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19. Hypertriciia, n. g. 

 Head smootli ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. Antennae 

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

 pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, second 

 joint with rough scales beneath projecting towards apex, ter- 

 minal joint very short, \ of second, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, appressed to tongue. Tliorax smooth. Abdomen mode- 

 rate. Posterior tibije rough -haired above. Forewings with vein 

 1 furcate towards base, 2 from |, 3 from angle, 7 absent (coinci- 

 dent with 8), 11 from middle. Hindwings 1^, subtriangular, 

 apex rounded, costa in male with extremely long hairs from basal 

 half lying beneath forewings, lb densely haired towards base, 

 shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 

 7 from a point, 8 connected with cell at a point towards base. 



87. I^yp. ephelota, n. sp. 



Male 24 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous, mixed \vith 

 ochreous-whitish. Palpi fuscous irrorated with white, lower half 

 of second joint white. Antenna? fuscous. Abdomen brownish- 

 ochreous, basal half light grey with three incomplete dull reddish 

 bands. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish, 

 posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 strongly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely ob- 

 liquely rounded ; fuscous, irregularly strewn with ashy- whitish 

 scales ; an ill-detined dot of dark fuscous scales on submedian 

 fold at ^, a second in middle of disc, a third on fold beneath 

 second, a fourth in disc at |, and traces of a fifth on fold towards 

 anal angle ; second and fourth connected by an ashy-whitish 

 streak, and a less marked similar streak connecting the other 

 three ; some dark fuscous scales on veins posteriorly : cilia 

 fuscous mixed with whitish. Hindwings fuscous ; costal hairs 

 bright ochreous towards base ; cilia pale fuscous, with a darker 

 basal line. 



Mount Lofty, South Australia ; one specimen. 



20. Phylomictis, n. g. 

 Head with appressed hairs ; ocelli absent ; tongue well-devel- 

 oped. Antenna? moderate, in male shortly ciliated (J), basal 

 joint short, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, as- 

 cending, smooth-scaled, terminal joint much shorter than second, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Tliorax 

 smooth. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibia? rough-haired 

 above and beneath. Forewings with vein 1 furcate towards base, 

 2 from near angle, 3 and 4 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 

 11 from middle. Hindwings 1^, oblong-ovate, towards base be- 

 low median and towards inner margin clothed with long hairs. 



