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blackish, posterior tibiae and tarsi grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 dull ochreous-greenish ; costa more or less strigulated through- 

 out with blackish ; markings blackish ; a dot in middle at one- 

 fourth from base, a second before middle, third beyond, the 

 three forming a longitudinal series and more or less edged with 

 a whitol dot; aj fourth dot below and between second and third ; 

 an obscure row of dotsi along termen and apical fourth of costa ; 

 cilia, fuscous, with a blackish median, line. Hindwings with 

 tefrmen emarginate, apex somewhat produced ; blackish ; cilia 

 greyish-fuscous. 



Wayville, South Australia; one specimen bred from 

 Eucalyptus sp. in March. 



TINEID.E. 



Lepidoscia melanogeamma, n. sp. 

 Female, 18 mm. Head ochreous-orange. Thorax, antenuce, 

 and legs dark fuscous, posterior legs ochreous. Abdomen 

 greyish. Forewings elongate, moderate, .costa gently arched, 

 termen obliquely rounded; 7 absent; light ochreous-yellow, 

 with blackish markings; a thick basal streak; a moderately 

 straight fascia, from costiar-before middle to innermargin be- 

 fore middle, constricted above innermargin; a thick subcostal 

 bar uniting basal and first fasciae, and enclosing a small spot 

 of ground color on costa. at one-sixth; a thick fascia from 

 costa at three-fourths to anal angle, strongly curved outwards 

 on lower half, and almost enclosing a. small spot of ground 

 color on anterior edge ; a small discal spot above middle ; a 

 wedge-shaped spot from apex to middle of last fascia, abruptly 

 narrowed on lower half ; two small Sjpots on middle of termen ; 

 cilia ochreous, with ai broad blackish bar at apex. Hindwings 

 thinly scaled ; ;pale fuscous ; 6 and 7 almost from a point ; cilia 

 ochreous. 



Stawell, Victoria; one specimen in July. , 



Amongst the described species it appears to come nearest 

 tyroxantha, Meyr., but differs apart from the different position 

 of markings of the forewings by the light fuscous hindwings. 



Xysmatodoma retinochra, n. sp. 



Male, 14 mm. Head ochreous, palpi ochreous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous. Antennae and abdomen grey, legs fuscous, pos- 

 terior pair greyish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa. 

 gently arched, termen obliquely rounded; 7 absent; pale 

 ochreous, with dull purplish-black markings; a narrow irre- 

 gular streak along costa to one-sixth, at base extended to inner- 



