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metallic irregular line from ^ of costa to tornus; terminal area 

 beyond this more or less suffused with whitish-ochreous, especially 

 towards tornus, and marked with four dark fuscous dashes : cilia 

 fuscous, on termen bronzy-metallic, with a white basal spot at 

 apex, and a white tornal patch towards tips. Hindwings pos- 

 teriorly dilated, 6 and 7 approximated ; dark fuscous, darker 

 posteriorly; a rather broad white fascia beyond middle, some- 

 times interrupted, seldom obsolete; cilia dark fuscous, with a 

 white apical patch. 



Toowoomba, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; in Sep- 

 tember, October, December, and March, twelve specimens. 



75. D. insignis, n.sp, 



(J9. 11-12 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax white; 

 antennae in $ ciliated. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Legs 

 dark fuscous ringed with white, posterior pair white. Forewings 

 broader than in the other species, termen sinuate, rather oblique; 

 shining white ; a triangular blackish-grey blotch on base of 

 dorsum; a deep golden-ochreous fascia from middle of costa to J 

 of dorsum, acutely angulated in middle; three deep golden-och- 

 reous marks on costa beyond this, connected beneath; a series of 

 six longitudinal black lines before termen, two upper surrounded 

 with ochreous suffusion : cilia whitish-ochreous, with two faint 

 darker lines becoming dark fuscous above apex. Hindwings 

 broader anteriorly, 6 and 7 stalked; grey, lighter towards base; 

 cilia pale whitish-yellowish. 



Brisbane, Queensland: Sydney, New South Wales; from Octo- 

 ber to December, three specimens. 



12. Chaliniastis, n.g. 



Antennae |, in ^$ serrulate, simple, basal joint moderately 

 elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint with appressed scales, terminal joint longer than second, 

 acute. Forewings : 2 and 3 nearly parallel, 7 to costa, 8 absent. 

 Hindwings considerably over 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen 



