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margin ; hindmarginal line fine black : cilia alternately grey and 

 white. Hindwings as forewings, basal line indistinct : 2nd line 

 indistinct smoky-grey : discal spot rich black, elongated : 3rd line 

 fine rich black, from f costa to just before anal angle of inner 

 margin, twice waved ; veins smoky-grey ; hindmarginal line rich 

 black ; cilia as forewings. Undersurface white-grey : discal spot an 

 elongated black line : a fascia in posterior third bounded by tine 

 rich black line on inner side, contains rich black suffused spot on 

 inner third, but diffused smoky-grey toward hindmargin, where it 

 is bordered by black marginal line. Hindwings, discal spot a deep 

 black lunule : fascia in posterior third deep black bordered by 

 black line anteriorly and indented in centre with veins deeper 

 black, and enclosing on posterior border dark and light grey spots ; 

 hindmarginal line black. 



Dawsou River ; one specimen (Mr. Barnard). 



Family MONOCTENIAD^. 



Xenomusa metallica, sp.nov. 



g. 32 mm. Palpi and antennae fuscous-ochreous. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen ochreous-brown. Forewings, costa arched, 

 hollowed in middle and arched to a point at apex ; hindmargin 

 arched and rounded, ochreous-brown, with fulvous and smoky 

 scales, and a general bronzy metallic gloss. Two fine fulvous-grey 

 Hues, 1st from inner margin just beyond base to just before costa 

 at J, thence sharply angulated to costa at I ; a very fine discal 

 point beyond angle towards 2nd line ; 2nd line from g inner 

 margin to just before costa at |, thence more obliquely to costa at 

 apex ; costa with a fine smoky line from ^ to * ; a smoky-grey spot 

 at apex, and a smoky diffusion from 2nd line at near ^ costa to 

 anal angle : cilia smoky-brown. Hindwings with colours as fore- 

 wings, with 1st line from J costa to ^ inner margin ; small smoke- 

 diffused discal point, and 2nd line very faint or wanting ; cilia 

 smoky-brown. 



Brisbane ; one specimen ; at light. 



