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37. ASTHENA EUPHYLLA. 



Asthena euphylla, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 815. 

 Type in Coll. Meyrick. 

 T., Deloraine, Hobart. 



38. Asthena xylocyma. 



Asthena xylocyma, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 814. 



Type in Coll. Meyrick. 



v., Melbourne (Lower) ; W.A., Albany. 



39. Asthena scoliota. 



Asthena scoliota, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W., 1890, p. 815. 

 Type in Coll. Meyrick. 

 W.A., Albany. 



40. Asthena anthodes. 



Asthena anthodes, Meyr. P.L.S. N.S.W,, 1890, p. 816. 



Type in Coll. Meyrick. 



N.S.W., Sydney ; V., Melbourne; S.A., Mt. Lofty. 



41. Asthena euthecta, n. sp. 

 [evO-qKTo^, well-sharpened ; in allusion to the fore wings.] 



$, 21-22 mm. Head ochreous whitish, face and palpi pale 

 brownish fuscous. Antennae whitish. Thorax ochreous whitish, 

 with two minute fuscous dots postericJrly Abdomen, ochreous- 

 whitish, with a pair of fuscous dots on dorsum of each segment. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, irrorated with fuscous ; anterior pair 

 fuscous with whitish annulations. Fore wings triangular, apex 

 acute, sometimes slightly produced, hind margin bowed, oblique, 

 sinuate beneath apex ; ochreous-whitish, with numerous trans- 

 verse waved pale ochreous-brown lines, bearing fuscous dots ; 

 posterior line better marked, very obtusely angulated ; a minute 

 blackish discal dot ; a series of fuscous terminal dots ; cilia 

 whitish, with a few dark fuscous scales. Hind wing with termen 

 rather acutely angulated on vein 4 ; markings as in fore wings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Brisbane ; V., Gisborne (Lyell). 



