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2. Fore wings with a thick black basal streak - melanocausta 

 Fore wings with slight or no basal streak - - 3 



3. Fore wings wich posterior line with two project- 



ing teeth ------- diplodonta 



Fore wings with posterior line not toothed - - 4 



4. Fore wings whitish-grey ----- villosata 

 Fore wings fuscous grey ----- squamulata 



This tabulation applies to both sexes, but the males are most 

 easily distinguished by the secondary sexual characters. 



25. MiCRODES VILLOSATA. 



Microdes villosata, Gn. Lep. x., p. 297, pi. xv., f. 8; Meyr., 

 P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 802. 



Panagra mixtaria, Wlk. Brit. Mus. Cat., xxvi., p. 1663. 



Microdes toriata, Feld. Reise Nov., pi. cxxxi., f. 34. 



N.S.W., Sydney; V., Melbourne, Casterton, Gisborne; 

 T., Launceston, Hobart; S.A., Adelaide, Mt. Lofty; W.A., 

 Albany. 



Felder refers this species to New Zealand, no doubt erroneously. 



26. Microdes squamulata. 



Microdes squamulata, Gn. Lep. x., p. 298; Meyr., P.L.S., 

 N.S.W., 1890, p. 803. 



Oesymna stipataria, Wlk. Char. Undesc. Lep., Het., p. 80. 



Q., Toowoomba ; V., Melbourne, Gisborne ; T., Launceston ; 

 W.A., Albany. 



I have found the larvae on Acacia decurrens. 



27. Microbes typhopa. 



Microdes typhopa. Sow. Tr.R.S. S.A., 1897, p. 50. 



I have examined the type ( 2 ) of this very distinct species. 



S.A., Adelaide (Semaphore). 



28. Microdes melanocausta. 



Microdes melanocausta, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 802. 



Type in Coll. Meyrick. 



This species is unknown to me. 



