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CaRADKINA ( i) MELANOPS, 11. Sp. 



Female, 30 mm. Head, ihorax, and palpi blackish, sprinkled 

 with a few white scales. Antenuse fuscous. Abdomen and 

 .legs fuscous-wjiitish, abdomen with a large blackish crest on 

 median segment. Forewings elongate, moderatel}^ dilated pos- 

 teriorly, termen faintly v.aved, rounded, oblique; black,; 

 markings rather obscure ; black ; subbasal not traceable, first 

 from one-fourth costa to one-third innermargin, waved, curved 

 inwards in middle ; median obliterated ; second from two- 

 -, thirds costa to before anal angle ; first and second joined by a 

 naiTow blackish bar below middle ; orbicular grey-whitisn, 

 round, large, ringed with black ; renifonn similar, edged ante- 

 norly by a black line ; subterminal waved ; a fine blackish line 

 along termen ; cilia black, with a fuscous tooth of scales at anal 

 .angle. Hindwings with termen irregularly waved; snow- 

 white, with a faint fuscous curved discal spot; a broad blackish 

 band along upper half of termen ; cilia snow-white, wath a 

 blackish median line, more pronounced on upper half. 



Blackwood and Parkside, South Australia ; two specimens in 

 April and November. 



GEOMETRINA. 



HYDRIOMENIAD^. 



Xaxthorrhoe rhodacris, n. sp. 



Female, 22 mm. Head, palpi, antenuce, thorax, and abdo- 

 men reddish-ferruginous, abdominal segments narrowly white. 

 Legs fuscous-whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen 

 faintly waved, bowed, oblique ; reddish-ferruginous ; two or 

 three reddish-fuscous transverse lines between median band and 

 base ; median band broad ; dark reddish-fuscous ; anterior edge 

 moderately straight, waved, from one-third costa to one-third 

 innermargin ; posterior edge with a bidentate projection in 

 middle, from two-third costa to beyond middle of innermargin. 

 finely edged on upper half by a dull whitish line ; subterminal 

 line waved, distinct, white ; a waved interrupted blackish line 

 along termen ; cilia reddish-fuscous, darker on basal half, 

 baiTed with fuscous. Hindwings with termen gently waved, 

 rounded ; greyish, tinged with reddish; lines indistinct, except 

 on innermargin ; subtenninal, and line along termen as in fore- 

 wings ; cilia as in forewings. Underside of both wings with a 

 iarge reddish apical patch, and subterminal line more or less 

 reproduced. 



In the absence of the male the coi-rect generic position of 



