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Thalaixodes allochroa, n. sp. 



Female, 40 mm. Head and thorax greyish-lilac. PaJipi 

 white. Antennae ochreous. Abdomen and legs greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly 



sinuate in middle, termen bowed, oblique ; gi^eyish-lilac, with- 

 out markings ; a fine white costal streak, from beyond base to 

 two-thirds; cilia greyish-lilac. Hindwings with termen 

 hardly waved, faintly prominent in middle; 3 and 4 from a 

 point, 6 and 7 from a point ; white, thinly scaled ; a moderately 

 broad fuscous band along termen, more pronounced below apex: 

 and above anal angle ; cilia white. 



Allied to the previous species, but widely distinct by the'^ 

 absence of markings and color of forewino's. It is an un- 

 common-looking insect. 



Broken Hill, New South Wales ; one specimen, in April, at 

 light. 



LOPHOSTICHA. n. g. 



Face slightly prominent. Palpi moderate, ascending, rough 

 scaled, terminal joint very short. Antennae in male bipec- 

 tinated, the extreme apex almost simple. Thorax roughened, 

 hardly crested, densely hairy beneath. Posterior tibi?e not 

 dilated. Forewings in male without fovea, surface with trans- 

 verse rows of erect tufts of scales; 10 connected with 9, 11 and 

 12 free. Hindwings normal. 



Closely allied to the following genus and Stiharuma, Mejn:., 

 different from both by the curious raised tufts of scales on fore- 

 wings. 



LOPHOSTICHA PSORALLODES, U. S,p. 



Male and female, 34-36 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark 

 fuscous. Antennae ochreous, pectinations 3. Legs dark fus- 

 cous, anterior and middle pair banded with white, posterior 

 pair whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen faintly 

 waved ; dark fuscous, more or less strigiilated throughout with 

 fine waved blackish marks, and with transverse rows of raised 

 tufts of blackish scales ; lines obscure, black ; first from one- 

 sixth costa to one-fifth innermargin, gently curved ; median 

 only traceable on middle ; second from about two-thirds costa 

 to two-thirds inner margin, rather strongly curved outwards on 

 upper half, and with an indentation in middle ; in the female 

 the first line is preceded by a large patch of bright ochreous 

 scales, and the second line is followed by a similar broad 

 patch ; the raised tufts in the ochreous patch are dark 

 ochreous; veins in both sexes more or less outlined with 

 blackish ; a waved black line along termen ; cilia whitish, with 



