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t€rior pair greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongatie, triangular, 

 costa gently arched, termen oblique, hardly bowed; bright 

 fleshy cai'mine, with deep fuscous^carmine markings; fovea 

 moderate ; a narrow transverse fascia, from one-fourth costa 

 to one-foiurth innermargin, upper half outwardly oblique, 

 thence strongly curved inwards below ; a large discal spot ; a 

 moderate, slightly oblique, thick, strongly dentate line, 

 posteriorly edged with obscurei ochreous, from costa at about 

 four-fifths to innermargin at three-fourths, gently curved in- 

 wards on lower half ; an obscure line along termen ; cilia 

 fleshy-carmine. Hindwings with termen rounded; 6 and 7 

 from a point ; fuscous-whitish, paler on basal half ; discal dot 

 and second line fuscous, marked as in forewings; cilia fleshy- 

 carmine. 



Allied to heteroija, but apart from the longer antennal 

 pectinations, it is immediately recognisable by the curious 

 tridentate horny plate of forehead, which in lieteropa is broadly 

 truncate. 



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



Paramelora, n. g. 



Face nearly flat, hardly prominent. Palpi moderate, por- 

 rected, rough scaled, terminal joint very short. Antennae in 

 male bip'ectinated nearly tO' apex, last four apical joints 

 dentate. Thorax silightly hairy beneath. Posterior tibise 

 hardly dilated. Forewings in male with small fo^ea; 10 

 connected with 12 and 9; 11 absent (rarely present (?)); 12 

 sometimes free. Hindwings normal. 



This genus is allied to the preceding, but differs by the flat 

 face, neuration, &c. In one fore wing of a female 11 runs out 

 of 12 from just beneath costa, inj the other wing of the same 

 specimen it is absent, so that I consider it an accidental de- 

 formity occurring in the individual in question, as the other 

 species have the neuration as mentioned, but vein 12 gome- 

 times hardly touches 9. 



Type zophodesma, Low. 



Paramelora zophodesma, n. sp. 



Male, 20-24 mm. Head and thorax cinereous-grey. Palpi 

 whitish, fuscous beneath. Antennae fuscous, pectinations at 

 greatest length 6. Legs fuscous^grey. Abdomen greyish. 

 Forewings elongate, triangular, termen gently rounded, 

 oblique ; fovea moderate ; dull white, suffusedly mixed with 

 blackish, and finely irr orated with fuscous, so as to appear 

 ashy-grey- whitish ; a moderate thick black gtreak from costa 



