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Reminds one of a pale specimen of Eucarphia tritalis, Walk.^ 

 at first sight. 



Derby, Western Australia; one specimen in October. 



EPIPASCHIANiE. 

 JOCARA THERMOPTERA, n. sp. 



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

 fuscous, thorax with a large whitish quadrate spot, tibiae and 

 tarsi obscurely ringed with whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 yellowish on sides and beneath. Forewings elongate, dilated 

 posteriorly, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 dark fuscous ; darkest on basal half ; a thrice sinuate oblique 

 whitish line, from costa just beyond middle to innermargin 

 just beyond middle, deeply indented below first sinuation ; two 

 small black dots transversely placed in disc beyond middle; a 

 fuscous apical patch ; ground color between this and white 

 line light reddish ; a small fuscous spot before apical patch ; 

 a row of fuscous dots along termen ; cilia fleshy-red. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded ; bright orange ; a moderate black 

 a^pical patch ; cilia orange, with a blackish tooth at apex. 



Reminds one of Titanoceros cataxantha, Meyr. 



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



Stericta aleuropa, n. sp. 



Female, 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax ashy- 

 white, legs white, tibiae and tarsi more or less banded with 

 fuscous. Abdomen greyish, white beneath. Forewings 

 elongate, narrowly triangular, costa gently arched, termen 

 oblique, hardly rounded ; white, finely irrorated with fuscous, 

 so as to appear fuscous w^iitish ; markings fuscous ; a small 

 spot on fold close to base ; a dentate outwards curved line 

 from costa at one-fourth to innermargin at one-fourth ; a 

 short oblique double interrupted line from costa beyond middle, 

 reaching nearly half across wing ; a strongly waved sub- 

 marginal line from costa at three-fourths to innermargin at 

 three-fourths, slightly curved outwards on upper third, thence 

 nearly straight; a dentate subterminal parallel line, straight 

 throughout, becoming thicker above anal angle ; interspace 

 white; a row of cloudy spots along termen, obsolete above 

 anal angle ; cilia white, with two rows of blackish points. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded ; fuscous ; basal two^thirds 

 of costa broadly whitish; cilia grey, with a fuscous sub-basal 

 line. 



I have seen this species, which is not unlike concisella, Walk. 



