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median area ; a small blackish-grey spot on costa at J, and another 

 at J; a slender almost straight ferruginous streak from beneath first 

 costal spot to ^ of inner margin, marked with a cloudy black dot 

 in disc and two towards inner margin ; a moderate blackish dot 

 in disc above middle ; a sinuate ferruginous line, marked with 

 blackish dots, from near beneath and beyond second costal spot to 

 inner margin at |, followed by a more or less marked cloudy dark 

 grey shade, separated from it by a fine pale line ; generally a sub- 

 terminal series of cloudy blackish dots, sometimes obsolete, in 9 

 followed by a denticulate pale line ; a hindmarginal series of black 

 dots : cilia light grey. Hind wings with hindmargin rounded ; light 

 grey, in 5 irrorated with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous discal dot, 

 sometimes indistinct ] a more or less marked slightly sinuate dark 

 grey line at f, more distinct towards inner margin, sometimes 

 almost obsolete ; in 5 subterminal dots and line as in forewings, but 

 more obscure; a hindmarginal series of black dots ; cilia light grey. 

 Sydney and Bathurst (2500 feet). New South Wales; Adelaide, 

 South Australia ; York, Perth, and Albany, West Australia; from 

 September to December, common. Readily recognisable by the 

 small size and neat appearance, the well-marked ferruginous first 

 line, and especially the ferruginous colouring of the head. 



6. Tax. antliracoim^ n.sp. 



(J. 21-23 mm. Head grey, sometimes becoming whitish-ochreous 

 anteriorly, face black. Palpi If, blackish, towards base white 

 beneath. Antennae and thorax grey. Abdomen whitish-grey, 

 sprinkled with blackish. Legs dark grey, femora and posterior 

 tibiae irrorated with whitish. Forewings triangular, hindmargin 

 almost straight above, rounded beneath ; 1 2 connected bybar with 

 11; grey, finely sprinkled with black; costal edge slenderly 

 ochreous-yellowish anteriorly; a very obscure darker mark on 

 costa at 5, one on inner margin at _^, and a dot in disc between 

 these ; a moderate blackish dot in disc above middle ; an obscure 

 darker mark on costa at f ; a sinuate series of blackish dots, 

 posteriorly obscurely margined with paler, from beneath and 



