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Sydney and Shoalhaven, New South Wales, in October 

 and January ; two specimens. Characterized by the strong 

 white irroration and metallic cilia. 



Ghereuta anfhracistis y n. sp. 



Male, 10 mm. Head and thorax dark metallic purplish- 

 leaden-grey. Palpi dark bronzy-fuscous, towards base whit- 

 ish. Antennae dark fuscous, simple. Abdomen dark bronzy- 

 fuscous, lateral margins spotted with white. Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely 

 rounded ; dark bronzy-fuscous with coppery reflections, with a 

 few scattered white scales : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 with 6 and 7 connate ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous, 

 basal third blackish-fuscous. 



York, West Australia, in November; one specimen. 



Ghereuta chalcistis, n. sp. 



Male, female, 13-16 mm. Head and thorax metallic 

 bronzy-grey, side-tufts yellowish. Palpi bronzy-grey, towards 

 base whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, in male minutely 

 ciliated. Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, segmental margins broadly 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex ob- 

 tuse, termen hardly rounded, oblique ; fuscous, irrorated with 

 dark fuscous and mixed with yellowish-brown ; stigmata very 

 obscurely indicated with dark fuscous scales, plical somewhat 

 beyond first discal : cilia fuscous. Hindwings with 6 and 7 

 stalked ; dark fuscous, darkest towards apex ; cilia fuscous, 

 with dark fuscous basal shade. 



Albany, West Australia, in December ; two specimens. 



(ECOPHORID^. 



I now divide this family into two main groups, viz., (A) 

 having antennae of male moderately or strongly ciliated (1 or 

 more) ; and (B) having antennae of male simple, or at most 

 minutely ciliated (not over -J). This second group is that 

 which I formerly separated as a distinct family (Depres- 

 sariadce); it is rather numerously represented in the Indian 

 region, and I am now better acquainted with its extent. It 

 is a natural assemblage, and I find some genera are referable 

 to it, which I had placed elsewhere, notably Eupselia and 

 Thudaca. The three genera, Eupselia, Thudaca, and Bolero- 

 mi ma, though by no means very closely related together, agree 

 in the possession of a very singular form of pupa — naked, 

 angular, and seated erect upon the truncate tail, imitating a 

 leaf — and it is therefore probable that some other genera of 

 the group will be found to show the same character, which 

 will be of interest as an indication of affinity. 



