscelis. 



This genus is largely represented in Northern Queensland, and 

 as the number of known species is more than doubled, I append 

 a new tabulation. The species appear to be limited in their 

 distribution, and the discovery of several closety related forms 

 with greenish coloration makes me doubt whether G. erymna 

 Meyr., of which the type comes from Tonga, is really represented 

 in Australia. At any rate it is unknown to me. G. subrufata 

 Warr., is, I am now convinced, distinct from G. erymna, and 

 from any species known to me. 

 1. Fore and hindwings with a whitish spot on middle 



of termen coquina. 



Fore and hindwings without a whitish spot on 



middle of termen 2. 



* Muscosus, mossy. 



