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Crambus photoleuca, in. sp. 



Female, 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen snow- 

 white; palpi fuscous laterally. Antennae fuscous. Legs 

 white, strong-ly suffused with ochreous-fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen oblique ; shin- 

 ing snow-white ; markings pale fuscous, obscure ; one or two 

 elongate streaks along costa, from one at three-fourths proceeds 

 a fine line curved outwards to before middle of termen, thence 

 continued before and parallel with termen to innermargin be- 

 fore anal angle ; a small ferruginous spot on costa near apex ; 

 a fine line along termen, cilia shining snow-white, with two or 

 three fuscous dots on middle of termen. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded; very pale whitish-fuscous; cilia snow-white. 

 Underside of forewings fuscous, of hindwings snow-white. 



A peculiar and noticeable point is the reversal of colors 

 on underside of wings. 



Mackay, Queensland ; one specimen in January. 



Talis stenipteralis, n. sp. 



Male, 20 mm. Head, rpalpi, thorax, and legs dull ochreou^ 

 fuscous, palpi six times as long as eye. Antennae whitish, 

 filiations (1), fuscous, abdomen greyish-ochreous. Forewings 

 rather narrow, elongate, apex nearly straight, termen very ob- 

 lique ; dull ochreous-fuscous ; a narrow ochreous-white sub- 

 ■costal streak from base to tnree-fonrths, edged below by its own 

 width of dark fuscous, which color becomes trifurcate at ex- 

 tremity, and is continued along veins to termen ; a narrower 

 ochreous white line just beneath fuscous streak from base to 

 three-fourths, and a similar one along fold, both more or less 

 edged with fuscous; dorsal area of wing paler than rest, and 

 minutely irrorated with fuscous and blackish scales; cilia 

 ochreous-fuscous. Hindwings with termen faintly sinuate in 

 middle ; light fuscous ; icilia greyish fuscous. 



A peculiar-looking insect, not very near any of the other 

 described species ; it is, perhaps, nearest, cyclosema, Lower. 



Broken Hill, New South Wales ; one specimen in October. 



Talis eremenopa, n. sp. 

 Female, 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs 

 fuscous, palpi 4, whitish internally. Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, triangular, 

 costa nearly straight, termen oblique; ochreous-fuscous, suf- 

 fusedly mixed with white, and with scattered blackish scales ; 

 an elongate-cuneiform, white streak from base to beyond middle, 



