708 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, III., 



grey-whitish mixed with fuscous. Hind wings with ternien 

 slightly rounded ; colour as forewings, with several fine dark 

 transverse lines beyond middle; terminal line and cilia as fore- 

 wings; in £ a large patch of yellowish modified scales beneath 

 costa, rather ill-defined and with a few normal scales on veins 

 traversing it. Underside grey whitish; in hindwings with a 

 fuscous discal dot, postmedian, and two subterminal lines. 



Vic: Birchip, in April; one specimen received from Mr. D. 

 Goudie. 



DlPLOCTENA NEPHODES. 



Vic: Mt. Erica. 



Gen. Xanthorhoe. 



Section i. Hindwings with vein 5 approximated at base to 6. 



Xanthorhoe pauper. 



Vic: Gisborne, Beaconsfield. 



Xanthorhoe subidaria. 

 Vic. : Lome, Birchip. 



Xanthorhoe subidaria, var. urbana. 



Q.: Nanango. 



The forms of this species deserve further study. I have taken 

 urbana in Brisbane in large numbers and both sexes without 

 admixture with the typical form. The £ urbana is whiter than 

 the 9 except in median band of forewings. Whether this and the 

 typical subidaria are seasonal forms or distinct species I have not 

 been able to decide. It is probable that one or more of the names 

 given as synonyms of subidaria may really apply to the variety, 



Xanthokhoe brujata. 

 N.Q.: Kuianda. 



Xanthorhoe brachyctena,*- n.sp 



£. 22-25 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi moderate (2); fuscous, 

 lower surface towards base white. Antennae fuscous; in $ with 

 fine, short pectinations (2) extending nearly to apex. Thorax 



'ftpaxvKTfvos, with short pectinations. 



