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ACRONYCTTN.E. 
Sesamia albicostata, ii. sp. 
Male, 28 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and legs light 
ochreous-grey, antennae whitish, pectinations ochreous. Ab- 
domen shining grey Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 
slightly arched towards base, aj^ex somewhat rounded, termen 
obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous ; veins somewhat outlined 
with white ; a rather suffused broad white costal streak 
throughout, edged below by darker ground colour ; cilia 
greyish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia white. 
Ocean Grange, near Sale, Victoria. One specimen, taken 
in January. 
LYMANTRIAD^. 
Anthela niphomacula, n. sp. 
Male, 46 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs 
dull reddish-carmine. Antennas carmine-whitish, pectina- 
tions 10, dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, ter- 
men nearly straight ; dull carmine-pink ; a moderate white 
spot in cell at one-third from base of wing ; a similar spot at 
end of cell, both faintly edged with fuscous ; cilia reddish- 
ochreous. Hindwings with colour as in forewings, basal two- 
thirds lighter and somewhat ochreous-tinged ; cilia as in fore- 
wings. Underside of hindwings with a single white fuscous- 
edged spot at end of cell. 
Allied to Ruhescens, Walk., but distinguished at once by 
the white spots. 
Duaringa, Queensland. One specimen ; in November. 
Anthela callispila, n. sp. 
Male, 46 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-fuscous, face 
ochreous, palpi ochreous beneath, fuscous above. Antennae 
whitish, pectinations 10, dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 
fuscous, anal tuft ochreous. Legs ochreous-fuscous. Fore- 
wings elongate-triangular, termen rounded ; dark ochreous- 
fuscous, irrorated with fine ochreous hair scales along costa ; 
markings snow-white, very distinct : a moderately large ellip- 
tic spot at anterior end of cell ; a large one, rounded, at pos- 
terior end of cell ; cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings with 
termen moderately straight : colour as in forewings : a mode- 
rately defined whitish spot at posterior end of cell : cilia as 
in forewings. Forewings beneath more ochreous, especially 
in cell ; spots as above reproduced. Hindwings similar in 
colour, but an additional round white spot in cell at one- 
sixth from base. 
A very distinct species, easily recognised by the white 
spots on the ochreous ground colour. 
