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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



By Oswald B. Lower, F.E.S. 



BOMBYCINA. 



PSYCHID^. 



OiKETICUS ULIAS, Il.sp. 



(J. 40 mm. Head, palpi, anteun^e, legs, thorax and abdomen 

 blackish-fuscous, antennal pectinations at greatest length 8, much 

 shorter on apical half. Forewings elongate, costa gentl}'' arched, 

 hindmargin extremely oblique, somewhat sinuate on lower third; 

 dark fuscous, inclining to blackish; a large blackish somewhat 

 cuneiform spot at end of cell; a moderate suffused elongate-ovate 

 blackish patch above inner margin at ^ from base; an indistinct 

 patch of blackish beneath costa near base; hindmarginal area 

 somewhat blackish: cilia blackish (imperfect). Hindwings short, 

 hindmargin nearly straight, somewhat sinuate in middle; dark 

 fuscous; cilia as in forewings. 



Mackay, Queensland; two specimens. 



Mr. Meyrick kindly identified this and several other of the 

 species herein described, and in several instances suggested names 

 which I have adopted. 



AECTIAD5;. 



Emmiltis teissodesma. Lower. 



(Anestia trissodesma, Lower, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1897, 12.) 



Since describing the original specimen of this insect I have 

 secured a fair series. The sexes of the species being different in 

 appearance, besides being somewhat variable, I think it desirable 



