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whitish line from beneath this at ^ to costa at ^, and another 

 from beneath this beyond middle to costa before apex ; a moder- 

 ately broad straight entire silvery-white longitudinal median 

 streak from base to apex ; a similar narrower parallel streak from 

 inner margin at ^ to hind margin below middle : cilia greyish- 

 ochreous, darker on costa, cut by ill-dehned white bars on longi- 

 tudinal streaks, on anal angle wholly white. Hindwings whitish- 

 ochreous, anal angle yellow-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; several specimens taken and bred,, 

 in November and February. Larva feeding between joined 

 twigs of Casuarina suberosa, in October. 



31. Cat. eugra/nma, n. sp. 



Both sexes 2 5-2 6mm. Head light shining ochreous, sides white. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish. Antennas white, annulated with fuscous. 

 Thorax brownish-ochreous, with a white stripe on each side of 

 back. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 pair ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa strongly arched, apex 

 tolerably pointed, hindmargin faintly sinuate, extremely oblique; 

 7 present ; rather dark ochreous-brown ; markings shining white ; 

 a moderate streak immediately beneath costa from near base to 

 f, sometimes cut posteriorly by one or two longitudinal veins ; a 

 moderate streak, anteriorly attenuated, from disc at ^ to apex ; 

 a slightly narrower streak from base along submedian fold to 

 hind margin above anal angle, but posterior fourth reduced ta 

 two indistinct parallel lines ; a slender somewhat irregular streak 

 from inner margin near base to anal angle ; a slender streak 

 from inner margin at ^, running near inner margin to beyond 

 middle : cilia ochreous-brown, mixed with whitish, with a white 

 apical bar (imperfect). Hindwings fuscous, paler towards base, in 

 male with a rather broad hind marginal band, narrowed towards 

 apex, of somewhat raised brownish-ochreous scales ; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish. 



Sydney and Shoalhaven, New South Wales ; in September,. 

 January, and February, four specimens. 



32. Cat. suhnexella, Walk. 



( Oecopliora suhnexella. Walk., 69 L) 



Both sexes 16-23mm. Head iridescent-whitish, back of crown 

 ochreous. Palpi with second joint light fuscous mixed with 

 whitish, more whitish beneath, terminal joint fuscous with an 

 indistinct whitish lateral line. Antennas white, annulated with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous, sometimes mixed with whitish on 

 back, patagia iridescent towards apex. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior pair fuscous. Fore wings- 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hind mar- 



