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4 : 6 and 7 from a point, in female widely remote at origin, 8' 

 connected with cell towards base. 



Allied to HypertrirJici, Meyr., but differing by the loii^or 

 terminal joint of palpi, .presence of veins 7 and 8 of forewings, 

 and especially by the large tuft of tufts of hair beneath hind- 

 wings. In Hyptrtrirha the hair appears along the costa only, 

 and vein 7 is absent. 



Trichloma asbolophora, n. sp. 



Male, and female, 20-45 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and an- 

 tennae dark fuscous, face, palpi, and base of antennae externally 

 whitish. Legs whitish, somewhat infuscated. Abdomea 

 gi'eyish-fuscous. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently 

 arched, termen gently bowed ; dark fuscous, mixed with, 

 whitish scales, more or less streaked with short black streaks, 

 especially in middle ; veins tow^ards termen more or less out- 

 lined with black ; extreme costal edge whitish throughout ; a 

 short, somewhat obscure, whitish mark below middle, at two- 

 thirds from base, posteriorly edged by its own width of black ; 

 an inteiTupted black line along termen ; cilia fuscous, with 

 black s<pots at extremities of veins. Hindwings with termen 

 faintly sinuate in middle ; dark ochreous-fuscous ; cilia greyish- 

 ochreous. Tuft of hairs beneath ochreous-fuscous. 



Recalls species of Xylorycfa. especially epigram ma. Meyr. 

 The three specimens before me present some curious vaiiationg- 

 in the neural structure ; in the one wing of a male vein 6 of the 

 forewing becomes furcate near termen, causing it to appear 

 extremeh^ long-stalked, vein 2 of thie same specimen is divided 

 in middle, thus forming a small cell, then continued as a nor- 

 mal vein to termen. The other wing is normal ; in one female 

 vein 5 of the forewing is absent in one wing only (coincident 

 with 4). The generic characters given are, however, suffi- 

 ciently distinct to separate it from Kypertrivlia, as I have exa- 

 mined many specimens of that genus, and they present no 

 variation. 



Birchip, Victoria ; three specimens, bred in November by^ 

 Mr. D. Goudie, who informs me that the species feed on Ca^ua- 

 rina ("Bull Oak"), tunnel into the straight branches, and fomi 

 a silky covering over the aiperture. 



COMOSCOTOPA, n. g. 



Head with appressed hairs. Antennae moderate in male, 

 filiform, with long ciliations (3), without pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate, cui-ved, smooth scaled, terminal joint, shorter than 

 second. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderatie. Forewinsrs- 



