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EUCRYPTOGONA TRICHOBATHRA, n. Sp. 



Male, 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-fuscous,. 

 thorax with 2 reddish porrected tufts of hair on anterior edge. 

 Antennse fuscous ; cilia tions nearly 5. Legs fuscous, posterior 

 pair oclu'eous-grey, tibiae clothed with long ochreous hairs, all 

 tarsi ringed with ochreous. Abdomen fuscous. Forowings 

 elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; greyish-fuscous, strongly mixed with ferruginous, 

 reddish, and black scales; markings blackish, obscure, a 

 suffused streak beneath costa, from base to middle ; a streak 

 on fold from base to cell ; a spot at end of cell ; a mark in 

 middle of cell ; a suffused spot on inner margin near base ; 

 an interrupted streak along termen, edged posteriorly by 

 fuscous-reddish ; cilia greyish, mixed with blackish scales. 

 Hindwings elongate-ovate, fuscous ; cilia greyish, becoming 

 dark fuscous at base. 



Broken Hill, Xew South Wales; three specimens in May. 



