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two indistinct irregular slaty-grey parting-lines. Hind wings 

 whitish-grey, apex darker, hind marginal line suffused, dark 

 fuscous ; cilia whitish, with faint darker-grey parting-line near 

 base. 



The narrowest-winged species of the genus. Tolerably common 

 in the Sydney district ; also at Melbourne and Adelaide, from 

 September to January. 



Horn, distichella n. sp. 



4" 6". Head, antennae, and thorax pale greyish-ochreous ; 

 palpi slightly arched, externally dark fuscous, internally and 

 beneath whitish. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Anterior legs 

 dark fuscous ; middle and posterior legs ochreous- whitish. 

 Fore wings rather short, tolerably broad, moderately dilated, 

 hind margin very oblique, rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, strewn 

 with coarse blackish scales ; a broad brownish-ochreous streak 

 along fold from base to anal angle, and a shorter, sometimes 

 broader, one above it on disc ; a rather large cloudy blackish dot 

 on disc at two-fifths, and a second obliquely below it, much 

 nearer base, on lower edge of fold ; a straight row of about five 

 or six similar dots crossing wing in a line from four-fifths of 

 costa to anal angle, second from costa generally largest, elongate, 

 next three close together, confused, sixth almost on anal angle ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish. Hind wings pale grey, hind-marginal 

 line broad, dark fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Differs from the nimbella group by the merging of the second 

 line with the discal spots ; allied rather to sinuella F. t but super- 

 ficially very different in appearance. Common and generally dis- 

 tributed in New South Wales, from Parramatta to Bowenfels, and 

 on the Lower Hunter B., from January to March. 



BPHESTIA, Gn. 

 Eph. elutella Hb. 



This and the three following species are naturalised importa- 

 tions from Europe, and are too well known to need description. 



Sydney, Parramatta ; common in houses. The larva feeds on 

 biscuits, chocolate, &c. 



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