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termen gently rounded, oblique; dark fuscous; dorsal third 

 mixed with bluish-white towards termen, especially on upper 

 third ; a slightly raised patch of blackish scales on inner- 

 margin near base, followed posteriorly by a double fuscous 

 line, indicating first line which is faintly traceable to costa 

 at one-fourth, angulated in middle ; second line traceable, but 

 not forming definite markings; subterminal obscure, blackish, 

 dentate ; a row of small black luuules along tennen, edged pos- 

 teriorly with fine white points; cilia blackish. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded ; pale-ochreous, infuscated along termen ; 

 a fuscous line along termen ; cilia ochreous. 



The raised crest of scales on forewings is a noticeable charac- 

 ter. This and previous species will require new genera, but 

 as so many new genera have been recently described, and I do 

 not yet possess the literature, I think it better to leave the 

 matter in abeyance for the present. 



Derby, Western Australia; one specimen, in November. 



ACONTIADiE. 

 Erastria onthodes. 



Female, 30 mm. Head, palpi, antennje, thorax, and abdo- 

 men dark fuscous, crest of abdomen fuscous. Legs blackish, 

 ringed with whitish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa 

 hardly arched, termen faintly waved, rounded ; dark fuscous, 

 markings darker fuscous, obscure ; first line from one-fourth 

 costa to one-fourth innermargin, strongly waved ; median and 

 second, w^aved, hardly traceable ; subterminal waved, mode- 

 rately defined, rather thick ; orbicular hardly traceable ; reni- 

 form well defined, fuscous, edged with whitish ; a row of small 

 white dots along termen ; cilia fuscous, with blackish spots at 

 extremities of veins. Hindwings with termen faintly waved, 

 rounded; fuscous, becoming lighter on basal half; a short 

 whitish line, edged above and below by its own width of 

 blackish, just above anal angle ; a series of blackish lunulate 

 marks along termen, edged above with obscure whitish marks; 

 cilia light fuscous. 



Recalls Euplexia confundens, Walk., in general appearance. . 



Duaringa, Queensland; one specimen. 



Tar ACHE LUNATA, U. Sp. 



Male, 25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, 

 mixed with whitish. Antennas broken. Legs whitish, tibiae- 

 and tarsi ringed with blackish. Forewings elongate, trian- 

 gular, costa arched at base, thence nearly straight, termen 

 rather strongly bowed ; oblique ; fuscous, with silvery-whitish. 



