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not always present; another series of minute white dots marks 

 the subterminal line; a dark fuscous terminal line; cilia dark 

 fuscous, apices brownish. Forewings in 9 with apex more acute, 

 ground-colour pale brown, median band containing a dark fuscous 

 median band. Hind wings in both sexes with termen rounded; 

 whitish with a slight purplish tinge and some grey irroration 

 tending to form transverse lines. 



Ab. a. (J. Reniform spot white or whitish outlined with dark 

 fuscous. 



Ab. h. $. Whole of disc except base, upper part of median 

 band, and a terminal band, brown-whitish. 



A variable but unmistakable species. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Vic: Lome; in February and March; nine specimens. 



Xanthorhoe brujata. 

 Q.: Dulong, near Nambour. 



Subfam. Sterrhin^. 



Forewings with 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 11 anastomosing with their 

 common stalk to form a single or double areole (in the latter case 

 10 may arise either separately or from the common stalk), or 

 more rarely there is no areole, 11 arising from the common stalk. 

 Hindwings with 5 from middle or slightly above middle of cell, 

 not strongly approximated to 6 (except in Dasyhela\ 8 anasto- 

 mosing very shortly with cell near base, then rapidly diverging. 

 Posterior tibise of ^ frequently without spurs, and more or less 

 abbreviated or distorted. 



In the European genus Cleta vein 1 1 of forewings is free. 



In his Australian revision Mr. Meyrick included the Sterrhince 

 with the GeometriricG, but subsequently in his European revision"**" 

 recognised the two groups as distinct. The former is certainly 

 an offshoot of the latter and very closely connected with it. 

 They are indeed not separable by any absolute definition, for the 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. 1892. 



