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forewings, a fascia at j anterior border suffused fuscous parrty 

 wanting, posterior border a dark fuscous line, space contained 

 more or less ochreous ; a median fascia formed of three fuscous 

 black lines interlacing from costa at ^ to a point one-third from 

 inner margin, thence as a single line to just before anal angle of 

 inner margin ; an ochreous line beyond, diffused with fuscous in 

 ^ ; a hindmarginal fuscous black line ; cilia as forewings. 



Brisbane ; in scrub. 



Family BOTYDID.E. 

 NOTARCHA EXCULTA, sp.nOV. 



(Jj. 22-26 mm. Head creamy-grey, with crown and face 

 fuscous-grey. Palpi fuscous-grey. Antennae light fuscous. 

 Thorax fuscous-grey, mottled and bordered with creamy-white. 

 Abdomen fuscous- black, segments fringed with creamy- white. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently rounded, hiudmargin rounded, 

 creamy-grey, largely diffused with fuscous mottled wuth fuscous- 

 grey, and dotted and lined with black ; a black dot more or less 

 diffused at base, a semilunar black-grey line enclosing this or 

 suffused with it; a black dot on costa at i subtending an irregular 

 row of dots to a large diffused spot at ^ inner margin, centre dots 

 faint ; a dot over median vein at |, another in a line below it, 

 and a faint arch or diffusion of three dots to inner border at J ; 

 a prominent discal spot opposite costa at ?, with a second dot 

 between it and inner border at f, and surrounded with diffused 

 spots of smoky-fuscous ; a denticulate line of dots between veins 

 t costa for § distance of wing to opposite | inner margin, continued 

 to hindmargin as suffused cones ; hindmarginal line smoky-black : 

 cilia creamy-white, with median and terminal light fuscous bars. 

 Hindwings white in centre, with a diffused smoky-fuscous costal 

 border, continued as a broad hindmarginal band, which hindmar- 

 ginal band is marbled by two cream-colour denticulate lines, the 

 one submarginal, the other parallel and half distant to white 

 centre ; four dots, 1st diffused at base, 2nd small and fainter 

 near costa at I, 3rd a square discal spot in centre, and a 4th in 



