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two grey parting-lines. Hind wings whitish-fuscous-grey, towards 

 apex and hindmargin suffused with darker fuscous ; cilia 

 ochreous-grey-whitish, with dark-grey parting-line near base. 



Common on dry grassy banks, and at light; round Sydney 

 and Newcastle in January. 



Pemp. rufitinctella n, sp. 



13" Head brownish-ochreous. Labial palpi oblique, some- 

 what ascending, not reaching above head, ochreous-whitish mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous-fuscous, in ? simple, 

 in (?). Thorax brownish-ochreous. Abdomen brownish - 

 ochreous above, paler on sides and posteriorly, slightly mixed 

 with fuscous-grey ; ovipositor of ? short, retracted. Fore 

 wings elongate, rather broad, dilated, hind margin moderately 

 oblique, rounded ; dark greyish-ochreous, suffused on disc and at 

 apex with brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with blackish and 

 dark carmine scales ; first line only indicated by a few blackish 

 scales beneath costa, very obliquely arranged ; a short longitu- 

 dinal blackish streak a little above inner margin at one-third, 

 beyond which there is a faint cloudy fuscous streak along or near 

 inner margin to anal angle ; a double black spot on disc a little 

 before two-thirds above middle ; second line very indistinct, 

 fuscous, double, on costa surrounded by a small blackish cloud, 

 angulated inwards a little below costa ; a hind-marginal row of 

 transversely elongate black dots ; cilia ochreous-whitish, towards 

 tips pale dull carmine, with two or three slender dark-grey part- 

 ing-lines, and irregular rows of ochreous-whitish points. Hind 

 wings fuscous- whitish, slightly suffused with darker towards 

 apex ; hind-marginal line clear, sharp, dark fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish, with a dark grey parting-line near base. 



Easily distinguished from strigiferella by its larger size, more 

 rufous tint, and absence of apical streak. 2 ? s at light near 

 Parramatta in March. 



ETIELLA Z. 



Antennae filiform, in $ sinuate above basal joint, with a tuft 

 of scales in the sinuation. Labial palpi very long, as long aa 



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