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towards hindmargin outlined with black, and with small white 

 dots at hindmarginal extremity, sometimes absent : cilia dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings grey-whitish, fuscous-tinged along hind- 

 margin and more strongly along apical area; cilia whitish, with a 

 fuscous subbasal line, becoming blackish round apex. 



Semaphore, South Australia; two specimens, in September. 



METAPTILA (I) PTILOMELA, n.sp. 



$. 35 mm. Head, thorax and antenme ashy-grey-whitish. 

 Palpi white, terminal joint infuscated. Thorax with a dense 

 posterior crest, and with a narrow transverse curved anterior 

 black line, and two similar lines, one in middle, and one anterior 

 to crest, obscure. Abdomen silvery-white. Legs whitish, tarsi 

 fuscous, obscurely ringed with whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa arched, hindmargin oblique, hardly rounded ; 

 ashy- grey-whitish, with blackish markings; a short narrow line 

 above middle, from base to lie fore first line; first line hardly 

 waved, from \ costa to -\ inner margin, obliquely outwards on 

 upper half, thence angulated inwards; second line irregularly 

 dentate, from f costa to just beyond middle of inner margin, 

 curved inwards on upper §, and with a broad obtuse angulation 

 above middle, thenced curved inwards, acutely angulated above 

 inner margin; orbicular whitish, well defined, and with some 

 raised black scales in centre and encircled with a fine black line; 

 a similar, yet with a more distinct spot of raised scales below and 

 beyond; another indistinct mark above and beyond, preceded by 

 an obscure black spot on costa; reniform whitish, encircled with 

 a fine black line, indented posteriorly, followed beneath by a 

 similar rounded coloured spot ; subterminal obscure, blackish, 

 deeply indented; veins towards hindmargin outlined with blackish: 

 cilia ashy-grey, darker at base. Hindwings white, fuscous-tinged 

 around apex and hindmargin to middle ; cilia white, fuscous. 

 tinged around apex and upper half of hindmargin. 



Melbourne, Victoria; two specimens; I have seen others from 

 Stawell and Sale. 



