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with 1 1 and agaiu at a poiut 0UI3' witli s aud '.) ; hiudwings ; costal approximated to 

 subcostal at middle of cell : (J and 7 from upper angle or 7 slightly before it ; 

 medians as in forewing ; no radial. Forewinu- with distinct fovea. 



Type : Xcrwsina detrita sp. nov. 



Allied to the Medasina group, though much smaller than the average species. 

 The type spncies superficially resembles Ectt-n/jiK. 



43. Xenosina detrita sj). uov. 



Forewitigs : jiale brownish or pinkish grey, freckled with black scales ; traces 

 of a dark line at one-third and an outer line at two-thirds ; submarginal line 

 denticulate, preceded by black marks beyond cell and between veins 2 and :! : cell- 

 spot and marginal spots black ; fringe concolorous. 



Hhulwiiiys : with traces of central and submarginal lines ; cellspot and 

 marginal spots as in forewiugs. 



Underside jialer, freckled with fuscous ; without markings except the discal and 

 marginal spots. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



One c? from Strathfield, N.S. Wales (Kerslake). 



The type is worn, and the descri])tion above given is necessarily somewiiat 

 deficient. 



Subfamily 8EMI0THISINAE. 

 44. Azata tenuilinea sp. nov. 



Forewhifis : fiesh-colonred grey, sjieckled with black and reddish ochraceous ; 

 costa ochraceous with black striae : lii-st line very indistinct, marked by a black spot 

 at costa ; median shade waved, consisting of black lunnles between the veins more 

 or less snrronnded with ochraceous, the central area through whicli it runs iron grey 

 aud lustrous ; outer line fine and concise, nearly straight from two-thirds of costa to 

 five-sixths of iimer margin, placed in the middle of a pale pure ochreous baud ; snb- 

 mai'ginal line jjreceded from anal angle to vein (i by a row of black contiguous 

 wedge-shai>ed blotches, the two beyond cell larger and approaching hindmargin ; 

 apical space pale ochreous ; anal area lustrous grey ; a marginal row of black 

 Innules ; fringe grey, with ochraceous base ; cellspot dark, within the median 

 line. 



Hindwhigs -. with central line as in forewiugs ; outer line pale, dentate, marked 

 slightly with ochraceous, and with black dashes on veins ; submarginal only distinct 

 towards anal angle; l)lack marginal linuiles enlarged from apex to vein 4, thence 

 obsolete. 



Underside ochreous almost covered with I'onfluent dark grey striae : the pale 

 band containing the outer line and the apical blotch alone remaining cleai- ; costa 

 yellowish with black striae. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; the face. 

 shoulders, and dorsum much sprinkled with reddish. 



Expanse of wings : 2(.i mm. 



One c^ from Waterfall Valley, Tenang, March— April 1898 ((Jurtis). 



Antennae short, subserrate, and finely ciliated ; the hindmargin of botli wings 

 crennlate throughout; a very distinct species. 



