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second joint with appressed scales, slightly roughened beneath, 

 terminal joint shorter than second, with appressed scales, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moder- 

 ate. Posterior tibise rough-haired above and beneath. Fore- 

 wings with vein 1 furcate towards base, 2 from |, 3 from angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hind wings 1, ob- 

 long-ovate ; base below median and inner margin clothed with 

 long hairs, lb shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 

 tolerably parallel, 6 and 7 from a point, 8 connected with cell at 

 a point towards base. 



Forewings with an ochreous-brown fascia near base. 50. electella. 

 without " " " " 51. discalis. 



50. Fleet, electella, Walk. 

 (Oecojyhora electella, Walk., 679.) 



Both sexes 15-16 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second 

 joint dark ochreous-brown towards base. Antennae fuscous. 

 Thorax white, with a horseshoe-shaped bright ochreous mark on 

 middle of back. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous- 

 yellowish, anterior pair white above, dark fuscous beneath, hairs 

 of posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish. Forewings suboblong, costa 

 moderately arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin nearly straight, 

 oblique ; silvery-white ; markings bright deep ochreous-brown, 

 partially margined with light ochreous-yellowish scales ; a straight 

 narrow fascia from base of costa to \ of inner margin ; a streak 

 from upper extremity of this beneath costa, bent up to costa be^ 

 fore middle, and continued along costa to f ; a moderate irregular 

 fascia from this streak before it reaches costa to inner margin at 

 -§-, where it runs into a thick streak, attenuated at extremities, 

 along inner margin from before middle to anal angle ; a moderate 

 fascia from costa at |- towards anal angle but not quite reaching 

 it, connected with preceding fascia by a slender line in middle ; 

 a subapical spot, including a white dot on hindmargin, some- 

 times connected beneath with lower extremity of preceding 

 fascia : cilia white, with dark grey bars at apex, middle, and anal 

 angle, and basal half dark grey on lower half of hindmargin, with 

 a cloudy black median line on dark grey portions. Hindwings 

 grey, slightly ochrepus-tinged ; cilia whitish-grey-ochreous, with a 

 cloudy grey basal line. 



Sydney, New South Wales, from December to March ; six 

 specimens. 



51. Fleet, discalis, Walk. 

 (Acontia discalis. Walk. Suppl. 786.) 



Both sexes 20-25 mm. Head, palj)i, antennae, thorax, abdo- 

 men, and legs white ; anterior and middle legs infuscated. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 



