BY E. MEYRICK. 



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especially on veins posteriorly, with numerous tufts of bluish- 

 leaden scales tipped with black; costa variably strigulated with 

 blackish and white; basal patch rather large, outer edge oblique, 

 irregular; central fascia moderately broad, sliyhtly curved, 

 oblique; an apical patch, its edge running from § of costa to 

 tornus, slightly concave; a white terminal line dotted with black : 

 cilia white, basal third grey tipped with blackish, with two pos- 

 terior blackish-grey lines. Hiudwings giey, darker posteriorly; 

 cilia whitish, with basal third dark grey, and grey postmedian 

 shade. 



W. AusT.: Waroona(Berthoud); in January and February, 



three specimens. 



44. Parastranga, n.g. 



Antennae in ^ shortly ciliated. Palpi long, porrected, second 

 joint with dense projecting scales above and beneath diminishing 

 to apex, terminal joint moderate. Forewings with slight scale- 

 tufts on surface; 3 from angle, 7 separate, to termen, 8 and 9 

 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 6 

 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



An interesting form, derived from Peronea. 



283. P. macrogona, n.sp. 



^(^. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, in $ 

 suffused with light grey. Palpi grey more or less mixed with 

 light brownish-ochreous, towards base white. Abdomen ocl)re- 

 ous-whitish mixed with light grey. Forewings elongate, rather 

 dilated posteriorly, costa towards base gently arched, posteriorly 

 nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen straight, oblique; light 

 brownish, sometimes tinged with reddish, more or less inorated 

 with whitish-ochreous, with a few blackish specks; costa and 

 dorsum shortly strigulated with blackish irroration; basal patch 

 indicated by some small blackish strigulse; a very elongate- 

 triangular ferruginous-reddish patch, more or less suffusedly 

 mixed with grey and sprinkled with black, extending along costa 

 from before \ to near apex, its apex reaching nearly to middle 

 of disc and sometimes marked with black; sometimes this patch 

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