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Bracharthron melanostrotum, n. sp. 

 (Melanostrotos, overlaid with blackish.) 



Male, 30 mm. Head and thorax ochreoiis-whitish irro- 

 rated with fuscous. Palpi extremely long, reaching far be- 

 hind thorax; ochreous-whitish, on external surface irrorated 

 with fuscous, bearing a tuft of long ochreoiis-whitish hairs 

 on inner side towards apex. Antennse fuscous; in male 

 shortly pectinate (1), nearly to apex, each pectination bear- 

 ing a longer (1|) terminal bristle. Abdomen pale fuscous, 

 apices of segments and tuft whitish. Legs fuscous; apices 

 of tibiae and tarsal joints ringed with ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa nearly straight, apex rounded, termen 

 bowed, oblique, crenulate ; whitish, densely suffused with 

 dark-fuscous; indications of paler transverse lines from costa 

 near base, at |-, and more broadly at middle; a dentate whit- 

 ish sub-apical line, its anterior edge sharply defined, posterior 

 edge indistinct; beyond this disc is largely whitish, especially 

 opposite mid-termen and tornus; cilia fuscous, mixed with 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded, scarcely crenu- 

 late ; fuscous ; terminal band mostly whitish ; cilia whitish 

 with some fuscous scales. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q., Geraldton, in May; one specimen. 



Family, LYMANTRIAD^. 



Sub-family, ASOTIN^. 



Nyctemera crescens. 



I do not think Deilemera dinaira, Bak., can be distinct 



from this species; the only difference appears to be that the 



veins of forewings are whitish towards base, and this seems 



insufficient. 



Sub-family, LYMANTRIAN^. 



PORTHESIA ACATHARTA, U. Sp. 



f AcatJiartos, impure.) 

 Male, 25 mm. Female, 35 mm. Head pale ochreous; 

 in female ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish. Anten- 

 nae whitish-ochreous, pectinations well developed in both 

 sexes, longer in male. Thorax and abdomen pale ochreous; 

 tuft ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings rather 

 elongate-triangular, costa strongly arched, apex rounded, ter- 

 men bowed, strongly oblique; whitish-ochreous, irrorated with 

 ochreous ; paler towards costa ; a faintly-marked sinuate whit- 

 ish line from J costa to J dorsum, better seen in female ; cilia 

 wliitish. Hindwings with termen strongly rounded; whitish; 

 cilia whitish. 



