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2. Forewings with antemedian white costal blotch 55, tetracosma. 



Forewings without such blotch 3. 



3. Forewings with interrupted white postmedian fascia.... 56. antipala. 

 Forewings without such fascia 4. 



4. Head ochreous-whitish 53. furtiva. 



Head fuscous on crown 5. 



5. Face ochreous-white 51. sinistra. 



Face light fuscous 6. 



6. Forewings with dark fuscous streak from beneath 



middle of disc to apex 52. macrothecta. 



Forewings without such streak 54. thetica. 



7. Forewings with dark antemedian dorsal blotch 60. lieltosema. 



Forewings without such blotch 8. 



8. Forewings with ochreous-white longitudinal streak 59. centrosema. 



Forewings without such streak 9. 



9. Forewings with violet- silvery markings 58. epimetalla. 



Forewings without violet-silvery markings 57. pamphaea. 



51. A. sinistra, n.«p. 



$<^. 10-12 mm. Head fuscous, face ochreous-white. Palpi 

 ochreous-white, second joint pale ochreous except apex, base of 

 second joint and apical half of terminal joint blackish. Antennae 

 fuscous. Thorax ashy-fuscous marked with dark fuscous. Ab- 

 domen light greyish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous ringed with 

 \vhitish, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings very acutely 

 long-pointed; 7 and 8 out of 6; ashy-fuscous, purplish-tinged, 

 sometimes irrorated with dark fuscous; markings blackish mixed 

 with deep golden-bronzy; an obsolete dorsal spot near base; a 

 subcostal spot at J, and one on fold slightly beyond it; an out- 

 wardly oblique bar from beneath costa at J to fold; a spot in 

 middle of disc, and one at % (representing stigmata); indistinct 

 opposite costal and tornal whitish spots at f : cilia pale ochreous, 

 more whitish towards tips, with indistinct median line of dark 

 fuscous irroration, basal half obscurely spotted with alternate 

 whitish and dark fuscous irroration. Hindwings grey; cilia 3, 

 pale brownish-ochreous. 



Sydnej^, New South Wales, in September and March; nine 

 specimens. This and the three following species are nearly 

 allied together and very similar, but the differential characters 



