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Thorax yellowish, mixed with fuscous-purplish, patagia fuscous- 

 purplish, with an orange spot posteriorly. Fore wings moderate, 

 slightly dilated posteriorly, costa hardl} r arched, apex somewhat 

 pointed, hindmargin nearly straight, oblique; fuscous-purplish; 

 markings dull orange; a narrow somewhat dentate, inwardly 

 oblique fascia, from costa beyond J, to inner margin at 1, emitting 

 an obscure cuneiform spot from anterior edge below middle 

 towards base; a large roundish spot in disc at f, almost reaching 

 margins; a small elongate spot on costa near apex; a few blackish 

 scales at apex: cilia yellow, with a row of more or less interrupted 

 black marks at base. Hindwings with apex produced; termen 

 sinuate beneath apex; dull bron/.y-fuscous; cilia fuscous. 

 Rockhampton, Queensland; two specimens, in January. 



PLUTELLID^. 



HOMADAULA COSCINOPA, II. sp. 



9. 14 mm. Head, thorax, palpi and antennae blackish. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous, anterior and middle pair mixed 

 with whitish, tarsi with whitish rings, posterior pair greyish. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, hindmargin 

 oblique; whitish, irrorated with small black spots, more or less 

 arranged in transverse series, becoming more dense on margins, 

 leaving a basal patch of ground colour much whiter; an obscure 

 elongate, somewhat cuneiform spot of black, from costa at ^ to 

 apex, reaching more than half across wing : cilia dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings fuscous; somewhat bronzy; cilia light fuscous. 



Broken Hill. N.S.W.; three specimens, in March. 



