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A THIRD CONTRIBUTION TO A KNOWLEDGE OF 

 THE LEPIDOPTEROUS FAUNA OF EBOR SCRUB, 



N.S.W. 



By a. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.E.S. 



I paid four visits to this scrub this year, the dates being Jan- 

 uary 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 11th, and made 128 captures belonging 

 to 40 species. Of these, 2 '2 species have been already recorded 

 by me. Of the remaining 18, there are six species which have 

 been recorded from other localities, and 12 are here described as 

 new. I describe also a very interesting Geometrid captured in 

 1914, but overlooked in my previous papers; it constitutes a new 

 and primitive genus of the Acidaliancr. 



This further material confirms without modifying my previous 

 conclusions. We are here dealing with a small but highly 

 peculiar fauna, which has distinct relationship to that of Mount 

 Tambourine in Queensland, and, to a less extent, to that of 

 Victoria. The number of recognised species (excluding those 

 undetermined) amounts to 69, and, of these, only 24 are 

 known from other localities. Of the (Ecophorivice, in which the 

 fauna is particularly rich, there are 26 species, of which 21 are 

 not known to occur elsewhere; of the Tortricidce, the corres- 

 ponding numbers are 13 and 7; of the Geometridoi, 10 and 4. 



Fam. ARCTIAD^. 



Thallarcha erotis Turn. One $ rather rubbed. Expansion 

 1 6 mm. 



Fam. GEOMETRID^. 



Subfam. Larentian^. 

 Eulype leiicophragma Meyr. One ,J, two 9- 

 Diploctena panttea Turn. One ^, two $, all in poor condition. 



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