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■(fin straight, oblique ; 7 present ; fuscous, more or less ochreous- 

 tiiiged ; a white attenuated streak immediately beneath costa 

 from base to middle ; all veins tending to be marked posteriorly 

 with whitish streaks, but generally very indistinct ; a moderate 

 straiglit silvery-white longitudinal median streak from base to 

 apex, interrupted by a very oblique line of ground-colour before 

 middle, lower edge emitting one or two short very oblique teeth 

 on veins posteriorly ; sometimes a small darker spot on lower 

 margin of this at | ; a slender whitish longitudinal streak from 

 inner margin at J to beyond middle, often almost entirely obso- 

 lete : cilia fuscous, mixed with paler, with a white basal spot at 

 apex. Hindwings fuscous or grey, becoming lighter and some- 

 times ochreous-tinged towards base ; cilia whitish, with a light 

 fuscous line. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Geraldton 

 and Perth, West Australia ; in November, seven specimens. 



33. Cat. tricrena, n. sp. 



Male 20-2 1mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint light 

 greyish-ochreous above towards base. Antennae fuscous, dotted 

 with whitish, base white. Thorax white, anterior margin, a 

 lateral stripe, and a narrow stripe on each side of back light 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Legs whitish, anterior pair fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, hindmargin faintly sinuate, oblique ; 7 present ; fuscous ; 

 a white streak from base immediately beneath costa, reaching 

 costa at |-, and continued along it to |, finely attenuated ; one or 

 two short whitish lines between veins towards costa posteriorly ; 

 a moderate straight white longitudinal median streak from base 

 to apex, posterior fourth cut by a longitudinal fuscous line ; three 

 short white longitudinal lines between veins towards hindmargin ; 

 an ill-defined narrow whitish straight lono^itudinal streak from 

 base 01 inner margin direct to anal angle, posteriorly confluent 

 with a fine whitish line along submedian fold : cilia whitish, 

 mixed with fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings grey ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



Victor Harbour, South Australia, in November ; two speci- 

 mens received from Mr. E. Guest. 



7. Phthoxerodes, n. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli absent; tongue well-developed. Antenna 

 moderate, in male filiform, simple, basal joint elongate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi extremely long, slender, recurved, second 

 joint smooth, terminal joint longer than second, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi very short. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Pos- 

 terior tibia? shortly rough-scaled above. Forewings with vein 1 



