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immediately beyond the streak from base perpendicularly up- 

 wards to disc, suddenly bent round apex of median streak, and 

 continued between median and costal streaks to base ; a sinuate 

 (sometimes broken) transverse bluish-silvery metallic mark on 

 disc between the bend of this line and the subcostal spot ; a 

 bluish-silvery metallic subterminal line proceeding from a small 

 whitish spot on costa at two -thirds very obliquely outwards, 

 curving round a little below apex, and continued very near hind- 

 margin to anal angle ; a small white apical spot ; three deep 

 black dots on hind margin, on the junction of the white streak 

 from disc: cilia silvery-grey, metallic, white at base towards 

 apical half, often with a basal row of silvery-grey metallic spots. 

 Hindwings pale grey ; cilia in ^ whitish-grey, with darker parting 

 shade, in ? clear white. 



Not very common ; occurs round Parramatta, near Duaringa, 

 and in South Australia, in February and March. This species 

 might, perhaps, be better placed in Crambus. 



i/r. praematurella n. sp. 



4|"— 5". Head ochreous-brown. Labial palpi hardly longer 

 than head, dark fuscous, with a conspicuous oval yellow spot on 

 side towards base. AntennaB ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous-brown. Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings short, strongly dilated, hindmargin oblique, slightly retuse 

 below apex j in(^yellow-ochreous, almost entirely suflPused with 

 white except along costa, partially on disc and beneath apex ; 

 in $ ochreous-brown, darkest towards apex, densely irrorated along 

 inner margin and on posterior part of disc with whitish and 

 black scales ; two transverse slender lines ; first blackish, 

 from J of costa to J of inner margin, acutely angulated outwards 

 above middle ; second whitish, margined on each side with 

 blackish, proceeding from f of costa at first very obliquely out- 

 wards, curved round very strongly above middle, and continued 

 nearly parallel to hindmargin to anal angle ; between second line 

 and apex is a short white outwardly oblique streak from costa ; 

 on lower | of hindmargin a row of about eight quadrate black 

 spots, almost touching each other, largest towards anal angle ; 



