BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 101 



ashy-grey- whitish; base of wing slightly whitish-tinged; an obscure, 

 sometimes imperfect, narrow outwardly oblique fuscous fascia 

 from inner margin beyond ^ to costa at J, immediately preceded 

 by a patch of its own width of snow-white, sometimes nearly 

 merged into groundcolour, sometimes the white is edged on either 

 side by an irregular dark fuscous fascia, which reaches half across 

 wing; a dark fuscous spot at apex, sometimes continued obscurely 

 along hindmargin to anal angle : cilia greyish-ochreous, with a 

 few blackish scales at base, terminal edge lighter. Hindwings as 

 in calyjjtra ; fuscous ; cilia light fuscous, with a well defined 

 ochreous basal line throughout. 



Bi'oken Hill, N.8.W. ; ten specimens during October and 

 November. 



Allied to the preceding ; but easily distinguished from that 

 species by the clearness of markings, &c. 



Paratheta lasiomela, n.sp. 



^(^. 11-14 mm. Head and thorax dark fu.scous, face white, 

 patagia whitish. Antennse whitish, obscurely annulated with 

 blackish. Abdomen blackish, white beneath, in some specimens 

 with grey-whitish segmental rings above. Palpi fuscous, base of 

 second joint whitish, terminal joint whitish with blackish sub- 

 apical band. Legs fuscous, strongly sprinkled with white. 

 Porewings shaped as in P. calyptra; dark fuscous, somewhat 

 mixed with whitish; a narrow obscure whitish basal fascia, absent 

 in some specimens; a second similar, hardly oblique fascia, from 

 ^ of inner margin to about % of costa; a much broader rather 

 obscure fuscous-whitish fascia-like patch, beyond and parallel, 

 reaching margins; a small white tooth on costa before apex; some 

 scattered white scales around hindmarginal area : cilia dark 

 fuscous, mixed with two or three whitish teeth on upper half, 

 becoming grey around anal angle. Hindwings formed as in 

 calyptra; blackish-fuscous; cilia blackish, with greyish basal line. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; five specimens in October. 



Allied to the two preceding species, but immediately distin- 

 guished by its more blackish colouring throughout. It cannot be 

 confused with the others. 



