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more suffused and elongate, on costa at |; a small spot on inner 

 margin at anal angle; an elongate mark immediately above this; 

 a more or less suffused interrupted hindmarginal line : cilia pale 

 ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings with hindmargin somewhat 

 sinuate beneath apex; pale greyish, darker on margins; cilia grey- 

 whitish, with a pale line at base. 



Stawell, Victoria; three specimens in October. 



Paratheta calyptra, n.sp. 



^9- 9-12 mm. Head whitish. Thorax light fuscous, whitish 

 on margins. Palpi light fuscous, terminal joint whitish, with 

 fuscous subapical ring. Antennae and legs fuscous, middle and 

 posterior tibiae mixed with whitish. Abdomen fuscous, with 

 silvery-grey segmental margins. Forewings elongate-linear, apex 

 pointed; whitish, tinged with fuscous; a fuscous spot at base of 

 costa, somewhat extended to inner margin; an irregular fuscous 

 triangular spot on inner margin, reaching half across wing ; a 

 fuscous quadrate spot on inner margin immediately beyond, 

 groundcolour snow-white between; sometimes both spots are more 

 or less continued transversely to costa, forming irregular fasciae; 

 a fuscous spot on costa at ^, sometimes continued direct to anal 

 angle; immediately followed on costa by a snow-white spot; a 

 small dark fuscous spot at apex, sometimes irregularly continued 

 to anal angle : cilia greyish, with an irregular row of blackish at 

 base. Hindwings linear, apex pointed, narrower than forewings; 

 pale greyish; cilia 3, pale greyish-ochreous. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; common at light during October. 



Paratheta ochrocoma, n.sp. 



(J9. 11-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Palpi fuscous, 

 second joint white at base and apex, terminal joint white with a 

 fuscous subapical ring. Antennae white, obscurely annulated with 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, with whitish segmental rings, 

 anal tuft greyish-ochreous beneath. Legs fuscous, strongly 

 sprinkled with white. Forewings shaped as in calyptra; dark 



