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narrow, in female rather broader, oblong, costa straight, slightly 

 bent at base and apex, apex round-pointed, hindmargin almost 

 straight, very oblique ; blackish, sprinkled with ochreous-whitish 

 scales; numerous scattered tufts of raised scales ; cilia blackish. 

 Hindwings in male bright orange-yellow, apex irregularly dark 

 fuscous, costa and upper part of hindmargin very narrowly and 

 irregularly dark fuscous, cilia dark fuscous-grey ; in female light 

 grey, towards base ochreous-tinged, apex and hindmargin towards 

 apex suffused with dark grey, cilia light grey, darker round apex, 

 with an indistinct darker line near base. 



The male is immediately known by the orange-yellow hind- 

 wings ; the female maybe distinguished from the other unicolorous 

 species by its large size, long palpi, rather broader forewings, 

 and the ochreous tinge of hindwings. 



Taken at Blackheath on the Blue Mountains (3,500 feet) in 

 October ; Mr. Gr H. Raynor also met with it at Melbourne. 



3. Bond, maleficana, n. sp. 



$ $ . 5^"-6^". Head, palpi, antennae and thorax blackish, 

 sprinkled with whitish-ochreous ; palpi in female moderate. 

 Abdomen grey. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, posterior 

 legs grey, all tarsi with pale rings at apex of joints. Forewings 

 very narrow, oblong, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin nearly straight, very oblique ; blackish, with scattered 

 whitish-ochreous scales ; numerous scattered tufts of raised scales; 

 cilia blackish. Hindwings light grey, apex rather darker ; cilia 

 light grey. 



Much smaller than female of the preceding species, narrower- 

 winged, with shorter palpi ; considerably larger than ^.«^^^ww«^rtwa, 

 darker, and broader-winged, with shorter cilia. 



Common at Sydney and Parramatta in September and November. 



3. Bond, attenuatana, n. sp. 

 (^ $ . 3|-"-4^-". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax blackish- 

 fuscous, sprinkled with whitish-ochreous ; palpi in female 

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