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GEOMETRINA. 

 MONOCTENIAD^. 



Epidesmia ophiosema, n. ap. 



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

 grey-whitiah, palpi 2|, blackish beneath and on aides, thorax 

 with two lonsritudinal lateral black stripes. Abdomen 

 greyish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly straight, 

 faintly sinuate beyond middle, termen nearly straight, hardly 

 oblique ; grey-whitish, with well-defined black markings ; costa 

 narrowly dark fuscous from base to very near apex, attenuated 

 anteriorly ; a moderate, somewhat semi-ovate spot in middle 

 of wing, nearer to costa than inner margin ; a very thick streak 

 from immediately before base, continued along inner margin- 

 to anal angle, thence continued parallel along termen to very 

 near apex, with a very large deep sinuation below semi-ovate 

 spot, and deeply sinuate posteriorly above inner margin, caua- 

 ing it to appear somewhat triangular above anal angle, and 

 leaving a streak of ground color on inner margin throughout ; 

 an obscure fuscous line along termen ; cilia greyish. Hind- 

 wings with termen nearly straight, apex somewhat prominent ; 

 light fuscous ; a dark fuscous discal dot ; cilia as in fore- 

 wings. 



Not very near any other, but very distinct by tho 

 thick black markings. 



Perth, Western Australia ; two speoimens received from Mr. 

 S. Angel, and taken in November. 



Selidosemid^. 



Amelora heteropa, n. sp. 



Male and female, 30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and antennae 

 reddish fuscous, in female grey-whitish, antennal pectinations 

 4, face with a moderate conical projection. Legs and abdomen 

 greyish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched 

 at base, thence straight; termen obliquely rounded; reddish 

 fuscous, sprinkled with fine black scales, sometimes grey- 

 whitish in female ; a curved transverse series of 3 reddish spots 

 at one-fourth ; a large reddish discal spot ; a waved transverse 

 line of reddish spots, edged posteriorly in reddish specimens, 

 with a fine line of greyish, from five-sixths costa to just before 

 anal angle, moderately dentate at and above middle ; cilia 

 r reddish fuscous, sometimes grey-whitish. Hindwings with 

 termen faintly waved ; greyish fuscous, lighter towards base , 

 an obscure fuscous discal spot; a curved sub-median series of 

 fuscous dots, more pronounced on underside ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



