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rupted line along termen ; orbicular small, yellowish; reni- 

 form moderate, ochreous ; cilia fuscous, mixed with blackish 

 in middle, becoming somewhat ochreous at base. Hindwings- 

 with termen faintly waved ; whit'sh fuscous, lighter on basal 

 half; a fuscous discal spot ; an interrupted fuscous line alonc^ 

 termen ; cilia whitish. 



Closel}^ allied to niclodora. Lower, but differs by paler fore- 

 wings and arrangement of lines. 



Broken Hill, New South Wales; Parkside and Exeter, South 

 Australia ; Birchip and Stawell. Victoria ; four specimens, in 

 November. 



Prometopus heliosema, n. sp. 



Male, 26 mm. Head, thorax, and antennse dark fuscous^- 

 collar broadly whitish posteriorly, antennse shortly ciliated 1. 

 Palpi fuscous, second joint whitish, apax fuscous. Abdomen and 

 leg^ greyish-fuscous, anterior tibiae and tarsi more or less banded 

 with ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly 

 arched, termen faintly waved, obliquely rounded ; dark fus- 

 cous ; all lines lost in gen-^ral ground color ; a thick suifused 

 whitish subcostal streak, l^oni base to one-fifth ; a short red 

 dash on fold at one-fourth ; orbicular moderate, roundish, 

 briHit red, finelv ecloed with black ; reniform moderate, red- 

 dish-ochreous, posteriorly becoming whitish on lower half; 

 subterminal blackish, dentate, faintly indicated ; a moderately 

 broad dull redclish-ochreous line along termen ; fine fuscous line 

 along termen ; cilia ochreous somewhat barred with blackish. 

 Hindwings with termen faintly waved ; fuscous whitish, lighter- 

 on basal half ; a fuscous discal spot ; cilia whitish. 



This species stands in some collections as tnrfisigna. Walk. 

 (= n>i<talis, Feld.) 



Broken Hill, New South Wales; Parkside, South Australia; 

 Melbourne and Gisborne, Victoria ; several specimens, in 

 November. 



Prometopus rhodocentra^ n. sp. 



Female, 24 mm. Head, thorax, and antennas dark fuscous 

 Palpi whitish-fuscous. Abdomen and legs grey-whitish, ante- 

 rior tibi?e and tarsi more or less banded with fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa hardly arched, termen faintly 

 waved, obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; lines blackish rather 

 thick ; subbasal and first and subterminal indistinct ; median 

 slightly waved, oblique : second similar, slightly curved to 

 beneath reniform ; a more or less well developed rather thick: 

 reddish line along fold ; orbicular small red, edged with black ; 

 reniform roundish, moderate, bright red, edged with black -• a 



