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apex; terminal joint short, somewhat down-curved, tolerably 

 pointed. Antennae in d" with short ciliations and rather 

 longer bristles. Thorax and abdomen not crested. Anterior 

 coxae, femora, and tibiae clothed with long hairs in ^ • Fore- 

 wings with 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 connected by a bar with 8 + 9 

 opposite 7. Hindwings with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 from 

 midway between 4 and middle of cell, 6 and 7 connate. 



Allied to Hypenagonia, Hmps. (Moths Ind. iii., p. 100). 

 The following species might on superficial appearance be re- 

 ferred to the Sterrhinae (Geometridse). 



Hypobleta cym^a, n. sp. 

 (Kumaios, wavy.) 



rj 9 > 20-22 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish 

 or grey-whitish with some scattered dark-fuscous scales. Palpi 

 whitish, towards base dark-fuscous. Antennae whitish with 

 some dark-fuscous scales towards base; in d with very short 

 ciliations (h) and rather longer, bristles (1). Legs whitish; 

 anterior pair fuscous. Forewings rather elongate-triangular, 

 cost-a straight to near apex, apex round-pointed, termen 

 bowed, oblique, crenulate; whitish or grey-whitish, with a few 

 scattered dark-fuscous scales; fine, indistinct, dentate post- 

 median and subterminal lines; a dark-fuscous subcostal dot 

 at J, sometimes followed by similar dots in a line between 

 this and termen ; a terminal series of blackish dots ; cilia 

 whitish or grey-whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded, 

 flattened towards tornus, dentate ; colour and markings as fore- 

 wings, but with some dark-fuscous suffusion at tornus. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in March and April; two specimens re- 

 ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Arrade percnopis, n. sp. 



(Perknopis, of dusky appearance.) 



d , 21-23 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax brown- 

 fuscous. Antennae in (S with short ciliations (|). Abdomen 

 brown-fuscous, paler towards base; some raised scales on dor- 

 sum of penultimate segment. Legs brown-fuscous; posterior 

 pair paler; fore-tibiae in d dilated with scales at apices. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly concave in basal 

 I, then gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen 

 straight, oblique, not crenulate, at most slightly 

 wavy, dorsum with a triangular scale - tuft at 

 I ; dark-brown ; four minute whitish dots on apical fourth of 

 costa; an interrupted dark-fuscous terminal line; cilia brown. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded ; pale-grey ; cilia pale-grey. 



