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from ^ of costa to middle of inner mai-gin, limiting a fuscous 

 fascia or suffusion extending more or less completely to base, and 

 followed by a rather broad distinctly white or whitish fascia ; in 

 9 a small quadrate dark fuscous spot on costa in middle ; a dark 

 fuscous irregular fascia from | of costa to f of inner margin, and 

 another from * of costa to anal angle, confluent on a blackish- 

 fuscous dot in middle, both nearly obsolete in ^ except on margins, 

 but discal dot conspicuous ; costa spotted with dark fuscous 

 towards apex : cilia grey-whitish, in 9 mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia in ^ grey-whitish, in Q grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; in July and 

 August, rather common. The species may be I'ecognised by the 

 more or less distinct straight oblique whitish band of the fore- 

 wings ; the 2 is smaller and more strongly marked than the ^. 

 The imago flies freely in the sunshine. 



22. Xysm. reticulata, n.sp. 



-^5. 12-15 mm. Head fuscous, somewhat mixed with whitish. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, beneath whitish. Antennae, thorax, and abdo- 

 men fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair grey-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex roundpointed, 

 hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 long-stalked ; dark 

 fuscous, irrorated with numerous small cloudy white spots, sharper 

 and tending to be partially confluent in 9 ; the partial absence of 

 these produces in ^ darker markings, an oblique basal patch, an 

 oblique median fascia, and two posterior fasciae confluent on 

 lower half and terminating in anal angle, all ill-deflned and in Q 

 scarcely traceable : cilia fuscous, mixed with whitish towards tips. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Melbourne and Fernshaw, Victoria ; in September and Novem- 

 ber, two specimens. This inconspicuous insect is smaller than 

 any of the preceding, but not so small as the next two species ; 

 the markings are very obscure. 



23. Xysm. phaulodes, n.sp. 



(J9. 10-12 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs dark fuscous ; posterior legs whitish. Forewings elongate. 



