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fuscous. Abdomen and legs fuscous. Forewings yellow; a dark 

 purplish -fuscous basal fascia, more or less produced alone; costa; 

 posterior half beyond a nearly straight more or less inwardly 

 oblique line deep ferruginous-purple, except a rather large pale 

 yellow costal spot before apex, and a few pale yellowish scales at 

 tornus : cilia coppery-fuscous, opposite costal spot and tornus pale 

 3'ellow. Hindwings coppery-orange-fuscous; cilia coppery, round 

 apex more infuscated. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Glen Innes (3000 feet), Sydney, and 

 Bulli, New South Wales; Melbourne and Healesville, Victoria; 

 in September, October, December, February, and May, twelve 



specimens. 



228. L. stereodi/ta, n.sp. 



(^9. 10- 15 mm. Head yellow, face pale shining bronzy, fillet 

 fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous. Antennge whitish-ochreous, basal 

 joint dark fuscous. Thorax yellow, shoulders narrowly dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen and legs dark fuscous. Forewings bright 

 yellow ; a dark fuscous streak along basal fourth of costa ; an 

 inwardly oblique purple postmedian fascia, uniting beneath with 

 a purple streak along termen from apex, both partially edged 

 with dark fuscous anteriorly : cilia copper3'-fuscous. Hindwings 

 dark coppery-fuscous; cilia coppery-fuscous. 



Sydney, Blackheath (3500 feet), Shoalhaven, and Mount 

 Kosciusko (4300 feet), New South Wales; Campbelltown, Georges 

 Bay, and Hobart, Tasmania ; Mount Lofty and Port Lincoln, 

 South Australia; Albany, West Australia; from September to 

 March, and in June, very common. 



229. L. retracteUa, Walk. 



(Oecophova retractella, Walk. Tin. 1031.) 



9. 11 mm. Head dark purple-fuscous, face pale shining 

 bronzy, fillet ochreous-whitish. Palpi dark fuscous. Antennie 

 ochreous-whitish. Thorax hx-onzy-fuscous. Abdomen and legs 

 dark fuscous, posterior legs lighter. Forewings yellow; a dark 

 fuscous basal fascia, produced along costa to |- ; terminal half 



