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NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Erastrianae. 

 Tarache clerana, n.sp. 



9. 20 mm. Head, palpi and thorax ochreous-white, thorax 

 fuscous-tinged in middle. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. 

 Legs ochreous-white. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen 

 entire, obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white ; first, median and 

 second lines obsolete, only indicated by small fuscous quadrate 

 spots on costa ; basal line broken into three fuscous dots ; a broad 

 fuscous subterrainal shade (including subterminal line), anterior 

 edge from costa before apex, thence continued very obliquely to 

 middle of inner margin, with two rounded projections, one in 

 middle and one below ; the latter containing some black spots ; 

 posterior edge irregular, from apex along termen to anal angle, 

 lower half containing 3 waved lines of groundcolour ; an irregular 

 row of black dots along termen, separated from preceding shade 

 by a streak of groundcolour : cilia ochreous-white, with apical, 

 median and small bars of fuscous. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; yellow ; a faint fuscous discal dot ; a broad fuscous 

 band along termen, upper edge suffused ; cilia ochreous, at l)ase 

 fuscous. 



Derby, W.A.; two specimens, in November. 



Tarache hieroglyphica, n.sp. 



9. 16 mm. Head, palpi and thorax ochreous-white, thorax 

 strongly mixed with fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Legs whitish 

 ochreous. Antennae fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 termen entire, obliquely rounded : ochreous-white ; basal line 

 thick, fuscous, waved ; first line thick, irregularly waved, con- 

 nected with by thick streaks along costa and fold ; a fuscous spot 

 just below posterior extremity of costal streak ; terminal § of 

 wing dark reddish-fuscous, containing a very oblique subterminal 

 series of black spots and a waved streak of groundcolour above 

 anal angle ; a narrow oblique fuscous costal streak at | of costa, 

 connected with anterior edge of fuscous terminal area of wing^ 

 and a roundish spot just below, also touching fuscous area ; some 



