Eashrn and Australian Moths. 167 



Family Monocteniida. 

 Monoctenia viinuta, iiov. 



? . Anteiina3 greyish white, unipectinate, pectinations short; 

 l)ead, tliorax, and tore wings grey, with a slight pinkish 

 tinge ; two indistinct transverse grey lines on the disk of fore 

 wings only visible in certain lights ; otherwise the wings have 

 no markings : hind wings white, slightly pinkish grey towards 

 outer margin ; one discal line, corresponding to the outer line 

 of the fore wings; in some examples these lines are hardly 

 visible. Underside paler than above, unifonnly coloured, 

 "without any markings. 



Expanse of wings \jq inch. 



Sherlock Kiver, W. Australia [Clement). 



Type in B. M. 



There are six examples, all females. 



Monoctenia ozora, nov; 



(J . Sandy grey, slightly tinged with flesh-colour ; frons 

 brown, witli a white line in front; antenna? with the shafts 

 white ; abdomen with grey bands and with a white stripe 

 along each side : hind wings slightly paler than the fore 

 wings, both absolutely without markings, the abdominal 

 margin of the hind wings with white hairs. Underside paler, 

 the abdominal half of hind wings nearly white, and a very 

 large greyish-brown spot in the di?k of the fore wings. 



Expanse of wings I^^q- inch. 



Sherlock River, W. Australia [Clement'). 



'J'ype in O. M. 



Family Sterrhidae. 

 Sterrha punctilinea^ nov. 



$ . Palpi and head deep black ; body and wings white, 

 uniformly irrorated with minute atoms ; wings with a black 

 dot at end of each cell; three rows of pale blackish spots 

 foiming a transverse discal band across both wings ; marginal 

 line composed of deep black lunules ; cilia marked with grey. 

 Underside same as above, but the discal series of spots are 

 irore lunular in shape and on the hind wings there are only 

 two rows. 



Expanse of wings |-1 inch. 



Sherlock River, W. Australia [Clement). 



Type in B. M. 



There are four examples, all females, of this very distinctly 

 marked species. 



