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markings, edged with fuscous; an elongate-lunate mark just 

 below costa in middle ; a moderately large quadrate spot on 

 innermargin near base reaching more than half across wing, 

 its posterior extremity .continued along fold as an elongate 

 spot to middle; an irregularly waved transverse fascia, from 

 four-fifths costa to innermargin just before anal angle, strongly 

 sinuate outwards on upper two-thirds, and more or less 

 widely furcate on lower one-third ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings 

 light fuscous ; a whitish spot in middle of wing ; costa broadly 

 dull whitish ; an interrupted whitish line along termen ; cilia 

 fuscous. 



An exceptionally distinct species. 



Lake Mulligan, Central South Australia; one specimen in 

 November. 



Tarache micrastis, n. sp. 



Male, 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Legs greyish. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 costa gently arched, termen oblique, hardly rounded; dark 

 fuscous ; first line double, dull ferruginous, waved on lower 

 half; median shade moderately thick, dark fuscous, broadest 

 on upper half ; second line, double fine, black, strongly curved 

 outwards on upper two-thirds ; orbicular small, whitish, edged 

 blackish ; reniform dull whitish, similarly edged ; a roundish 

 blackish spot on costa before apex; a fine black line along 

 termen ; cilia fuscous, basal half darker, with a median blackish 

 parting line. Hindwdngs with termen rounded ; fuscous, 

 becoming paler on basal half; cilia fuscous, with a darker 

 subbasal line. 



Tennant's Creek, Central South Australia; one specimen in 

 November. 



Tarache neurota, n. sp. 



Male, 20 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs, and 

 abdomen ochreous- white. Forewings elongate, triangular,, 

 costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded, ochreous- 

 white, markings reddish ferruginous ; a small mark at base ; 

 a waved line from costa at one-third to innermargin at one- 

 third, becoming broadly dilated in middle ; a second similar 

 line, curved outwards on upper two-thirds, from costa at 

 two-thirds to innermargin at two-thirds; subterminal line 

 rather thick, more or less interrupted throughout by streaks 

 of ground color ; a thick line along termen ; cilia ochreous. 

 Hindwings light ochreous ; a suffused fuscous discal sipot ; a 

 transverse fuscous post median line; a parallel subterminal 

 similar line, more suffused; cilia pchreous. 



Cooktown, Queensland; one specimen. 



