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middle, and a semicircular spot before anal angle, sometimes con- 

 fluent ; a spot on costa at |, and a smaller one beyond it ; an 

 irregular cloudy submarginal streak : cilia fuscous, mixed with 

 whitisb-ochreous. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Albany, West Australia ; three specimens in September and 

 October. 



41. Zep. microsiicha, n.sp. 



(J. 15-16 mm. Head white. Palpi and antennae dark fuscous. 

 Thorax white, suffused with fuscous anteriorly. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa . moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; 7 sometimes present ; white, with scattered 

 fuscous strigulffi, most marked on anterior half of costa ; markings 

 rather dark fuscous ; a short inwardly oblique streak from costa 

 at |, apex sometimes bent inwards and continued as a subcostal 

 streak to disc at J ; an inwardly oblique streak from costa at |, 

 and an outwardly oblique streak from anal angle, their extremities 

 sometimes connected ; a spot on costa before apex ; some hind- 

 marginal dots, sometimes forming a connected streak : cilia white, 

 on costa barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey- whitish ; cilia 

 whitish. 



Albany and York, West Australia ; in September and October, 

 four specimens. 



42. Lep. strigulata, n.sp. 



^. 19 mm'. Head fnscous, mixed with whitish on crown. 

 Palpi and antennae dai'k fuscous. Thorax and abdomen fuscous. 

 Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair fuscous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; 7 absent ; whitish, strongly strigulated and 

 reticulated throughout with rather dark fuscous ; two or three 

 more conspicuous dark fuscous marks on costa about ^, with 

 obsolete indications of a darker fascia connected with them, and 

 two or three other similar marks on costa about f : cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, base more fuscous-tinged. Hindwings pale fuscous; cilia 

 as in forewings. 



Ai'drossan, South Australia ; one specimen in January. 



