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posterior carmine spot. Pal]3i ochreoiis-whitish, apex of second 

 and terminal joints carmine- tinged. Legs ochreous-white, 

 anterior and middle pair carmine-tinged. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish, segments suffused with orange-fuscous. Forewings .ob- 

 long, rather broad ; costa strongly arched near base ; hindmargin 

 somewhat sinuate, rounded beneath ; greyish-ochreous ; costa 

 broadly carmine throughout ; inner margin carmine from base to 

 one-fourth, followed by a few carmine scales ; a broad fuscous 

 carmine, nearly straight, oblique band from one-third of costa to 

 middle of inner margin, dilated beneath, anterior edge well 

 defined, posterior somewhat suffused ; a fuscous-carmine sufiused 

 dot in disc at one-third, and a larger one more suffused obliquely 

 beneath ; indications of a curved series of fuscous carmine dots 

 from above anal angle to two-thirds across wing ; cilia fuscous- 

 carmine, mixed with greyish-ochreous, especially around anal 

 angle. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, posteriorly carmine-tinged, 

 more pronounced at apex ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with a grey 

 parting line at apex. Underside of forewings, with costa and 

 posterior two-thirds, strongly suffused with rosy. 



One specimen, Blackwood, S.A., at light, in May. A very 

 handsome species, having the fascies of a Euchaitis. It is excep- 

 tionally distinct from all others known to me by the broad band 

 of forewings. 



Heliocausta euspilomela, n. SJ). 



Male, 28 mm. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax ochreous- 

 fuscous, thorax anteriorly darker -fuscous. Palpi externally 

 white. Face white. Legs ochreous-whitish, faintly carmine- 

 tinged. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa moder- 

 ately arched, more strongly towards base, apex obtuse; hindmargin 

 almost straight, slightly rounded ; ochreous-fuscous ; costa nar- 

 rowly pale-carmine throughout ; markings rather obscure ; three 

 black dots at base in a line between costa and inner margin ; a 

 tranverse row of black dots from beneath costa at one-third to 

 middle of inner margin, from apex of these proceeds an out- 

 wardly curved row of similar dots to about anal angle ; immedi- 

 ately beyond this is another strongly-detined curved row of 

 similar dots ending at anal angle ; a hindmarginal row of black 

 dots ; cilia greyish-ochreous, with a darker parting line. Hind- 

 wings and cilia pale grey-whitish. 



One specimen, Parkside (at light), in October. An obscure 

 looking species. Nearest to severa, Meyr. 



EUCH^TIS CRYPSICHROA, 71. SJ). 



Male, 23 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdo- 

 men greyish-ochreous, face whitish ; palpi externally whitish. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle pair (except coxae) 



