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with hindmargin rounded, waved, greyish, with a reddish reflec 
tion, paler towards base; an indistinct median band angulated in 
middle ; hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. 
Underside-— The whole of the underside suffused with dull 
reddish, more prominent on the veins, less strongly towards inner 
margin of forewings. 
A very variable insect; in some specimens the markings are 
almost obliterated by the darker ground-colour; the reddish 
colouring of the underside is a noticeable character. 
Blackwood, Highbury, and Parkside, mostly at light; November 
to March ; also from Victoria. 
XANTH. XANTHOSPILA, Sp. nov. 
Male, 25 mm. Head, abdomen, and thorax ochreous-whitish, 
sprinkled with fuscous. Abdominal segments paler, with an 
indistinct double series of fuscous dorsal spots. Antennze ochreous- 
whitish, sharply annulated with black, pectinations about seven, 
continued to apex. Legs fuscous, tarsi and tibie banded with 
ochreous-whitish. Forewings triangular; hindmargin waved, 
slightly bowed, oblique; light ochreous-fuscous, with whitish- 
ochreous markings; a curved blackish line at about one-fifth ; 
median band limited by two well-defined lines; anterior from 
costa at one-third to one-third inner margin, slightly angulated 
outwards beneath costa, thence strongly dentate inwards beneath 
middle , anteriorily margined by a curved series of blackish dots 
on veins somewhat edged with orange; a black discal dot ; 
median band contains two or three darker lines, especially on 
costa ; posterior from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths of 
inner margin curved outwardly near costa, and with a strong 
bidentate projection in middle, and strongly sinuate inwards 
‘beneath this so as to nearly touch anterior line; an irregular row 
of blackish dots anteriorly suffusedly-edged with orange; a 
subterminal line, well-defined, strongly dentate throughout; a 
waved slightly interrupted blackish hindmarginal line: cilia 
ochreous- whitish, basal-half fuscous, with darker spots at 
extremities of veins. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, 
waved ; pale whitish-ochreous, slightly fuscous-tinged ; a minute 
blackish discal spot; indications of two or three waved trans- 
verse lines; a whitish subterminal line; a blackish waved 
hindmarginal line, hardly interrupted : cilia as in forewings. 
Bears a somewhat superficial appearance to Hydriomena wnter- 
rupta, Gn. Three males at Blackwood in February. 
I have also. taken :— 
Xanth. subidaria, Gn. Parkside, Highbury, Blackwood, and 
Belair. 
Xanth. vacuaria, Gn. Blackwood and Parkside. 
