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and I have searched for the female in vain. Sliould this prove 

 to be so, then a new genus will be required to receive it. 



GEOMETRINA. 

 MONOCTENIAD^. 



Hypograpiia eremosa, n. sp. 



Male, 30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and legs ashy-grey- 

 whitish. Abdomen ochreous. Antennae fuscous. Pectina- 

 tions ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elongate moderate, some- 

 what triangular, costa nearly straight, termen oblique, round- 

 ed ; ashy-grey-whitish ; a waved, angulated, black line from 

 costa at one-third to inner margin at one-third ; a second, 

 similar, from costa at five-sixths to inner margin at two- 

 thirds ; a black line along termen, interrupted at extremities 

 of veins : cilia cinerous-grey, with blackish points at extremi- 

 ties of veins. Hindwings with termen rounded ; whitish ; a 

 j^ale fuscous band along termen, edged above by two waved, 

 parallel, pale-fuscous lines, which reach both margins, but 

 become blackish on dorsum, as also does the band along 

 termen : cilia white with fuscous spots at extremities of veins. 



Townsville, Queensland. Two specimens, from Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd : taken in January. 



SELIDOSEMID^. 



Amelora polychroa, n. sp. 



Male, 30 mm. Head and face whitish. Thorax whitish 

 mixed with ochreous and ferruginous fuscous, antennae 

 ochreous, pectinations ochreous, six. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous. Legs pale whitish-ochreous, tibiae and tarsi 

 banded with blackish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen 

 bowed-oblique : dull-whitish, thickly and irregularly strewn 

 with blackish, ferruginous and fuscous scales, which form an 

 irregular outwards-curved fascia from costa at one-quarter to 

 dorsum at one-quarter ; a moderately straight, dentate-edged, 

 fuscous fascia from costa at five-sixths to near anal angle, pre- 

 ceded by a larger quadrate, fuscous, discal dot ; an irregular 

 fuscous sub-terminal line ; all veins more or less outlined with 

 ferruginous-ochreous : cilia white, barred with fuscous between 

 veins. Hindwings whitish, terminal half more or less irro- 

 rated with light ferruginous scales, becoming thicker on ter- 

 minal portion : a pale fuscous discal spot : cilia white. Pro- 

 bably nearest arotrcea, Meyr. 



Derby, Western Australia. Two specimens : in Novem- 

 ber. PYRALIDINA. 

 CxALLERIAD.E. 

 Melissobt.aptes spodopteba, n. sp. 



Female, 16 mm. Head, thorax, and antennas dull ^rey- 

 whitish. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs greyish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, termen 



