BY A. J. TURNER. 707 



Melitulias DISCOPHORA. 

 Vic. : Mt. Erica. 



Gen. Hypycnopa. 



Hypycnopa, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1903, p. 183. 



Face with short cone of scales. Antennae in ft bipectinate 

 nearly to apex. Palpi moderate, porrect, rough-scaled. Thorax 

 not hairy beneath. Posterior tibiee with all spurs present. 

 Forewings with areole double. Hindwings with vein 5 approxi- 

 mated at base to 6, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with cell to 

 beyond middle; £ with a modified patch of yellow scales on 

 upperside of forewings. 



I have not seen the £. The genus is a development of 



Xanthorrhoe, bearing the same relationship to that genus that 



Melitulias does to Hydriomena. Whether it should be considered 



a good genus is open to question. The modified patch on the 



hindwings is much less defined than in the three species of 



Melitulias. 



Hypycnopa delotis. 



Hypycnopa delotis, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 1903, p. 184. 



(J. 26 mm. Head and thorax blackish with white irroration. 

 Face and palpi blackish. Antennae grey with some blackish 

 scales; in £ with long pectinations (8-10), apical ^ simple. Abdo- 

 men grey mixed with white, a blackish dorsal transverse bar on 

 each segment. Legs fuscous irrorated and annulated with whit- 

 ish. Forewings triangular, costa very gently arched, apex toler- 

 ably pointed, termen bowed, oblique; grey-whitish with fuscous 

 irroration and blackish transverse lines; a fine but distinct line 

 near base; a broader very distinct antemeclian line, slightly out- 

 wardly curved from I costa to h dorsum; preceded by several 

 very fine indistinct lines; an irregular postmedian line from § 

 costa to beyond mid-dorsum, with a slight outward projection 

 beneath costa, followed by a minute acute hook, and by an obtuse 

 median projection; traces of a very fine median line between the 

 two preceding; three more or less distinct wavy lines beyond 

 postmedian; a blackish terminal line interrupted on veins; cilia 



