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stigmata dark fuscous, elongate ; a dark fuscous tornal dot^ 

 and another in disc directly above it; cilia pale fuscous, 

 whitish-sprinkled. Hindwings grey, paler and ochreous- 

 tinged towards base, with a dark grey irroration towards 

 tornus ; cilia pale fuscous, towards tornus ochreous-tinged. 



Perth and Albany, West Australia, in October and Decem- 

 ber; two specimens. 



Most approaches the preceding, but grey, and with the mark- 

 ings reduced to three defined dots ; palpi in male without the 

 characteristic pale patch. 



Blastobasis leucotoxa, n. ap. 



Male and female, 9-14 mm. Head and thorax fuscous irro- 

 rated with white. Palpi in male whitish-ochreous, externally 

 suffused with fuscous, apex obtuse, in female dark fuscous, 

 sprinkled with white, tips of joints white. Antennae fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-fuscous, apex pale ochreous-yellowish. Legs 

 dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with whitish, hairs of pos- 

 terior tibiae whitish. Fore wings elongate, narrow, long- 

 pointed ; fuscous, more or less suffusedly mixed with white and 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous; a slender angulated dark fus- 

 cous fascia at two-fifths, sometimes interrupted, edged ante- 

 riorly by a suffused white band; a slightly inwards-curved 

 trajisverse series of three dark fuscous dots at three-fourths, 

 costa often obsolete ; cilia whitish-fuscous. Hindwings pale 

 grey, in male with an ochreous or pale fuscous suffusion towards 

 tornus; cilia whitish-grey-ochreous. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Launceston, Tasmania ; Ger- 

 aidton, West Australia; in September, November, January, 

 and February, common. 



This and the next species are markedly smaller than the 

 others, and the sexes do not differ noticeably in size, as they 

 do in B. tarda. The present species is well distinguished from 

 all others by the white band preceding the dark antemedian 

 fascia; the dark markings are much more conspicuous than 

 usual. 



Blastobasis homadelpha, n. sp. 



Male and female, 10-13 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, 

 sometimes whitish-sprinkled. Palpi fuscous mixed with dark 

 fuscous, in male internally pale greyish-ochreous, apex obtuse. 

 Antennae fuscous. Abdomen pale fuscous, extreme apex in 

 female orange, anal tuft in male brownish-ochreous. Legs 

 dark fuscous, paler-ringed. Forewings elongate, very narrow, 

 long-pointed ; light fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous, some- 



