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Hiwlivlnijs : with co.-ita sinuous, excised in middle, fringed with hair on both 

 sides of the excision ; hindmargin toothed at 4, G, 7, the tooth at vein 7 acute; inner 

 margin restricted, with a fold containing a tuft of hair. 



Forewings beneath with a large bed of flat scales on inner margin at base. 

 Palpi long, porrect, third joint as long as second ; tongue present ; antennae 

 simple, lamellate ; hind femora and tibiae with thick tufts of hail", the tibiae with 

 four spurs ; anal segment of abdomen with enormously developed tufts of hair, the 

 penultimate segment beneath also with thick curled tufts. 



Xcuratloii, : as in Epiplema. 



Tvpe : Ohaetopyga hurrida sp. uov. 



24. Chaetopyga horrida sp. no\-. 



Forewiivjs : fawn-colour, dotted with fuscous; traces of a wavy darker line near 

 base ; a darker brown central fascia, broad on costa and inner margin, constricted 

 towards the middle, its edges dark brown ; a slightly darker diffuse submarginal 

 shade, and a narrow marginal hand from apex to tooth at vein 4. 



Uindivlnijs : tinged with ferruginous ; a ferruginous postmedian line, sinuous 

 from costa to vein 4, where it is acutely angled and joined bv a dark ferruginous 

 streak from the base. 



Underside, especially of hindwings, paler, witliout markings, but with coarse 

 fuscous atoms. Face and palpi dark brown ; head, thorax, and abdomen fawn-colour. 

 Tufts of anal segment pale shining ochreous ; of penultimate segment dark fuscous ; 

 those of the legs rufous. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



One (? from Port Mackay, (Queensland. 



The only examjile is unfortunately much wasted, and the fringes are gone. 



25. Dirades hepaticata sp. nov. 



Forewinf/s : dark puri)lish grey ; the two lines very slender, ochreous ; first at 

 one-third, forming a right angle on the median, with a blackish shade on its outside ; 

 second line at two-thirds, straight, inwardly edged with dark ; a dark marginal patch 

 opposite the cell ; marginal line thick, blackish ; fringe paler. 



Hindvnwjs : with both lines bent in middle, the first sharply angled, the 

 second bluntly produced ; a ferruginous tint before the teeth and a lustrous pearly 

 marginal line. 



Underside duller, without markings. Head, thorax, and abdomen all ron- 

 colorous. 



Expanse of wings : 15 mm. 



Three ¥ ? from the Khasias. 



26. Dirades latibrunnea sp. nov. 



Foretviiifjs : brownish fuscous, dusted with dark fuscous ; first line at one-third, 

 strongly hut bluntly angled in midwing; .second line from costa at three-fourths 

 to just before anal angle, irregularly waved; the first line edged outwardly, the 

 second inwardly, with dark red-brown, the space between them below vein 3 filled 

 up with dark brown ; outer line followed by linear series of blackish striae, which 

 expand into a lilackish apical blotch ; a row of black white-tipped dots from hefoi'e 

 apex to below middle of hindmargin ; fringe concolorous. witli a fine dark basal line. 



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