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externally. Thorax and antennae ferruginous-brown ; ciliations 

 about one-half. Legs greyish ; tibiae spinose ; tarsi fuscous, 

 ringed with ochreous-white. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, clothed 

 with whitish hairs on anterior segments. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate ; costa nearly straight ; hindmargin oblique, ferruginous- 

 brown, in some specimens becoming olive-greenish ; all veins 

 more or less outlined with whitish ; a dull, leaden, reniform spot 

 at end of cell, upper lobe more or less internally whitish ;. a trans- 

 verse row of blackish points on veins from about three-fourths of 

 costa to three-fourths of inner margin ; a moderately broad, 

 silvery-whitish hindmarginal band ; a hindmarginal row of black 

 points ; cilia chestnut-brown. Hindwings and cilia pale creamy- 

 ochreous. Five specimens at Exeter, S. Australia, in March. 

 Although somewhat variable, it is an easily recognised species. 

 Mr. Meyrick, to whom I submitted the species, returned it as 

 unknown to him. 



Agrotis gypsina, n. sp. 



Male, 34 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, abdomen, and legs white; 

 tibiae spinose, fuscous, tarsi ringed with white. Antennae fuscous, 

 shortly ciliated, about one half . Forewings elongate, moderate ; 

 costa nearly straight, hindmargin oblique ; white ; three short 

 oblique blackish dashes on costa — one near base, one at one- 

 fourth, and one beyond middle — first one more or less continued 

 half across wing as a zigzag line ; a transverse row of fine black 

 points from about three-quarters of costa to three-quarters inner- 

 margin \ a yellow reniform spot at end of cell, cut by a fine black 

 line, and suffused beneath with fuscous ; a hindmarginal row of 

 blackish dots. Hindwings and cilia white, a hindmarginal row 

 of small black lunules. Two specimens taken by Mr. Harold 

 Lower at Exeter, South Australia, in March. 



HYPENID^]. 



Hypena mesochra, n. sp. 



Female, 30 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and palpi ochreous 

 fuscous, slightly reddish tinged ; palpi nearly five times as long 

 as width of eye ; grey-whitish beneath on lower half. Abdomen 

 and legs grey, slightly ochreous tinged beneath. Forewings 

 elongate triangular, costa slightly sinuate beneath apex, bowed 

 outwards in middle, thence oblique ; ochreous fuscous ; a faintly 

 indicated fuscous median band broadest on upper half, margins 

 waved ; anterior edge from one-third costa to one-third inner- 

 margin ; posterior edge from beyond two-thirds of costa to just 

 beyond middle of inner-margin, faintly edged with lighter 

 ochreous ; two fine blackish dots transversely placed at end of 

 cell, a curved row of ill-defined fuscous dots from five-sixths costa 



