16 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



white; cilia and markings as in forewings, but dots not placed on 

 ferruginous shade. 



Hoyleton, South "Australia ; one specimen taken by Mr. E. 

 Guest in May. 



NOCTUINA, 



Praxis macropa, n.sp. 



^-<^. 40, 42 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-ochreous, 

 thorax in middle grey- whitish, abdomen grey. Antennae ochreous; 

 ciliations about 6 at greatest breadth. Legs fuscous, posterior 

 pair pinkish-white. Forewings moderate, elongate, dilated pos- 

 teriorly; costa arched at base, thence nearly straight, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded; ashy-grey, mixed with reddish- 

 ochreous and finely irrorated with black and dark fuscous; a fine 

 black strongly thrice dentate line from about ^ of costa to ^ inner 

 margin; a pale ochreous elongate spot, finely edged with black, 

 touching middle dentation of first mentioned line; a larger more 

 reddish similar spot above and slightly beyond, also edged with 

 black; a reddish-ochreous reniform spot edged with black at end 

 of cell; a strongly dentate black line from beneath costa at about 

 •| to I of inner margin, edged posteriorly by its own width of 

 pale ochreous-reddish; a similar but lighter parallel line (indicating 

 subterminal) near and beyond from costa at |to anal angle, inter- 

 space bright reddish-ochreous : cilia ochreous-reddish, chequered 

 with blackish. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia grey- whitish, 

 reddish-tinged on basal ^. 



Broken Hill, N.S. W. ; three specimens taken at electric light 

 in May. 



The antennal pectinations of this species are so filiform that 

 they curl up into an inextricable mass when the insect is dry ; 

 they can, however, be readily rearranged by relaxing. 



ACONTIA CYANIPHA, n.Sp. 



^. 28 mm. Head and thorax white. Antennae fuscous, 

 ciliations ^. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Legs and palpi fuscous, 

 tibife ringed with white. Palpi strongly recurved, second joint 



