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Readih' distinguished by the ochreous costal patch of forewings and wholl}- 

 ochreous hindwiugs, as well as by the dark underside, which is like that of 

 infrazebrina Hmpsn. The $ antennae are subserrate with rather long ciliations. 

 The hind legs are broken off. 



23. Megatheca dentosa sp. nov. 



Forewings : ochreous suffused with grey ; basal area crossed by several obli(|uel y 

 curved indefinite grey lines ; central fascia dark grey, its edges obliquely curved, 

 the outer becoming blackish and strongly denticulate, especially in the excurved 

 portion below costa ; submarginal line ochreous, uniformly dentate, preceded and 

 followed by a blackish shade ; the pale band between central fascia and submarginal 

 shade is darkened beyond cell, and unspeckled ochreous between veins 3 and 4, 

 thus forming a pale spot ; cell-spot black, distinct ; marginal line black, interrupted 

 by a pale ochreous dot at the vein ends ; fringe grey, with ochreous dashes beyond 

 the veins. 



Hindu'ings : similar. 



Underside smooth, glossy, ochreous suffused with grey ; darker grey ante- 

 median, postmedian, and submarginal curved shades ; submarginal line broad, 

 curved, pale ochreous ; cell-spots black. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; 

 patagia, and base and sides of abdomen much speckled with black : legs ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 17 mm. 



One ? from Mackay, Queensland. 



The hind-tibiae have the single long median spur characteristic of the genus, 

 but the forehead is flat, not protuberant. 



24. Micrulia crassitibia sp. uov. 



Forewings : dull greyish ochreous, with a faint greenish tinge, the lines and 

 shades brownish fuscous ; inner edge of central fascia from costa at two-fifths to 

 inner margin at two-fifths, bent in cell, then oblique inwards ; outer edge from 

 two-thirds of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, bluntly angled on vein 6, then 

 oblique, slightly crenulate throughout ; tlie fascia itself is brownish fuscous, edged 

 and traversed by darker lines, and is preceded and followed by a narrow band of 

 ground-colour with a dark central line ; basal and marginal areas also brownish 

 fuscous, but rather lighter than central fascia; submarginal line pale, waved; 

 marginal line blackish, interrujjted by distinct pale dots at the vein ends ; fringe 

 fuscous. 



Him/wings : similar, but the basal space paler. 



Underside dull fuscous ochreous, with the markings darker ; fringe of hair 

 along the median vein of hindwings and at anal angle ochreous-yellow. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 17 mm. 



One (? from Dammer Island, December 1898 (H. Kiihu). 



This species does not agree entirely with J/, teimilineu, the type of the genus, 

 but may be placed here for the present : the hindwings are rounded, not triangular, 

 with a slight lobe at the anal angle, which is fringed with hair, and the median vein 

 and vein 2 bear a thick fringe of hairs ; the hind-tibiae are thickly and coarsely 

 tufted with hair, and have a single long median sjiur above the apical pair. The 

 antennae are thick, lamellate, subserrate, and slightly ijubesuent. 



