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REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



suffusedly white. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft yellowish. Legs 

 dark grey, posterior pair yell owish. Fore wings elongate-triangular, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; 

 dark fuscous, towards inner and hind margins irregularly irrorated 

 with white ; a moderate somewhat irregular downwards-curved 

 white streak from middle of base to middle of costa, connected 

 with costa at \ by an inwardly oblique bar ; a slender irregular 

 white fascia from | of costa to f of inner margin, dilated into a 

 spot on costa, indented above middle and near inner margin, and 

 with a projection inwards above middle containing a dark fuscous 

 dot ; the white irroration tends to form an indistinct spot on middle 

 of hindmargin and another above anal angle : cilia pale whitish- 

 fuscous, basal half dark fuscous barred with white ; vein 10 

 separate. Hindwings orange ; a rather dark greyish-fuscous 

 moderately broad hindmarginal band, rather narrowed beneath ; 

 cilia ochrecus-grey-whitish, basal half dark grey ; vein 5 separate. 

 Deloraine, Tasmania ; three specimens in December. 



66. Chir. monogrammaria, Walk. 



(Chiriphe monogi'ammaria, Walk. Geom. 1692.) 

 £ £. 13-20 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous, head, 

 collar, and anal tuft sometimes whitish. Palpi, antennae, and 

 legs dark grey, posterior legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rather 

 obliquely rounded ; fulvous ; a somewhat irregular straight white 

 line from J of costa to inner margin before anal angle : cilia fulvous, 

 tips often whitish ; vein 10 separate or out of 7. Hindwings and 

 cilia fulvous ; vein 5 separate. 



Glen Innes (3,000 feet) and Sydney, New South Wales ; from 

 August to January, in March, and May ; common, frequenting 

 pastures, flying in the afternoon sun. 



67. Chir. clichotoma, n. sp. 



<J £. 14-16 mm. Head white. Palpi and antennae dark 

 fuscous. Thorax white, patagia and posterior margin dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs white, 



