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17. SciEROPEPLA, Meyr. 



Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue well developed. Antennae 

 moderate, in male serrate, moderately ciliated (J-1), basal joint 

 moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, 

 second joint smooth-scaled, somewhat thickened terminally, ter- 

 minal joint shorter than second (^ to nearly 1), acute. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Thorax smooth. Abdomen 

 moderate. Posterior tibiae densely roughhaired above. Fore- 

 wings with vein 1 furcate towards base, 2 from ^, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1 or somewhat over, 

 trapezoidal, apex roundpointed, lb densely haired towards base, 

 shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 tolerably parallel, 

 6 and 7 stalked, 8 connected with cell by bar before or beyond 

 middle, cell sometimes bent up on bar. 



1. Forewings with apex very acutely produced. 80. oxyjjtera. 



" " " not " " 2. 



2. Forewings white. 3. 



" ochreous or grey. 4. 



3. Antennae and sides of face fuscous. 72. polyxesta. 



" ^hite. 73. reverseUa. 



4. Hindwings whitish-ochreous. 76. typhicola. 



" greyish. 5. 



o. Forewings with costa suffused with white. 6. 



a not " " " 8. 



6. Forewings with a dark fuscous dot in disc at f. 77. rimata. 



" without " " " " 7. 



7. .Antennae dark grey. 75. liophanes. 



" whitish. 74. aerates. 



8. Forewings densely irrorated with white. 78. silvicola. 



not " " 79. serina. 



1'2. Scier. polyxesta^ n. sp. 



Both sexes 14-21 mm. Head white, sides of face dark fuscous. 

 Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous except towards base, ter- 

 minal joint \. Antennae fuscous. Thorax very pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, 

 posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex pointed, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded; shining ochreous-white, apex and inner margin more 

 ochreous-tinged : cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings rather light 

 grey, apex somewhat ochreous-tinged ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Bathurst (2,500 feet) and Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South 

 Wales ; Deloraine and Launceston, Tasmania ; in January and 

 March, eight specimens. 



