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Anerastia Hh. 



Forehead ^vith blunt cone of scales. Tongue short or absent. No 

 ocelli. Antennee filiform, in (^ more or less distinctly sinuate above 

 basal joint, pubescent or ciliated, in $ simple. Labial palpi long 

 horizontally porrected or obliquely ascending, second joint dilated 

 above, terminal joint long filiform. Maxillary palpi short or 

 obsolete. Forewings elongate, narrow, hindmargin very oblique ; 

 hindwings uniformly rounded, faintly indented. Forewings with 

 10 veins ; 4 and 5 coincident. Hindwings with 7 veins ; 3 and 4 

 long-stalked. 



A not large, but universally distributed genus, the species 

 of which frequent dry sandy places. Besides the one described, 

 which is very conspicuous, I have seen two other Australian 

 species, much more nearly resembling European forms, but not 

 in fit condition for description. 



Ane7\ mirahilella n. sp. 



7" — 7 J". Head dark fuscous, ochreous at back, with a slender 

 whitish line above each eye. Palpi twice as long as head, densely 

 scaled, horizontally porrected, dark reddish-fuscous, beneath 

 white at base. Antennas fuscous, thinly whitish-scaled. Thorax 

 ochreous-grey-brown, on sides brownish-crimson. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Anterior and middle legs externally whitish, 

 internally dark fuscous-grey ; posterior legs white. Fore- wings 

 rather elongate, not dilated, apex rounded, hindmargin oblique, 

 rounded beneath ; pale carmine, with a rather large oval white 

 spot on middle of inner margin, blackmargined except on lower 

 edge ; cilia whitish, with a pale carmine basal line, and blackish 

 at apex and towards anal angle. Hindwings pale fuscous-grey, 

 suffused with pale ochreous towards base and at apex, with a 

 rather large irregularly elongate sharp black patch on middle of 

 inner margin, forming a continuation of the dorsal spot on fore- 

 wings, when the wings are expanded ; cilia pale ochreous. 



The continuation of the markings of forewings over hindwings 

 is a very unusual and curious circumstance in this group, and in 

 conjunction with the exceptional character of these markings, 

 causes a singularly exotic facies. Two ^ s, near Sydney, ip 

 January. 





