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irrorated with whitish. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked, in ^ 

 with subcostal pencil of dark fuscous hairs from near base, 

 covered by forewings; fuscous, thinly scaled and semitransparent 

 towards base, darker posteriorly; cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Sydney and Broken Hill, New South Wales; Melbourne, Vic- 

 toria; Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania; Mount Lofty and Port 

 Lincoln, South Australia; from October to December, ten speci- 

 mens. Larva cylindrical, dull rather light fuscous; head and 

 second segment dark fuscous, third and fourth dark purplish- 

 fuscous, anterior margin of fifth dull whitish; feeds amongst 

 spun-together phyllodia of Acacia dodonaeifolia (Legimiinosce), 

 in November. 



244. A. molyhdota, n.sp. 



(J9. 10-14 mm. Head and thorax fuscous irrorated with 

 whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of second joint irrorated with 

 white, terminal joint whitish with two dark fuscous rings. 

 Antennae whitish irrorated with fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous, 

 anal tuft whitish. Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, hairs 

 of posterior tibiae whitish. Forewings with costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; fuscous, 

 irrorated with white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales; 

 obscure indications of small darker spots along margins, and in 

 disc at 1^; a well-defined triangular dark fuscous blotch on costa 

 about middle, reaching half across wing : cilia light fuscous irro- 

 rated with whitish. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked, in $ with 

 long subcostal hairpencil from base covered by forewings; whitish- 

 fuscous, thinly scaled and semitransparent, towards apex and 

 termen fuscous; cilia pale whitish-fuscous. 



Toowoomba, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; Gisborne, 

 Victoria; Carnarvon, Perth, and York, West Australia; from 

 August to November, sixteen specimens. Larva undescribed; 

 feeds in spun-up* leaflets of Acacia decurrens {Legiiminosce), in 

 September. 



245. A. leucophora, n.sp. 



9. 10 mm. Head and thorax white, shoulders sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous. Palpi white, second joint fuscous irrorated with 



