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shade ; a row of bla,ck dots along termen ; cilia, blackish. Hind- 

 wings with termen irregularly rounded; pale grey-whitish, 

 somewhat iridescent; costa, apex, and a line along termen 

 fuscous-tinged ; cilia greyish, with a fuscous subbasal line. 



Appears to be somewhat allied to the preceding. 



Brisbane and Mackay ; two specimens in November. 



Nephopteryx dasyptera, n. sp. 



Male and female, 18-22 mm. Head, paljpi, antennae, thorax, 

 and legs ashy-grey-fuscous, paler in female; abdomen ashy- 

 grey, more ochreous in female. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rately dilated, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 dark fuscous, minutely irrorated with ashy-grey scales, so as to 

 appear ashy-grey-fuscous ; paler in female ; lines very obscure ; 

 an outwardly oblique fuscous line from costa at one-third to 

 innermargin at about middle, edged anteriorly by its own 

 width of whitish ; a waved fuscous subterminal line, follower!. 

 by a parallel row of obscure fuscous spots; a row of black 

 dots along termen ; cilia cinereous-fuscous. Hindwings with 

 termen unevenly rounded ; greyish-fuscous, greyish in female, 

 thinly scaled ; cilia greyish, with a fuscous subbasal line. 



Also allied to the two preceding; it is somewhat difficult 

 to give reliable points of distinction, but the species when 

 placed together are easily recognised. The present species 

 differs by the shorter and narrower wings and obscure mark- 

 ings. The female is much whiter than the male, and the 

 markings are almost obliterated. 



Mackay, Queensland ; two specimens in Ajpril. 



Nephopteryx thermalopha, n. sp. 

 Male and female, 18-20 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, 

 legs, and abdomen cinereous- whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 posterior moderately dilated ; costa hardly arched, termen ob- 

 lique, hardly rounded in male ; cinereous- whitish ; markings 

 fuscous; a moderately broad fascia from costa at one-third to 

 innermargin at one-third, curved outwards in middle, and 

 edged anteriorly by a whitish shade; in female the fascia is 

 fuscous without any white shade, that color being replaced by a 

 dull ochreous streak, on which is placed a small tuft of raised 

 blackish scales in middle ; two' small adjacent discal dots at 

 two-thirds from base; a moderately thick fuscous line, from 

 costa at three-fourths to innermargin at two^thirds strongly 

 sinuate outwards in middle and edged posteriorly by its own 

 width of whitish throughout, less developed in female ; a row 

 of black dots along termen ; cilia cinereous- whitish. Hind- 



