90 



curved downwards. 2 from before angle of cell. Hindwings 

 over 1, elongate-ovate, termen rounded, cilia one-third. 



Somewhat allied to Nephogenes, Meyi'., but the curious palpi, 

 absence of pect-en (?), and tennination of vein of above apex 

 are distinctive characters. 



Heterobathra xiphosema. n. sp. 



Female, 22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax cinereous grey. 

 Abdomen gi^epsh. Legs cinereous-fuscous, posterior pair 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; ash3^-grey- whitish ; a slightly 

 curved moderate black longitudinal streak above middle, from 

 base of costa to just above apex of wing, thickest on basal 

 third ; a black spot at one-third from base ; a second, similar, 

 at end of cell, both touching longitudinal streak ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. Hindwings with tennen rounded ; grey-whitish ; 

 cilia grey-wliitish. 



The longitudinal black streak is very conspicuous. 



A similar color and marking occui*s in Scoparia viesD- 

 gramma. Lower, one of the Pyralidina. 



Broken Hill, New South Wales ; two specimens in August. 



Heterobathra bimacula, n. sp. 



Female, 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and antennas dark 

 fuscous, second joint of palpi sprinkled with white beneath. 

 Legs fuscous, sprinkled with whitish, antterior coxae white. 

 Abdomen greyish-ochreous, segmental margins silvery-grey. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous, mixed with blackish ; a dis- 

 tinct black dot encircled with white in middle of disc before 

 middle ; a second, similar, below and slightly beyond ; an ob- 

 scure Y-shaped blackish mark from base, just reaching first en- 

 circling ring ; veins towards termen more or less out- 

 lined with black ; a well-defined row of blackish dots 

 along termen, continued to anal angle ; cilia grey-whitish. 

 Hindwings with tennen rounded; dull fuscous; cilia greyisih- 

 iuscous. 



Broken Hill. New^ South Wales ; two specixTiens in August. 



Heterobathra (?) semnostola, n. sp. 

 Male, 18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and antennae cinereousr- 

 gi'ey, palpi imperfect, second joint whitish beneath, antennae 

 with moderate pecten, ciliations 1. Legs fuscous, posterior 

 pair greyish. Abdomen ochreous-grey, strongly margined on 

 posterior two-thirds \vith fuscous. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rate, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; ashy- 

 grey-fuscous, lighter on dorsal half ; a moderately thick black 



