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Forewings ochreous-brown, more or less nearly wholly suffused 

 with dark fuscous and whitish irroratioii, with some irregularly 

 scattered black scales; a transverse tuft of scales above fold at ^, 

 one below fold at J, two transversely placed in disc at f , two 

 others similarly at 4, one above dorsum before middle, and one 

 above tornus; four spots of blackish suffusion on costa, fourth at 

 |, and one on dorsum before middle; an elongate blackish apical 

 dot : cilia light fuscous, round apex iri'orated with whitish and 

 dark fuscous. Hindwings fuscous; cilia light fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; in June and September, three 



specimens. 



158. S. teplrras, n.sp. 



5. 13 mm. Head whitish, crown fuscous-sprinkled. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with two, terminal joint with three bands 

 of two or three ill-defined dark fuscous rings each. Antenme 

 whitish, ringed with fuscous. Thorax whitish, fuscous-sprinkled. 

 Abdomen pale fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed 

 with whitish. Forewings whitish, finely irrorated with fuscous; 

 triangular spots of dark fuscous irroration on dorsum at ^, before 

 middle, and on tornus; four small indistinct spots of dark fuscous 

 irroration on costa posteriorly : cilia fuscous, round apex irrorated 

 with whitish and dark fuscous. Hindwings fuscous; cilia light 

 fuscous. 



Port Lincoln, South Austi'alia; in November, one specimen. 



159. S. 2J(ir(iscia, n.fi-p. 



^■5. 9-11 mm. Head whitish, crown fuscous-sprinkled. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with six blackish rings, terminal joint with 

 three pairs of blackish rings. Antennae fuscous, ringed with dark 

 fuscous and whitish. Thorax whitish, fuscous-sprinkled. Abdo- 

 men light grey, two basal segments banded with light ochreous- 

 yellow. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with whitish. 

 Forewings whitish, irrorated with grey ; some scattered black 

 scales tending to form longitudinal lines; a transverse dark grey 

 posteriorly white-edged tuft beneath fold at \, one beyond it 

 above fold, one below fold at \, an oblique series of three from 



