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from one-third inner margin, posterior edged witli yellowish ; a 

 transverse blackish discal dot before this ; a rather thick suffused 

 line from above anal angle to apex of shade ; a short black apical 

 dash ; an interrupted waved, blackish hindmarginal line ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, fuscous-tinged. Hind wings with hindmargin 

 rounded, waved, colour as in forewings ; a white basal patch, 

 containing a short black mark in middle ; a straight blackish 

 shade from one-third inner margin to one-third costa ; a weli- 

 detined blackish lunate discal mark ; an interrupted row of black 

 dots from two-thirds inner margin to four-fifths costa, sometimes 

 connected with a fine black line ; a rather thick ochreous shade 

 beyond and jDarallel ; a blackish shade from above anal angle to 

 costa before apex, where it is broader, followed by a whitish 

 subterminal line ; hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. 



Underside of forewings dull ochreous-white, a well-defined 

 blackish hindmarginal band from vein 2 to apex, broader at apex; 

 a large blackish discal dot in middle of wing ; hindwings as fore- 

 wings, but discal dot much smaller. 



One specimen at Burnside, Allied to D. Jyciaria, Gn., but 

 smaller ; differs especially in underside. It also has considerable 

 superficial resemblance to large specimens of D. e ccn.rsaria, Gn. 

 The snow-white basal patch is a good and distinct character. 



DiASTiCTis (Selidosema) mesombra, n. sp. 



Male, 38 mm. Head, face, palpi, and thorax yellowish-clay 

 colour, thorax with a blackish suffused transverse median band. 

 Abdomen and legs greyish. Antenna fuscous, pectinations 

 nine, apical-sixth simple. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, hindmargin almost straight, obliquely waved ; pale- 

 ochreous-yellowish, suffused with fuscous, and blackish towards 

 costa and base of inner margin ; an undulating brownish line 

 from about one-third costa to one-third inner margin, marked on 

 costa v;ith black, and more strongly so on inner margin; a similar 

 more dentate line from middle of wing to middle of costa, with a 

 strong projection outwards in middle, similarly marked on costa 

 and inner margin, space between these lines marked wdth blackish 

 on inner margin ; a black mark on costa at three-fourths, with 

 a row^ of three or four black dots beneath ; a blackish subterminal 

 shade tending to form into sj3ots from costa near apex to 

 anal angle, margined posteriorly with an interrupted whitish 

 line ; a small suffused white mark between veins 7 and 8, near 

 hindmargin, and just before shade ; an interrupted hinduiarginal 

 blackish line ; cilia fuscous, obscurely barred with white. Hind- 

 wings as forewings ; hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. 



One specimen Fernshaw, Victoria. Somewhat allied to the 

 preceding. 



