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2. Nearcha agnata spec. nov. 



(J, 35 mm. Face blackish. Paljms aboat twice diameter of e^-e; black, at 

 base whitish. Aiiteuiial pectinations about as in aridaria Walk. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen concolorons with wings. Forefemur darkened ; middle femnr hairy 

 (hind abraded) ; hindtibia with strong ochreons hair-penoil. 



Forewing with apex prominent, termeu waved, carved, oblique ; pale ochreons 

 grey with very sjiarse dark scales ; first line obsolete ; postmedian, as in normal 

 aridaria, consisting of a curved row of black vein-spots, becoming small and less 

 distinct costally, closely followed (except at costa) by a curved brown line ; a small 

 dark, pale-centred discal spot (smaller than in aridaria) ; terminal black dots rather 

 larger than in aridaria ; fringe strongly dark-chequered, remaining pale opposite 



the veins. Ilindwing slightly paler, witli dark cell-dot before one-third and 



feeble grey, nearly straight line beyond middle. 



Forewing beneath with cell-spot not pale-centred ; no other markings. Hind- 

 wing beneath slightly hairy at base ; hair-tnfts ochreous, placed as follows : a 

 moderate black-mixed tuft in front of vein C just before apex of cell, and a similar 

 one, but not black-mixed, in front of M in the end of the cell ; ridges along vein U 

 from the tuft about half-way to the end of the vein, and on M and especially the 

 base of R' ; a large tuft at the base of and for some distance along and between 

 ISC- and R' ; markings consist of a moderately large black cell-spot on DC- and a 

 black spot at tornus ; terminal spots and fringe as on forewing. 



Perth, West Australia (U. M. Worsfold). Type in coll. Brit. Mas. 



Belongs to Section I. {Gen. Ins. 1U4, p. 29), nearest aridaria, but differing in 

 the arrangement of the hair-tufts as well as in some details of wing-shape and 

 markings. 



3. Nearcha uncta spec. nov. 



(?, 33 mm. Face black. Palpus moderately long, black. Antenna two-thirds 

 length of wing ; shaft ochreous, pectinations long, blackish. Crown of head mixed 

 ochreons and blackish, rather rongh, projecting a small tnft anteriorly. Thorax 

 and abdomen concolorons with wings. Legs long and slender, femora glabrous ; 

 whitish grey, more or less speckled with fuscous ; forecoxa, femur, and tibia 

 jiredominantly fuscous. 



Forewing with costa very slightly curved at liasc and close to apex, otherwise 

 straight, or almost concave ; termen straiglit, olili((ue ; very glossy blackish grey 

 witi] a faint purplish reflection, costal edge narrowly ochreous ; first line from 

 one-fourth (Msta to one-third posterior margin, consisting of large white dots on 

 veins and cell-fold ; discal spot at beyond one-half, large, dark, but little con- 

 spicuous on the dark ground ; jiostmedian wavy, brownish, at 3-.5 mm. from termen, 

 slightly inc:urved ]iosteriorly, quite indistinct, but marked with sharp white dots 

 on the veins, smaller than the antemedian series : a conspicuous pale, thick, 

 regularly dentate subtorrainal line ; distal margin tinged with blue-grey, with a 

 conspicuous series of small black dots ; fringe divided by a pal(! lino beyond middle. 



Ilindjciiig with costa long, ajiex rounded-prominent, termen straight nearly to 



llie rounded tornus ; paler, unmarked, terminal dots as on forewing. 



L'nder-surface almost unmarked, both wings with cell-si)ot indicated, I'orcwing 

 Willi a faint postmedian line, hindwing dark-speckled and strigulated. 



