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tennse in g bipectinated, apex simple. Thorax with posterior 

 crest, densely hairy beneath. Abdomen with strong dorsal crests. 

 Femora glabrous ; posterior tibiae in <J strongly dilated, containing 

 tuft, outer apical spur very short, thick. Forewings in £ without 

 fovea; 10 out of 9, connected again with 9. Hindwings normal. 



Only the one species is known. 



106. Gastr. cristaria, Gn. 



(Gastrina cristaria, Gn. IX, 224, pi. v, 4 ; Praxis illapsa, 

 Walk. Noct. 1088 ; Hypochroma velutinata, ib. Geom. 442 ; 

 Passa latifasciata, ib. Suppl. 1563.) 



(J. 33 mm. Antennal pectinations 3. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, hindmargin bowed, subdentate ; light brownish- 

 oehreous, with scattered dark brown strigulse and blackish scales ; 

 basal area ochreous-brown, becoming black on inner margin, 

 except at base, which is whitish ; first line blackish, gently curved, 

 anteriorly edged with whitish-ochreous ; median shade cloudy, 

 rather dark fuscous, nearly straight ; space between first line 

 and median shade ochreous-brown, becoming darker towards 

 inner margin ; second line black, running from beyond § of costa 

 to § of inner margin, forming a strong rounded projection 

 outwards above middle, somewhat sinuate inwards above this, 

 and more strongly on lower half, where it is confluent with 

 median shade ; subterminal faintly paler, more distinct towards 

 costa, anteriorly margined by a broad yellow-ochreous suffusion, 

 marked with a blackish suffusion above middle ; a short oblique 

 dark fuscous subapical streak. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded, dentate ; whitish-ochreous, slightly brownish-tinged, 

 towards costa whitish j median line slender, grey, somewhat 

 sinuate ; second dark fuscous, obtusely angulated in middle, 

 followed by a whitish line, beyond which is a moderate fuscous 

 band ; terminal space irrorated with fuscous, with coppery-golden 

 reflections. 



Sydney, New South Wales j in June and October, two 

 specimens. 



