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hairy beneath. Abdomen smooth. Femora not hairy. An- 

 terior tibiae with a posterior tuft of hairs from base. Posterior 

 tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Forewings in male without 

 fovea ; vein 2 from f , 3 from before angle, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 

 11 connected by a bar with 12 and with 8, 9, 10. Hind wings 

 with 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 separate, 8 closely approxi- 

 mated to basal half of cell. 



Nycterephes coracopa, n. sp. 

 (Coraco'pos, raven-black.) 



Male, 35 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax black. Antennae 

 pale-fuscous, towards base black ; pectinations in male 6. Ab- 

 domen grey-whitish. Legs dark-fuscous ; tarsi with whitish 

 annulations; femora and posterior tibiae whitish with dark- 

 fuscous annulations. Forewings triangular, costa slightly 

 arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, slightly oblique : black- 

 ish, with obscure black markings : a dentate transverse line 

 at -^ ; a rather large suffused discal spot beneath mid-costa ; a 

 dentate line from | costa to | dorsum, outwardly curved in 

 disc ; cilia blackish. Hindwings with termen rounded : whit- 

 ish ; towards termen and dorsum suffused with blackish : a 

 blackish discal dot, and dentate line from tornus not reaching 

 costa. 



Type in Coll., Lyell. 



W.A., Bridgetown, in April ; one specimen. 



Family CASTNIAD^. 

 Synemon phaeoptila, n. sp. 

 ( Fliaioptilos, dusky- winged.) 

 Male, 32-36 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish, apices ochreous. Antennae dark-fuscous, nar- 

 rowly annulated with whitish ; clubs dark-fuscous. Legs 

 ochreous ; posterior pair whitish. Forewings triangular, costa 

 moderately and evenly arched, apex rounded, termen round- 

 ed, slightly oblique ; fuscous ; costal edge narrowly whitish, be- 

 coming ochreous towards base; a median line of whitish-ochre- 

 ous somewhat lustrous scales from along lower edge of cell, ex- 

 panding into a broader suffusion beyond cell ; a whitish discal 

 spot on end of cell ; cilia fuscous, bases mixed with whitish : 

 apices paler. Hindwings with termen rounded : fuscous : cilia 

 fuscous, apices paler. Underside of forewings bright brownish- 

 ochreous becoming whitish-ochreous towards costa ; a large fus- 

 cous basal blotch, not reaching costa, extending almost to tor- 

 nus ; a fuscous post-median spot : three small fuscous sub- 

 apical spots preceded by three whitish spots. Of hindwings 

 fuscous; costa narrowly and dorsum broadly shining grey- 



