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tapering to apex, witli a large expansile tuft of purplish hairs 

 internally. Fore wings triangular, costa gently arched, more 

 strongly so towards apex, apex rounded, termen bowed, oblique; 

 ochreous-whitish; a fuscous suffusion on basal half of costa; a 

 fine antemedian line at ^, sometimes obsolete; a median diseal 

 dot; a fine, slightly wavy postraedian line at §, sometimes obso- 

 lete; subterminal and submarginal lines faintly indicated; cilia 

 whitisli-ochreous, sometimes with indications of fuscous Vjasal 

 dots. Hindwings with termen rounded; in ^ dorsal area beneath 

 densely clothed with long scales. 



Type in Coll. Rothschild. 



Ab.a. With conspicuous fuscous subterminal and submarginal 

 lines on both wings. One male from Kuranda, agreeing struc- 

 turally with the typical form. 



N.Q.: Cooktown, Cairns, Kuranda, Townsville; in June, Sep- 

 tember, February, and March. 



8. Xenocentris epipasta,*' n.sp. 



(J9. 16-19 mm. Head ochreous-whitish; face and palpi fuscous. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish; in g slightly serrate, with moderate 

 ciliations (1). Thorax and abdomen ochreous-whitish with a few 

 scattered dark fuscous scales. Legs whitish-ochreous; anterior 

 pair somewhat infuscated; in ^ with middle tibiae normally 

 developed, clothed with rather long hairs above, spurs rather 

 large, inner spur 1 J, first tarsal joint elongate and clothed with 

 rather long hairs above; posterior legs in ^ rudimentary, tarsi 

 rather long (|), moderately slender, acute, clothed with long 

 hairs. Forewings triangular, costa gentl}^ arched, more strongly 

 so towards apex, apex rounded, termen bowed, oblique; ochreous- 

 whitish with dark fuscous markings and sparsel}^ scattered scales; 

 antemedian line obsolete, represented b}' a dot on costa at |; a 

 median diseal dot: postmedian line from A costa to | dorsum, 

 sometimes well-marked, sometimes obsolete except at extremities; 

 subterminal and submarginal lines sometimes faintly indicated; 



* €7rnra<rT0St besprinkled, irrorated. 



