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dot ; a short oblique dark fuscous apical dash, in ^ connected 

 with an irregular dark ochi-eous-brown subterminal suffusion 

 extending downwards to middle ; a blackish hindmarginal line : 

 cilia fuscous, with a whitish median line. Hindwings in ^ 

 narrowed and elongate, hindmargin entire, in Q normal, hind- 

 margin strongly waved, rounded ; pale whitish-fuscous, more or 

 less ochreous-tinged, in ^ posteriorly with more or less indistinct 

 darker lines, more marked on inner margin ; in (J a large oval 

 patch of dense pale ochreous-yellowish scales, extending in disc 

 from 5 to f , and from near costa to below middle ; hindmarginal 

 line and cilia as in forewina^s. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; Hobart, Tasmania ; in November and 

 December, rather common. 



7-i. Mel. disGophora, n.sp. 



(J^. 19-23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish, somewhat 

 mixed with ochreous and whitish ; palpi 3^. Antennae blackish, 

 in ^ filiform, ciliations very minute, towards base absent. 

 Abdomen blackish, sides and margins of segments suffused with 

 whitish. Legs dark fuscous irrorated with whitish. Fore wings 

 somewhat elongate-triangular, apex somewhat prominent, hind- 

 margin slightly waved, bowed, oblique ; blackish-fuscous, in ^ 

 densely strewn with golden-ochreous except on margins of white 

 markings ; markings formed by a dense white irroration ; a small 

 basal patch, outer edge curved ; a slightly curved fascia from I of 

 costa to I of inner margin, sinuate outwards below middle ; a 

 transverse series of three roundish spots (costal, median, and 

 dorsal) beyond middle, sometimes connected by dark bars ; a 

 broad line from I of costa to before anal angle, strongly sinuate 

 inwards above middle, and on lower third : cilia rather dark 

 fuscous sprinkled with ochreous, sharply barred with snow-white. 

 Hindwings somewhat elongate, hindmargin in ^ hardly, in 2 

 moderately waved, rounded ; pale fuscous, ochreous-tinged, towards 

 hindmargin darker ; in (J a very lai-ge patch of pale ochreous- 

 yellowish scales, suffused with deeper ochreous towards middle, 

 extending over whole wing except a moderate marginal band all 



