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veins marked with darker posteriorly; a short thick streak from 

 one-sixth costa outwardly oblique to middle of wing, edged 

 anteriorly by a more or less wdiitish suffusion, posteriorly by a 

 broad patch of whitish-yellow, in one specimen suffused with 

 brown, an elongate patch of lead-coloured scales in middle of 

 wing, just beyond, sometimes obscurely continued towards hind- 

 margin ; an obscure irregular lead-coloured thick streak from 

 beneath apex to anal angle, obscurely edged with whitish ; an 

 obscure oblique white apical dash, sharply margined posteriorly 

 wdth dark-brown ; an interrupted black hindmarginal line, pre- 

 ceded by a whitish irroration ; cilia greyish-fuscous, with a darker 

 median line. Hindwings with hindmargin somewhat prominent 

 in middle, slightly sinuate above and below, bright-orange ; an 

 elongate black apical patch ; cilia yellow. 



A beautiful species, bearing a superficial resemblance to some 

 forms of Selidosemidcf. Two specimens beaten from Hakea 

 rugosa, at Blackwood, February to April. It is an exceedingly 

 difficult species to net, and hiding as it does amongst the sharp 

 sjDiny branches of the above-mentioned plant usually escapes 

 through the net getting entangled. 



Geometrina. 



MOXOCTENIAD.E. 



Taxeotis goxosemela, n. sp. 



Male, 28 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs greyish-ochreous ; anterior legs infuscated. Fore wings 

 triangular, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; greyish-ochreous, 

 minutely irrorated with black scales ; costa strigulated through- 

 out with blackish ; an indistinct blackish angulated line from 

 about one-third costa to below middle of disc, thence strongly 

 oblique to one-sixth inner margin ; a more distinct similar line 

 from immediately before apex to about tw^o-thirds inner margin, 

 strongly angulated inwards above and below middle ; a small 

 black discal dot in middle of wing ; a hindmarginal row of black 

 dots ; cilia oclireous-grey. Hindwings whitish, speckled with 

 blackish ; an obscure l^lack discal dot ; a very obscure row of 

 minute black dots, from two-thirds costa to two-tliirds inner 

 margin (both plainly visible on underside) ; a blackish hindmar- 

 ginal line interrupted on veins ; cilia as in forewings. 



One specimen, Parkside, at a street lamp. 



Daraxtasia pachygramma, n. sp. 



Male, 18 mm. Head whitish, thorax, abdomen, legs, and 

 palpi pale stone-colour. Antennae yellowish-tinged. Forewings 

 triangular, short ; stone-colour, minutely and sparsely irrorated 



