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lower part of hind-margin, black-margined anteriorlj^ ; apex 

 blackisli, with some silvery -white scales ; cilia white, with a 

 blackish apical hook, towards anal angle fuscous-grey, basal 

 half separated by a black line and fuscous-grey, except where a 

 white black-margined indentation meets hind-margin below 

 apex. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia rather paler. 



An elegantly-marked species, conspicuous through the central 

 basal streak. Several ^'s taken by Mr. G. H. Eaynor at 

 Melbourne, and also al Brighton in Tasmania, in January. 



Phrj^g. oxymachaera, n. sj). 



^ ? . 4|-"-5f". Head whitish. Thorax whitish, sometimes 

 suffused with fuscous. Palpi white, second joint with two 

 fuscous-grey rings, beneath with a long loose projecting tuft of 

 white hairs, mixed with a few fuscous-grey. Antennae dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen very elongate, esjiecially in $ , varying from 

 pale ochreous to dark fuscous-grey ; with whitish rings. Legs 

 fuscous-grey or ochreous-grey, posterior tibiae white at apex, all 

 tarsi fuscous or dark fuscous with white rings at apex of joints. 

 Pore-wings elongate, narrow, hardly dilated, dull fuscous, 

 sometimes suffused with whitish along costa, with white dark- 

 margined markings ; a broad streak along inner margin from 

 base to beyond middle, thence attenuated and directed obliquely 

 upwards, ending on middle of disc at | from base ; eight rather 

 short oblique costal streaks, none reaching half across wing, 

 first at i, xDroduced along costa towards base, all sometimes 

 rendered obsolete by a general white suffusion of the costa ; a 

 rather short oblique streak from anal angle, ending in a bright 

 silvery-metallic spot on disc; a small silvery-metallic spot on 

 hind-margin below middle ; cilia white, with a black apical hook, 

 and intersected by a strong black line, except where a white 

 black-margined indentation meets hind-margin beneath apex. 

 Hind- wings fuscous-grey, cilia whitish. 



