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incomplete circle in disc before middle ; an irregularly den- 

 tate line from mid-costa to § dorsum ; three roughly parallel 

 lines from terminal third of costa, converging towards tor- 

 nus ; an interrupted terminal line; cilia grey, apices whitish. 

 Hindwings with termen somewhat sinuate ; whitish irrorated 

 with grey ; indistinct grey median and postmedian lines ; a 

 dark-grey terminal line, obsolete towards tornus ; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



v., Leopold, near Melbourne, in April ; one specimen. 



Section ACONTIAN^. 

 Genus Acachmena, nov. 

 {Akachmenos, sharp ; in allusion to the thoracic crest.) 

 Frons flat. Tongue well developed. Palpi ascending; 

 second joint with a strong triangular anterior tuft ; terminal 

 joint short, obtuse. Antennae in S (unknown). Thorax with 

 a sharp, elongate keel-like posterior crest. Abdomen with 

 dorsal crests on first two segments. Forewings with 7, 8, 9 

 stalked, 10 connected by a bar with 8 + 9 beyond 7. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 separate, 5 from mid-way between 4 and 

 middle of cell, 6 and 7 separate. 



Acachmena (enocrossa, n. sp. 

 (Oinokrossos, with vinous border.) 



9, 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-red with 

 some reddish-purple irroration. Antennae fuscous, towards 

 base whitish-red. Abdomen whitish ; crests whitish-red. Legs 

 whitish ; anterior pair reddish. Forewings triangular, costa 

 straight, slightly arched towards base and apex, apex pointed, 

 termen nearly straight, oblique: whitish-red with sparsely- 

 scattered fuscous-purple scales ; two very fine purplish lines, 

 one median, the second at J ; a reddish dot on costa at origin 

 of second line ; cilia reddish-purple, apices whitish. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded : whitish, towards termen suf- 

 fused with pale-fuscous; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in March ; one specimen received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Genus Alypophanes, ?iov. 

 (Alypophanes, of cheerful appearance.) 



Frons rounded, somewhat protuberant. Tongue well de- 

 veloped. Palpi moderate, slender, smooth-scaled, ascending, 

 not reaching vertex; second joint moderate; terminal joint 

 short, tolerably acute. Antennae in d simple, minutely cili- 

 ated. Thorax and abdomen smooth. Legs with outer tibial 

 spurs half length of inner or less. Forewings with a slender 



