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discal suffusion at two-thirds; cilia whitish-fuscous, basal half' 

 sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings whitish-fuscous ; cilia very 

 pale whitish-fuscous. 



Blackheath (3,500 ft.). New South Wales, in September; 

 one specimen. 



Easily known by the dark antemedian costal bar. 



Paratheta philoscia, n. sp. 



Male and female, 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fus- 

 cous, irrorated with whitish. Antennae pale fuscous, ciliations 

 in male (2J). Abdomen pale fuscous. Legs fuscous, pos- 

 terior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 

 fuscous, obscurely irrorated with whitish, with scattered dark 

 fuscous; stigmata dark fuscous, plical obliquely before first 

 discal ; sometimes a small dark fuscous tornal spot ; cilia 

 whitish-fuscous, round apex fuscous sprinkled with whitish. 

 Hindwings whitish-fuscous, darker posteriorly; cilia whitish- 

 fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Gisborne, Victoria; Quorn 

 and Wirrabara, South Australia; in October and November^ 

 six specimens. 



Distinguished from P. syrtica by the absence of the mediaJi 

 longitudinal streak of whitish suffusion; the male also differs 

 structurally by the much stronger antennal ciliations. 



Paratheta syrtica, n. sp. 



Male and female, 12-15 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, 

 whitish-mixed. Palpi rather dark fuscous. Antennae fus- 

 cous, ciliations of male (1). Abdomen fuscous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, whitish -ringed, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate-lanceolate; fuscous, sprinkled with dark fus- 

 cous, more or less irrorated with white, with a more or less 

 undefined broad median longitudinal streak of white suffusion ; 

 stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, plical very obliquely before 

 first discal; cilia light fuscous, round apex whitish-sprinkled. 

 Hindwings grey, lighter anteriorly ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney and Bathurst, New South- 

 Wales, Launceston, Campbelltown, and Hobart, Tasmania;, 

 from August to December, common. 



An obscure-looking but easily recognised species. 



