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with blackish near inner margin; an oblique fascia-like spot 

 from costa just before middle, reaching half across wing ; an 

 irregular spot on anal angle ; a rather larger irregular suffused 

 spot on costa about ; a roundish dark fuscous apical spot ; 

 costa throughout tending to be irregularly ^trigulated with short 

 blackish marks, sometimes obsolete ; cilia white, round apex 

 ochreous, with tips and an irregular dividing-line dark fuscous. 

 Hind- wings grey, with an elongate-ovate transparent patch on 

 disc at base, beneath lower median vein ; cilia whitish. 



Larger than either of the two preceding, remarkable from its 

 densely haired palpi, and the hyaline patcji on hind-wings. 

 When at rest the tips of the fore-wings are bent up very 

 strongly, more so than in the allied species. Common at Sydney 

 at rest on fences, from November to January, and again in May. 



I have bred this species from a pupa found in the bark of a 

 fibrous-barked species of Eucalyptus, between the layers ; 

 although I have not observed the larva, I have little doubt that 

 it had fed in that situation. Pupa elongate, slender, pale amber, 

 antennal sheaths separate ; enclosed in a cocoon of firm silk 

 covered with refuse ; found in November. 



ERECHTHIAS, n. g. 



Head rough all over, tufted between eyes ; with ocelli ; no 

 tongue. Antennae shorter than fore-wings, in $ somewhat 

 thickened, basal joint rather broader. Maxillary palpi rather 

 short, folded. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, second 

 joint with from a few bristles to a dense fringe of hairs beneath ; 

 terminal joint shorter, bluntly pointed, sometimes also fringed 

 beneath with hairs. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, 

 tolerably evenly pointed. Hind- wings lanceolate, about as 

 broad as fore-wings, cilia about as broad. Abdomen elongate. 

 Legs moderate, posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs. 

 Fore-wings with 1 1 veins, sub-costal obsolete towards base ; 

 secondary cell indicated ; 4 and 5 sometimes approximated on 



