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filled with downy matter ; vein 2 from near angle, 4 and 5 stalked, 

 6 rising out of stalk of 8 and 9 almost at base, 7 absent, 11 from 

 middle of cell. Hind wings If; cell extremely short, veins 4 and 

 5 from a point, 7 rising out of 6 about middle of wing, anasto- 

 mosing rather shortly with 8. 



Balanomis encyclia, n. s. 



$ ? , 20 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous ; 

 thorax, abdomen, and legs light brownish-ochreous. Fore wings 

 very elongate, narrow, somewhat dilated, costa posteriorly arched, 

 apex rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded ; brownish-ochreous, 

 sprinkled with reddish, white, and dark fuscous scales ; a large 

 ocellated patch indicated about two-thirds, consisting of a cloudy 

 whitish centre, surrounded successively by blackish, ochreous, and 

 whitish rings, all very indistinct except on anterior margin ; a very 

 indistinct pale angulated line beyond this; cilia pale ochreous, 

 base more reddish, tips whitish. Hind wings semitransparent. 

 grey-whitish, hind margin greyer ; cilia whitish. 



Newcastle, New South Wales ; two specimens, in bad 

 preservation (Australian Museum). 



Homceosoma, Curt. 



Homceosoma vagella, Z. 



Also from Glen Innes (4500 feet 1 , Bathurst, and 

 Cooma, New South Wales ; Geraldton and Carnarvon, 

 West Australia. 



Homceosoma fornacella, Meyr. 

 Also from Georges Baj', Tasmania. 



Ephestia, Gn. 

 Ephestia elutella, Hb. 



Also from Cooma. New South Wales ; Perth and 



(u'ral.lt on. West Australia. 



Ephestia desuetella, Walk. 



I have pointed out elsewhere that this name is to be 

 substituted for E. ficulella, Barrett. Also from Car- 

 narvon, West Australia. 



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