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rather light brown-reddish, with a slight ochreous suffusion ; a 

 white discal dot at one-third, and a second in middle ; an indis- 

 tinct, slender, waved, slightly curved, darker, reddish postmedian 

 line ; a slightly curved subterminal series of black dots. Hind- 

 wings with groundcolour and subterminal dots as in forewings ; 

 an indistinct, slightly sinuate reddish line at one-third, and an- 

 other in middle. 



Fernshaw, in Victoria ; one specimen in November. 



Dar. asterias, n. sp. 



Male, 38 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs rather light brown-reddish ; antennal pectinations dark fus- 

 cous (12). Forewings triangular, hindmargin rounded, slightly 

 oblique ; rather light brown-reddish ; a white dot, obscurely 

 circled with dark fuscous, in disc at two-fifths, and a second at 

 three-fifths. Hindwings rather light brown-reddish. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; one specimen in November. 



OCNERIA, HS. 

 OCN. HELIASPIS, n. sp. 



58-60 mm. Male. Head and thorax bright ferruginous. 

 Palpi pale orange. Antennae fuscous, pectinations pale rosy-fus- 

 cous (7). Abdomen light reddish-orange. Legs whitish, anterior 

 and middle tibiae mixed with blackish. Forewings triangular, 

 hindmargin oblique, hardly waved, with a marked sinuation in- 

 wards in middle ; ferruginous ; five obscure cloudy darker 

 slightly curved lines, marked with fine dark grey irroration, first 

 two before middle, third postmedian, fourth and fifth waved, sub- 

 terminal ; a blackish median discal dot ; hindmargin partially 

 sufi^used with darker. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, 

 inner margin long, so that anal angle appears produced ; bright 

 deep orange ; faint traces of two fine waved darker lines beyond 

 middle ; lower third of hindmargin rather broadly suffused with 

 fuscous. 



Female. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, pectinations 2. Legs fuscous. Forewings 

 triangular, hindmargin oblique, almost straight ; ochreous-grey- 

 whitish ; a blackish-grey median discal dot ; two fine waved dark 

 grey lines, representing third and fourth of male, first faint. 

 Hindwings formed as in male, but anal angle less produced ; 

 ochreous-whitish, faintly rosy-tinged ; a cloudy grey discal dot ; 

 two grey lines as in forewings, but very faint. 



Newcastle, New South Wales; three specimens. 



