TAXEOTIS. By L. B. Peout. 
ings distally to the postmedian line more confused, antemedian line straight, often complete and distinct 
(though fine), postmedian less oblique anteriorly, hence less acutely angulated, terminal dots more elongate. 
Gisborne, Victoria, common in January and February. It seems scarcely possible that this might he a second 
generation of inconcisata. 
T. calypsis Prout (1 g). Also related to inconcisata , but with the face and palpus more ferruginous, culypsis. 
the forewing more strongly irrorated and strigulated, causing the markings to become veiy indistinct or al¬ 
most obsolete; postmedian dark dots, with a slight paler (less irrorated) line distally to them, are discernible, 
the costal spot a little thicker and more proximal, but the sharp subcostal angulation of that of inconcisata is 
wanting, while on the other hand there is a slight outward cuive in the middle. West Australia, in November. 
T. intextafa Guen. (= perlinearia Walk.) ( 1 g as perlinearia). A very variable species. I formerly inkxluta. 
doubted the common determination of Guexee’s species, but think it must be accepted, although he says ,,apex 
not falcate 41 . Larger than inconcisata, apex of foiewing more falcate, fringes not sharply divided, palpus 
more mixed with ferrugsinous, antemedian line of forewing (in the rare cases when this is fully developed) sharply 
projecting outward subcostally. Guenee’s type form is ,,cinereous-testaceous 44 with the postmedian line of 
the forewing double, ferruginous. In Walkek’s type, this double line is also developed on the hindwing and 
the antemedian line of the forewing is strong, so that this is probably a separable aberration. -— ab. areniferata areniferalu. 
Walk, is a greyer form, with the ferruginous lines scarcely developed, the postmedian markings consisting 
chiefly of small blackish (or ferruginous) dots on the veins and (on the forewing) larger and blacker dots distally 
thereto between the veins. — ab. explicataria Walk, has the forewing so densely irrorated as to appear almost explicaturia. 
melanic, the double postmedian line of the type form present but inconspicuous. — A very common species, 
South Australia to Queensland, August to December. 
T. collineata Warr. is probably a more aberration or local modification of the preceding, nearest the collineata. 
■perlinearia form. Central area of forewing less strongly irrorated than the rest; the outer postmedian line 
strongly developed, black, dentate outwards. Founded on a rather large from Burdekin River, County Da¬ 
venport, Queensland. 
T. egenata Walk. (1 h). Base of palpus nearly concolorous with forewing, thus intermediate be- e<je>iata. 
tween the species in which it is wholly dark and those in which it is sharply white. Pale ochreous grey, the 
irroration sparse and not strong; dots of antemedian line quite small; postmedian line more distally placed 
than usual, very gently curved anteriorly, otherwise almost straight, the macular markings beyond not very 
strong. Queensland. 
T. goniogramma Meyr. is allied to egenata but rather duskier, with a dark suffusion about the celldot, goniogram- 
the jrostmedian line normally placed, right-angled about the 1st radial. Duaringa, Queensland, in May. 
T. intermixtaria Walk. ( = promelanaria Walk.) (1 h, as promelanaria). Rather variable, in most intermixta- 
respects intermediate between the two preceding, the postmedian line punctiform, angulated (but not generally 
very acutely) at the first radial. Distinguished by having the fringe sharply divided, almost as in inconcisata. 
Tasmania to New South Wales, in November. 
T. epigypsa Meyr. is another light-coloured species. Smaller than intermixtaria, palpus shorter, wings epigypsa. 
rather more elongate, subterminal spots better developed, terminal dots large. Founded on a single J, not 
in very good condition, but ,,certainly a good species 44 . Quorn, South Australia, in October. 
T. acrothecta Turn. (1 h). Also smaller than intermixtaria, which it resembles in its light-grey colour; acrothecta. 
apex acute, but scarcely so produced as in intermixtaria. Palpus rather short, wholly dark. Antemedian line 
almost wanting, postmedian with the black dots almost or altogether wanting (when present, formed as in 
intermixtaria), the ferruginous shade remaining, accompanied distally (at least in the $) by a whitish line; 
fringe almost uniformly pale. Townsville, North Queensland, in August. 
T. subvelaria Walk. {= reserat-a Walk., isophanes Meyr.) (1 h). Wings rather broad, apex of forewing subvelaria. 
not produced. Palpus at base white. Plain grey, with dark irroration, but without ochreous or ferruginous 
lines or shades; the lines represented by well-developed vein-dots, the postmedian excurved (but not angulated) 
anteriorly and incurved posteriorly, sometimes followed distally by some dark interneural spots; a spot near 
anal angle of each wing commonly conspicuous. South Australia and Tasmania to New South Wales, common 
and widel distributed, flying in October and I think till December. 
T. xanthogramma Lower. Close to the preceding, perhaps even a form of it. Differs in having a fer-a antlwgram- 
ruginous line proximally to the antemedian dots and a brighter, more ochreous one distally to the postmedian 
