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60. Steriphotis, n.g. 



Antennae in cf simple. Palpi moderate, porrected, second 

 joint with projecting scales above and beneath, terminal 

 joint short. Thorax with bifid crest. Forewings with 7 and 

 8 in cf stalked, in 9 approximated at base, 7 to termen, 9 

 closely approximated, 10 nearer 11 than 9. Hindwings with 

 3 and 4 connate, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type S. peltophora Meyr. 



366. S. jjelfophora, n.sp. 

 cf 9 • 12-13 mm. Head light fuscous. Palpi fuscous mixed 

 with dark fuscous, tip whitish. Thorax light fuscous sprinkled 

 with white, anteriorly and posteriorly mixed with dark fus- 

 cous and blackish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 somewhat obliqvie : whitish-fuscous with bluish-violet irides- 

 cence, with some scattered dark fuscous strigulas ; costa and 

 dorsum strigulated with dark fuscous, costa with pairs of 

 whitish strigulse : markings brown partially edged and marked 

 with black : a narrow basal fascia, widest on dorsum ; a 

 straight slightly oblique transverse streak about ^, hardly 

 reaching dorsum, less developed in cf ; central fascia well- 

 marked, little oblique, moderate, narrowed towards costa, 

 posterior edge prominent or angulated in middle ; a small spot 

 on costa at f , and one at apex ; a rounded blotch before ter- 

 men in middle, connected with middle of termen, and with 

 a suffused striga or undefined branch running to tornus : cilia 

 fuscous with obscure indications of violet-whitish bars. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, thinly scaled towards base, darker posteriorly 

 and on veins; cilia whiti.sh-fuscous, with fuscous subbasal line. 

 Q.: Brisbane (Turner); from January to March, three specimens. 



367. S. e.rtrusana Walk. 

 {QraphoVita r.rfruKniia Walk., Cat. xxviii., .S92.) 

 9- 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, thorax dor- 

 sally suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, pos- 

 teriorly dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen 



