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plical obliquely before first discal, second discal transversely- 

 double : cilia pale fuscous. Hindwings light fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish, towards base mixed with fuscous. 



Perth, West Australia, in October : one specimen. 



Heterochyt(( asteropa, n. sp. 



Female, 33 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous very 

 finely irrorated with whitish ; palpi 6, terminal joint i, loosely 

 scaled, tolerably pointed. Antennae whitish ringed with fus- 

 cous. Abdomen elongate, fuscous mixed with paler. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen nearly straight, rather strongly 

 oblique : 2 from | ; fuscous, very finely sprinkled with whitish 

 points, with some scattered whitish scales ; discal stigmata 

 ochreous- white : cilia fuscous mixed with whitish. Hindwings 

 pale grey ; cilia whitish, with pale grey median shade. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Mount Lofty, South Aus- 

 tralia ; in August and September, two specimens. 



Tleterochyta pyroserna, Low. 

 (Pleurota i^yrosema, Low, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1899, 109.) 



Female, 31 mm. Very like asteropa, but palpi much 

 shorter (4), second joint relatively much shorter and more 

 broadly scLd, ternrnal joint half second, slender, acute ; fore- 

 wings with ajDex more obtuse, termen less oblique, 2 from | , 7 

 and 8 longer-stalked, discal stigmata pale reddish-ochreous ; 

 hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



One specimen received from Mr. Lower. 



BiDA, Walk. 



Head with appressed scales ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 I, in male serrulate, minutely ciliated (J), basal joint mode- 

 rate, without pecten. Labial palpi extremely long, recurved, 

 second joint much exceeding base of antennae, rough-scaled 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, somewhat thickened 

 with scales towards base, acute. Forewings with 2 from f , 7 

 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 

 1, elongate-ovate, cilia \ ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly paral- 

 lel. 



Allied to Acolasta and PJtaeosaces^ but differing from 

 both in the rough scales of second joint of palpi, which are also 

 exceptionally long. 



Bida radiosella, Walk. 

 (Tseradia rndioKelJa, Walk., Tin. 539 : B'ula rrdmbeUa, ib. 824.) 

 Male, female, 23-29 mm. Head white. Palpi white, 

 lower half of second and terminal joints fuscous. Antennae 



