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Not easily compared with any other Leucania. 



October to December. Not common. I have not taken the 

 male at West Plains, and have figured that sex from a specimen 

 kindly supplied by Mr. Gibb, who has taken a few examples at 

 Tuturau. 



Leucania neurae, n. sp. Plate XX., fig. 5. 



<$ , 36 mm. Antennae strongly dentate, fasciculate ; brown, 

 with white spot at base. Head and thorax dull ochreous-brown. 

 Abdomen pale greyish-brown. Fore wings : Costa straight, apex 

 slightly rounded, termen straight, rounded beneath ; dull-brown ; 

 veins sharply marked in black with scattered white scales ; a white 

 spot on vein 16 at J; a conspicuous white spot at origin of 

 veins 3 and 4 ; a curved series of white dots on veins from 

 about | of costa to *- of dorsum ; cilia same colour as wing, tips 

 whitish. Hind wings dull-fuscous, paler at base and dorsum ; 

 cilia pale greyish- white with darker line. 



Distinguished from L. micrastra, its nearest ally, by the 

 smaller size, duller colour and paler cilia of the hind wings. 

 Leucania toroneura differs from this species in the much lighter 

 ground-colour and the absence of white spots. 



Two males taken at " sugar " ; date uncertain. West Plains. 



Xanthorhoe imperfecta, n. sp. Plate XX., fig. 6. 



3 , 2 , 29 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish- 

 ochreous. Fore wings ochreous, in male often reddish on costa 

 and about apex. The usual lines are in the male reduced to 

 irregular blackish costal spots ; in the female these costal spots give 

 rise to very faint transverse waved lines. White spots follow most 

 of the dark costal spots, and there is a fairly conspicuous pair 

 at f ; cilia ochreous, barred with blackish. Hind wings ochreous ; 

 cilia greyish-ochreous mixed with darker. 



Nearest to X. ceyrota, but easily distinguished by the brighter 

 ground-colour and the white costal spots. 



Fairly common in low-lying bush districts in January. West 

 Plains ; probably generally distributed in suitable localities. 



Xanthorhoe recta, n. sp. Plate XX., fig. 3. 



3 , 31 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous. Fore 

 wings moderate, greyish-ochreous, irregularly suffused with 

 reddish especially towards costa, markings brownish ; first line 

 before J, curved, anteriorly edged with grey ; median band 

 formed of three or four thin lines with narrow spaces of ground- 

 colour between ; the first of these is almost straight and rather 

 darker than the others ; the posterior edge of the last one is 

 irregular with two strong projections below middle ; this is fol- 



