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ochreous-whitish. Abdomen oclireous-whitish. Legs pale- 

 ochreous; tarsi fuscous, with ochreous-whitish annulations. 

 Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched near base, then 

 straight, apex rounded, termen rounded beneath; pale-ochre- 

 ous ; a dark-fuscous dot on costa near base ; another at J, in 

 a line with one at mid-disc, and another above dorsum at 

 ^ ; a dot on costa beyond middle, from which proceeds a row 

 of fine dots obliquely outwards, then curved downwards to | 

 dorsum ; orbicular obsolete, reniform represented by a faint 

 crescentic fuscous streak ; a darker subterminal shade, sharply 

 outlined posteriorly, with a subcostal tooth ; a fine, inter- 

 rupted fuscous terminal line ; cilia pale-ochreous. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded : whitish-ochreous : cilia whitish-ochre- 

 ous. 



Type in Coll. Drake, 



v.. Black Rock, near Melbourne, in February ; two speci- 

 mens. 



Caradrina nycteris, n. sp. 

 [Nukteris, a night-bird.) 



9 , 32 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae fuscous. 

 Abdomen fuscous, irrorated with whitish. Legs fuscous, iiTo- 

 rated, and tarsi annulated with whitish : posterior pair mostly 

 whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 scarcely arched, apex rounded, termen somewhat obliquely 

 rounded ; fuscous, with some paler scales ; an indistinct dark- 

 fuscous dentate line from -^ costa to J dorsum ; orbicular in- 

 dicated by a minute whitish dot ; reniform obscure, dark-fus- 

 cous ; a very indistinct outwardly-curved pale line at | ; an 

 irregular interrupted pale subterminal line preceded by a 

 darker shade of fuscous : a terminal series of minute whitish 

 dots; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded, some- 

 what sinuate beneath apex ; fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.S.W., Emu Plains, near Sydney; one specimen received 

 from Mr. G. A. Waterhouse. 



Caradrina basisticha, n. sp. 

 (Basisteikos, with basal streak.) 

 d , 28 mm. Head pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi dark- 

 fuscous, apex and internal surface pale brownish-ochreous. 

 Antennae fuscous ; in d serrate with short ciliations (i). 

 Thorax pale brownish-ochreous mixed with fuscous. Abdo- 

 men whitish-ochreous, irrorated with pale-fuscous. Legs fus- 

 cous irrorated, and tarsi annulated with whitish-ochreous; 

 posterior pair mostly whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa straight except near base and apex, apex 



