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wings with termen crenate, rounded; dark fuscous; cilia whitish, 

 with a fuscous median Hne. Hind wings beneath whitish, with a 

 dark fuscous discal dot and a very broad dark fuscous terminal 

 band. 



Lawson, Blue Mts., N.S.W; one specimen, 



Elusa oenolopha, n.sp. 



(^9. 26-29 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-brown tinged 

 with purple. Antennae ochreous-fuscous, in male unipectinate, 

 toward apex simple; pectinations long (6) on outer side of antennal 

 stalk. Abdomen ochreous-brown; crests purplish; tuft in male 

 pale ochreous. Legs brownish-ochreous, tibise purplish-tinged; 

 posterior tibise in male with a large dense tuft of long purjDle 

 hairs on dorsal surface. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded? 

 oblique; reddish-brown with some faintl}- marked fuscous lines; 

 orbicular obsolete or represented by a minute whitish dot; reni_ 

 form grey, narrowly edged with whitish, constricted above middle, 

 or divided into two unequal segments; a faint dentate line from 

 costa at ^ to inner margin at J; traces of a median and two posterior 

 lines: cilia reddish-brown. Hind wings with termen rounded: 

 grey: cilia whitish, purplish-tinged. 



Brisbane, Q.; two specimens. 



S Y N T H E T A, n.g. 



• Face flat. Palpi moderate, ascending, not nearly reaching 

 vertex; second joint loosely scaled; terminal joint short, smooth- 

 scaled, porrect. Tongue well developed. Antennae of male 

 shortly laminate, apex simple, ciliated. Thorax with a small 

 posterior crest. Abdomen with small dorsal crests. Posterior 

 tibife with two pairs of spurs. Hindwings with vein 8 abruptly 

 diverging from cell at base. 



Beside the type, described below, I refer Mnmestra nigerrima, 

 Gn., to this genus. 



From Magttsa, Wlk., to which it is closely allied, and also from 

 the genus described below, it may be distinguished by the palpi 



