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Forewings elongate-oblong, costa nearly straight, apex 

 rounded, termen rounded beneath ; dark-reddish-brown ; 

 veins obscurely marked by fuscous and pale-grey irroration ; 

 orbicular represented by a minute white dot, reniform by an 

 outwardly oblique, rather irregularly shaped, white bar ; a 

 dark oblique subterminal shade, sometimes outlined with 

 whitish, nearly straight, but with small subcostal tooth;, 

 beyond this ground colour is paler ; cilia dark-grey, mixed 

 with pale-grey. Hindwings with termen rounded, slightly 

 wavy ; pale-fuscous ; cilia whitish, with a fuscous median line. 



Type in Coll. Drake. 



v., Leopold, Gisborne, Beaconsfield, in March and April;, 

 four specimens received from Dr. Drake and Mr. G. Lyell. 



Proteuxoa spodias, n. sp. 

 (S pod OS, ashes.) 



(S , 34 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey. An- 

 tennae pale-grey; in d" minutely ciliated (J), with slightly 

 longer bristles. Abdomen pale-grey. Legs whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa straight, except close to base and apex, 

 apex rounded, termen rounded beneath ; whitish-grey ; orbicu- 

 lar and reniform faintly indicated in darker grey : a barely 

 perceptible line of grey dots parallel to termen, midway be- 

 tween that and reniform ; cilia pale-grey. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded, somewhat wavy : pale-grey ; cilia whitish, 

 with a grey median line at apex. 



Type in Coll. Drake. 



v., Black Rock, near Melbourne, in March ; one specimen 

 received from Dr. Drake. 



Section HADENIN^. 



CiRPHlS ORTHOMITA, n. Sp. 



(O'/fhomifos, with straight threads.) 

 d" 9 J 3S mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous.. 

 Antennae pale-fuscous, towards base whitish-ochreous ; in d 

 serrate with moderate cilia (1) arranged in fascicles. Abdo- 

 men with dense lateral tufts ; whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous ; three terminal tarsal joints dark-fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded beneath ; whitish-ochreous ; a slender blackish line 

 from base along fold to J ; a shorter, similar line immediately 

 above submedian in posterior part of cell, extending slightly 

 beyond cell ; a terminal series of blackish dots between veins ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, apices barred with dark-fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded, sinuate; grey; some fuscous ter- 

 minal dots ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



