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Some black scales connected with this on inner margin, and 

 enclosing a small spot of ground-colour ; a third line from before 

 apex to anal angle, upper half indistinct, lower half posteriorly 

 edged with whitish, with a rounded projection in middle ; a hind- 

 niarginal row of elongate black dots ; cilia dark-fuscous, with 

 white teeth at extremities of veins. Hindwings and cilia fuscous, 

 cilia with a lighter basal line. 



One specimen from Blackwood, in November. The large size 

 and well-marked lines are f>ood characteristics. 



LIFARID^. 



EUPROCTIS PELODES, 11. Sp. 



Male, — - mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, legs, and abdomen 

 brownish-ochreous. Antennal pectinations six, Forewings 

 elongate triangular, costa slightly arched near base, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin oblique, brownish-ochreous, A row of 

 tolerably well-defined whitish spots from near anal angle to near 

 apex, slightly angulated outwards in middle, the first spot more 

 elongate ; cilia whitish-ochreous, barred with dark-brownish- 

 ochreous, Hindwings and cilia as in forewings, l)ut without 

 markings. 



One specimen, Parkside (at light), in January. 



DaPvALA n.EMOPTERA, n. sp. 



Male, 52 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, legs, and abdomen 

 mahogany - red. Anterior tarsi ochreous - reddish. Antennae 

 ochreous-yellow ; pectinations eight, fuscous. Forewings triangu- 

 lar, costa straight, hindmargin bowed, oblique ; mahogany-red, 

 with purple-fuscous markings ; an ill-defined curved band from 

 one-third costa to one-third inner margin, anterior edo'e well- 

 defined, posterior suffused ; a well-defined white discal dot ringed 

 with black ; a broad, nearly straight, waved band ; anterior edge 

 from two-thirds costa to three-fifths inner margin, irregular ; 

 posterior edge from five-sixths costa to near anal angle, indented 

 on veins, each indentation l^eing filled up with a black dot ; a 

 moderate hindmarginal line, space anteriorly paler than rest of 

 wing ; cilia reddish - ochreous. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded, reddish- fuscous, lighter towards base ; a black discal 

 dot ; a row of black dots on veins, nearly straight, from costa 

 near apex to anal angle, edged posteriorly with a lighter band ; a 

 suffused fuscous hindmarginal band ; cilia as in forewings. 



Port Lincoln ; one specimen (Rev. T. Blackburn). 



BOMBYCID.i:. 



BOMBYX ZOXOSPILA, 71. sp. 



Male, 40 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and legs pale dove-colour; 



