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streak from base to apex, the lower margin of which is suffused 

 into ground-colour ; cilia pale dull greyish-crimson. Hind-wings 

 pale fuscous-groy, subhyaline towards base, darker at apex, 

 hind-marginal line fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Apparently allied to the European P. semirubella, Sc., but 

 much smaller, with narrower and more pointed fore wings, more 

 suffused with dark grey, and with broader costal streak. 



Three specimens (one male, two females) sent from. Duaringa, 

 Queensland, by Mr. GL Barnard. 



SPERMATOPIITHORA, Ld. 



Forehead with an obtuse cone of scales. Ocelli present. 

 Antenna) slightly sinuate above base in both sexes. Labial palpi 

 rather short, ascending, compressed, terminal joint horizontal. 

 Maxillary palpi filiform, appressed, in male rather long, in 

 female quite short. Fore-wings with 11 veins, 4 and 5 stalked. 

 Hind-wings with 7 veins. 



This genus contains only one European species ; the species 

 described below is doubtfully associated with it, though certainly 

 akin; it has the facies and general character of a Pempelia, but 

 is without the characteristic antennal tuft of male. The Australian 

 species possesses instead three minute acute teeth on the inner 

 side of antenna) a little above base ; the basal joint is also thickened . 



Sperm, mesactella, n. sp. 



7" . $ . Head pale ochreous, frontal cone blackish. Palpi 

 slightly longer than head, straight, obliquely ascending, second 

 joint pale ochreous, becoming blackish at apex, terminal joint 

 entirely black. Antenna) pale ochreous, basal joint swollen, 

 laterally compressed, sinuate above base, fourth to sixth joints 

 each with a small black acute slender tooth. Thorax pale 

 ochreous-grey, anterior margin tinged with dull carmine. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous, bases of segments irrorated with pale 

 v. Legs ochr eons- whitish, slightly irrorated with fuscous, 



