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Broken Hill, New South Wales; one specimen in Septem- 

 ber. 



GUESTIA AMYDEOSEMA, n. Sp. 



Male, 22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax greyish- 

 ochreoiis, second joint of palpi whitish-ochreous at apex. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous, more or less banded with 

 whitish, posterior pair grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 costa gently arched, termen rounded, oblique ; greyish- 

 ochreous, very minutely irrorated with fuscous; markings 

 dark fuscous; a narrow transverse basal mark; a. spot on fold 

 just before one-third, a. second obliquely above, and a third, 

 more conspicuous in disc at two-thirds ; a row of praeterminal 

 spots, continued along apical fourth of. costa; cilia greyish- 

 fuscous, darker at base. Hindwings pale grey-whitish ; cilia 

 grey-whitish. 



Reminds one of Aconvpsia pseudopreUeUa, Stt., but veins 2 

 and 3 of forewings are not stalked in that species. 



Mount Wellington, Tasmania; oiie specimen in October. 



PSECADIA HEMADELPHA, n. Sp. 



Female, 18 mm. Head, thorax, and patagia snow-white, face 

 fuscous tinged, thorax with two- small black dots behind collar, 

 a narrow black transverse median bar and another black bar 

 at posterior extremity. , Palpi white, second joint black at 

 base and a,pex. Antenuce blackish. Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous, second segment blackish with narrow white seg- 

 mental rings, two posterior segments black, anal tuft white, 

 abdomen wholly blackish beneath, becoming whitish iii middle 

 tlu'oughout. Legs whitish irregularly banded with black. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen 

 liardl}^ rounded, oblique ; 7 to just above apex ; snow-white, 

 with black markings ; a short dentate edged transverse fascia 

 near base, reaiching to fold; a similar fascia from 

 costa at one-fourth reaching three-fourths across wing, nearly 

 straight ; a spot on dorsum just anterior to' this, and another 

 above dorsum between second and tliird fascia ; a third fascia, 

 irregular and outwardly oblique from costa at about middle, 

 where it is followed by a spot, to fold, interrupted below 

 costa; a fourth fascia, similar to third, from costa at five-sixths ■ 

 to just above anal angle, with an elongate tooth below costa; 

 a moderate spot before middle of termen ; a more or less com-- 

 plete row of spots along termen and apical fourth of costa; 

 cilia white, chequered with black. Hindwings shining snow- 

 white, with a fuscous, apical patch ; cilia white, around apex 

 fuscous. 



