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Diathrausta profundalis, Ld. 



Diathrausta profundalis, Ld., 146, pi. xvii., 7. 



$ , 15 mm. Head dark fuscous, sides of face and central line 

 of crown whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, towards hase and on 

 terminal joint white. Antennae and thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous, segmental margins more or less white. (Legs 

 broken.) Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly gently 

 arched, apex rectangular, hind margin oblique, bowed, sinuate 

 beneath apex ; blackish-fuscous ; second line darker, obscure, from 

 costa at three-fifths, preceded by a clear white oblong transverse 

 spot reaching half across wing, beneath which it is bent abruptly 

 inwards to middle of disc, thence again rectangularly bent to 

 inner margin beyond middle, near inner margin preceded and 

 followed by a small cloudy white spot ; a cloudy white dot on 

 costa beyond second line, and a small clear white spot on costa 

 before apex ; cilia white, with dark fuscous apical, median, and 

 anal spots. Hind wings with colour and markings as in fore 

 wings, but second line margined on both sides with white through- 

 out ; cilia with an additional small dark fuscous spot near anal 

 angle. 



Queensland; one specimen (coll. Lucas). Also from 

 Amboina, Celebes, and Java. As Lederer scarcely 

 describes the species, I have redescribed it. 



Diasemia, Gn. 

 Diasemia ramburialis, Dup. 

 Lineodes leodocusalis, Walk., 947, from North America, 

 is an additional synonym of this. 



Also from Brisbane, Queensland; Murrurundi and 

 Sydney, New South Wales ; from September to December. 



Diasemia grammalis, Dbld. 



Isopteryx impidsalis, Walk., 404, from Ceylon, is an 

 additional synonym of this. 



IsCHNTJRGES, Ld. 



The characters of this genus are given by me under 

 the head of Nesolocha ; those given by Lederer are 

 partly erroneous, and led to my renaming it. 



