88 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



at extremities of veins. Hindwings with hindmargiii slightly 

 waved ; fuscous-grey ; an obscure fuscous discal dot ; a broad 

 blackish hindmarginal band, somewhat suffused, constricted at 

 anal angle; indications of a faint fuscous line at f inner margin, 

 not reacliing costa; hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. 

 Forewings beneath as above; costa dusted with white; a broad 

 blackish hindmarginal band, containing a spot of groundcolour 

 on costa at apex. Hindwings as in forewings, but spot of ground- 

 colour obsolete. 



Newcastle, N.S.W.; one specimen in May ; {Coll. Lyell). 



NOCTUINA. 



N0CTUID.5:. 



Thalpochares leucodesma, n.sp. 



5. 10 mm. Head, palpi and legs white. Thorax ochreous- 

 fuscous, anteriorly white. Abdomen dull orange. Antennae 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, hindmargin bowed, 

 oblique; chestnut-l:)rown, somewhat suffused with white on basal 

 area; a slightly oblique broad whitish fascia, narrowed on costa, 

 from middle of costa to middle of inner margin, anterior edge 

 straight, posterior edge irregular, with a strong projection in 

 middle; fascia edged on either side with darker groundcolour; an 

 oblique darker chestnut streak from apex to projection; fascia 

 suffused into groundcolour below this; a few fuscous dots along 

 hindmargin : cilia whitish, slightly ochreous-tinged. Hindwings 

 pale ochreous, infuscated round margins, especially at apex; cilia 

 as in forewings. 



Duaringa, Queensland; two specimens, taken in April and May. 



EUSTROTIA CRYSTALLINA, n.Sp. 



^. 40 mm. Head and thorax dull whitish, finely reticulated 

 with blackish. Antennae and palpi dull orange. Abdomen 

 orange, fuscous-tinged at base. Legs whitish, anterior tibiag and 

 tarsi ochreous-orange, posterior and middle tibife and tarsi dull 

 orange. Foi'ewings elongate, moderate, slightly dilated posteriorly, 



