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and the forewings with second and third lines approximated. An example from 

 CuunamuUa is almost exactly similar, and so is another from Victoria. On the 

 other hand, examples from Nortbam, Western Australia, are almost the same as 

 those from Duaringa, Queensland, being much larger, the males having the 

 abdomen whitish on dorsum, except towards base, which is fuscous. These 

 forms cannot be separated specifically, nor is it easy to see how they can be 

 regarded as local races ; perhaps the differences are climatic. 



Qld. : Duaringa, Jandowae, Cunnamulla ; Vic. : Lake Hattah ; S. Aust. : 

 Koolunga; W. Aust.: Beverley, Northam; N.W. Aust.: Derby (W. D. Dodd). 



31. Anthela asciscens. 



Darala asciscens Luc, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1891, p. 288. 



c?. 85 mm. Head dark-fuscous. Palpi 2; fuscous, with a few whitish hairs. 

 Antennae white mixed with fuscous; pectinations fuscous. Thorax dark- fuscous 

 with a few whitish and reddish hairs. Abdomen reddish-brown ; base of dorsum 

 dark-fuscous; tuft and underside whitish. Legs dark-fuscous with whitish and 

 reddish hairs; apices of femora and tibiae pale-yellow. Forewings triangular, 

 costa strongly arched, apex rounded-rectangular, termen nearly straight, 

 moderately obli(jue; whitish irrorated rather densely with fuscous; markings 

 dark-fuscous; an obscure line from costa near base, strongly and acutely angled 

 outwards beneath costa, and ending on i dorsum; the area between this line 

 and base is more or less blotched with whitish; an obscure line from ^ costa 

 roughly parallel to the preceding, ending on i dorsum; a minute white discal 

 dot in second line; a larger, white, median,, discal spot lying in a fuscous longi- 

 tudinal bar which extends from tirst dot to termen; a postmedian line from | 

 costa curved outwards around second discal spot, and then inwards to I dorsum; 

 a fine line, straighter than the preceding, before i ; a very strongly dentate 

 subterminal line from apex, preceded by a broad, irregular, whitish suffusion; 

 terminal area with broadly suffused longitudinal bars; cilia fuscous barred with 

 white. Hindwings with termen gently rounded; 6 and 7 connate, 11 present; 

 fuscous, darker towards base; a white tornal suffusion giving rise to an indis- 

 tinct whitish subterminal line; cilia as forewings. Underside of forewings 

 fuscous with some brownish suffusion as far as postmedian line; two whitish 

 discal dots; postmedian area as upperside, but paler; underside of hindwings 

 as forewings. 



?. 95 mm. Similar to d', but abdomen with tuft and underside not whitish; 

 forewings with termen more bowed, paler and with markings less distinct; hind- 

 wings with a strong, dentate, whitish, subterminal line. 



Qld. : Duaringa, Jandowae. 



32. Anthela tetraphrica,* n.sp. 



c?. 50 mm. 9. 63 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi IJ, terminal joint short 

 and concealed in long hairs; fuscous. Antennae reddish; pectinations fuscous. 

 Thorax fuscous with some grey-whitish hairs. Abdomen grey. Legs grey; 

 tibiae and tarsi fuscous mixed with reddish. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa moderately and evenly arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen bowed, 

 strongly oblique; whitish-grey with fuscous irroration, which is less marked 

 towards base and termen; markings fuscous; an outwardly curved line from i 

 costa to -5 dorsum; a small grey-centred spot beneath costa at -j, and another 



T£Tpa9pixo?, four times rippled. 



