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Undei^ side of both wings dull fuscous, more or less sprinkled 

 with yellowish, so as to appear ochreous-fuscous ; dot of upper 

 :side of forewings reproduced. 



A curious and cons^picuous species, closely allied to Flani- 

 meata. We once thought it might be an aberrant form of that 

 species, but having seen several specimens, all similar, we have 

 decided to name it. 



Mount Kembla, New South Wales; one specimen taken in 

 December. 



28. Telesto atralba, Tepp. 



(Hesperilla atralba, TepjJ. Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., iv., p. 

 33, t. 2, f. 5, 1881 ; Telesto dacti/liota, Meyr, Proc. Linn. Soc, 

 N.S.W^, p. 831, r887.) 



Male and female, 25-33 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and 

 abdomen fuscous grey, palpi whitish beneath, hairs of abdomen 

 yellowish tinged. Antennae bla-ck, slenderly annulated with 

 white. Forewings with costa almost straight, termen rounded, 

 almost oblique ; rather dark fuscous, in male ochreous shining ; 

 basal third clothed with pale ochreous-yellowish hairs; spots 

 pale whitish yellowish, thinly scaled, in male very small, in 

 female moderate ; first in middle of disc, transverse ; second 

 between veins 3 and 4 at base, roundish, in female with an 

 additional larger spot adjacent to it beneath ; three adjacent 

 spots, arranged in a transverse series beneath costa at three- 

 fourths; 2 others obliquely beneath and beyond; stigma in 

 male, strong, blackish, from lower angle of first spot to beyond 

 middle of inner margin ; cilia grey-whitish, basal half barred 

 with darker. Hindwings with termen rounded ; ground 

 color and cilia as in forewings, dorsal half clothed with pale 

 ochreous yellowish hairs ; a pale ochreous-yellowish cloudy 

 longitudinal-oval discal blotch, beneath and beyond which are 

 several very obscure cloudy pale ochreous-yellowish spots, in 

 male tending to form a post-transverse series. Forewings 

 beneath dark fuscous ; an obscure, yellowish suffusion beneath 

 costa on basal half; a triangular blotch suffused with 

 whitish grey, occupying apical fourth of wing; spots as above, 

 but in male with an additional spot beneath ;posterior discal 

 spot, as in female. Hindwings beneath light grey, mixed with 

 fuscous to wardsi. costa ; spots round, outlined with dark fuscous ; 

 a very small one beneath costa at one-third ; a similar one 

 in disc before middle ; two dot-like, before middle, towards 

 inner margin ; seven moderately large spots, placed as an 

 acutely angulated post-median series. 



Port Lincoln, Noarlunga, and Moonta, South Australia; 

 Geraldton, Western Australia ; in October and November. 



