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scales from costa near base to mid-disc ; an ante-median simi- 

 lar line from ^ costa to J dorsum, doubly edged with dark-fus- 

 cous ; a whitish dot on costa slightly beyond middle, preceded 

 and followed by a dark-fuscous dot; claviform whitish, eljn- 

 gate-oval, with fuscous centre, and preceded by a dark-fuscous 

 spot ; orbicular roundish, reniform kidney-shaped, both simi- 

 lar to claviform ; a post-median whitish line from § costa to § 

 dorsum, preceded by a series of dark-fuscous lunules between 

 veins, and edged posteriorly by a fine dark-fuscous line ; a 

 whitish sub-terminal line preceded by elongate dark-fuscous 

 spots between veins ; terminal area irrorated with whitish ; a 

 series of triangular dark-fuscous terminal dots between veins ; 

 cilia fuscous mixed with brownish. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; fuscous ; cilia pale fuscous, apices whitish. 



Type in National Museum, Melbourne. 



v., Melbourne, one specimen. 



Section ACRONYCTIN^ (Caradrinin^). 



EUPLEXIA ADAMANTINA, n. Sp. 



( Adamantinos, firm, unyielding.) 



Female, 37 mm. Head and palpi fuscous-brown. An- 

 tennae fuscous. Thorax reddish-brown. Abdomen fuscous. 

 Legs fuscous ; tarsi annulated with whitish. Forewings elon- 

 gate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, ber- 

 men bowed, slightly wavy, oblique; reddish-brown partly 

 suffused with fuscous, especially towards costa and termen ; a 

 fuscous ante-median line edged posteriorly by a pale line from 

 J costa to I dorsum, slightly dentate ; claviform obsolete ; orbi- 

 cular a circular pale ring with darker centre, not conspicuous ; 

 reniform represented by two straight conspicuous white lines 

 converging beneath with a pale area between them ; post- 

 median line fine, fuscous, from mid-costa above reniform, 

 strongly outwardly curved and then slightly sinuate to | dor* 

 sum ; an interrupted dark-fuscous sub-terminal line ; two or 

 three minute white dots on costa beyond § ; cilia brown mixed 

 with fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded, slightly wavy ; 

 dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, apices whitish. 



Type in National Museum, Melbourne. 



v., Melbourne ; one specimen. 



ECCLETA. 



Eccleta, Turn., P.L.S.N.S.W, 1902, p. 6. The defini- 

 tion should be amended as follows : —Face with a short 

 median acute projection concealed by scales. 



