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25. Acidalia rccessata, Walk. 



Acidalia rccessata, Walk., 777 ; A. despuliata, ib., 778; 

 A. optivata, ib., 780. 



c? , $ , 19 — 23 mm. Head and palpi blackish, band between 

 antennae white, collar ochreous. Antenntc whitish, ciliations in 

 male 2^. Thorax and abdomen ochreons-whitisli. Posterior tibiiu 

 in male with a dense tuft of very long white hairs from base above, 

 tarsi three-fourths of tibias. Fore wings moderate, triangular, 

 hind margin gently rounded ; pale whitish ochreous, with fine 

 scattered black scales, sometimes rather dense ; five somewhat 

 iiTegular dentate grey lines, variable in intensity ; first before 

 middle, partially obsolete ; a black discal dot between first and 

 second; second thick, conspicuous, rather cloudy, from beyond 

 two-thirds of costa to middle of inner margin ; third, fourth, and 

 fifth parallel, forming a hind-marginal band, third generally 

 strongly marked, fourth and fifth cloudy, sometimes interrupted 

 into spots ; a hind-marginal row of black dots ; cilia pale whitish 

 ochreous. Hind wings moderate, hind margin rounded, somewhat 

 waved, bent in middle ; colour and markings as in fore wings, but 

 first line absent, discal dot larger and placed on posterior edge of 

 an indentation in second line, which is somewhat before middle. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea [Mathcw) ; common also 

 throughout Eastern Australia. 



26. Acidalia amala, n. s. 



(J , 18 mm. Head and palpi blackish, band between antennte 

 white, collar ochreous. Antennaj ochreous-whitish, ciliations in 

 male Ih. Thorax and abdomen ochreous-whitish. Posterior tibiie 

 in male with a dense tuft of very long white hans from near base 

 above, tarsi two-thirds of tibiae. Fore wings moderate, triangular, 

 hind margin gently rounded ; very pale whitish ochreous ; five 

 irregular waved pale ochreous lines, first before middle, rest 

 between middle and hind margin ; a black discal dot between first 

 and second ; a hind-marginal row of black dots ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. Hind wings moderate, liiud margin rounded, somewhat 

 bent in middle ; coloi;r and markings as in fore wings, but first 

 line absent, discal dot a little beyond second line, which is some- 

 what before middle. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea (Mathcw) ; two sjjecimens. 



