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inarched towards costa, otherwise parallel to outer margin ; an ill- 

 defined submarginal macular stripe; fringe dusky spotted with 

 sordid white ; secondaries with pale fringe ; thorax in front slightly 

 brownish, antennae with ferruginous pectinations ; under surface 

 of wings pearl-grey, the borders tinted with golden brown ; no 

 markings ; pectus whitish ; legs and venter pale brown. Expanse 

 of wmgs, 41 mm. 



Peak Downs. 



LASIOCAMPID^. 



COSMOTRICHE, Huhll. 



8. Custnotriche indistincta, n. s. 

 2 . Allied to C. exjjosita of Lewin,* but paler ; wings of a 

 semitransparent smoky grey tint ; primaries a little darker than 

 secondaries, with an abbreviated indistinct dusky oblique stripe 

 across the middle of the interno-median area, and traces of a sub- 

 marginal series of dusky spots upon the veins ; head and front of 

 collar blackish, centre of thorax dusky, abdomen brown ; antennae 

 with testaceous pectinations ; body below smoky-brown ; wings 

 more uniform in tint than above, wholly destitute of markings. 

 Expanse of wings, 32 mm. 



Peak Downs. 



PiNARA, Walk. 



This was described as a genus of ArctiidiB ; the typical 

 species, P. cana, consisted of the females of three 

 species of Walker's genus Entuvida, placed by him in 

 the Psychidie ; the female of a fourth species was, how- 

 ever, referred to its proper family, and placed in the 

 genus Opsirldna. 



9. Pinara rufesccns, n. s. 

 ^' . Intermediate in character between P. divisa and P. 

 sesioides, but with the secondaries of a uniform rufous-brown tint ; 

 primaries with the basal two-fifths to submedian vein and the 

 costal area to lower radial vein reddish chocolate ; remainder of 

 the whig pale rufous-brown, sparsely irrorated with cream-coloured 

 scales ; a straight transverse creamy yellowish stripe across the 

 basal fifth fi-om costa to submedian vein ; a white transverse spot 

 across the end of the cell ; a whitish stripe across the middle of the 

 disc, incurved towards costa, lunulated and interrupted by the 



* This species was redescribcd by Walker under the names of 

 PoeciUogaster hehes and P. hrevis ; Boisduval's Bovihyx myceria 

 may be the same moth. 



