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occurring in the autumn. Many of the species are very similar 

 to one another, and hard to separate in the perfect state, espe- 

 cially the females. 



1. SCIOGLTPTIS CA:N"ESCARIA, Gil. 



Expanse, V 3". Flies in autumn. 



A sombre, dark brown insect, mottled with darker shadings. 

 A broad suffused black band crosses both wings from costal 

 apex of fore to centre of inner margin of hind- wing. Beneath 

 this is a narrow wavy white line. A common Queensland in- 

 sect, but rare here. 



2. SCIOGLTPTIS MUNDIEERA, Walk. 



Expanse, 1' 3'. Generally found in autumn, but there is 

 sometimes a spring brood also. Variable. 



Somewhat similar to the last, but the ground colour is much 

 paler ; the markings and transverse bar have a distinct pur- 

 plish tinge, and the white line is altogether absent. Most likely 

 not uncommon, but I have as yet secured few specimens, having 

 long confused it with the following species. 



3. TlIALLOGAMA ATTEXTA, Walk. 



Expanse, 11". April and May, and perhaps in the spring. 



In outward appearance very like the last, but besides its 

 smaller size, the antennae of male, although pectinated, have 

 the pectinations much shorter than in Scioglyptis, in which 

 they are very long. 



4. Zermizi^ga indocilisaria, Walk. 



Expanse, 1' 3". April. 



Ground colour brown, with various wavy black lines cross- 

 ing both wings. It may be distinguished from any of the pre- 

 ceding by these lines starting from the costa, and not the 

 apex of the wing, and by the long light-coloured ciliations of 

 the antenna? of the male. The female is semi-apterous. Ap- 

 parently scarce here, but widely distributed in Australia, and 

 is also found m New Zealand. 



5. Phelotis cognata, Walk. 



Expanse, V. August, also February and March. 



Ground colour silvery-gray, with various indistinct black 

 dots and lines crossing the wing from costa to inner margin. 

 The ciliations of the antennae are very long for about three- 

 quarters of its length, then shorten off rapidly, and the end is 

 simple. 



6. Phelotis excursaria, Gn. 

 Expanse, 1' 6". 

 I am rather uncertain about this species, and may have two 



