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" Dichroniodesstrophiodcs, Lower. — Two males; apparently 

 a rather local species, though known from several localities. 



"D. anelictis, Meyrick. — One male rather worn, labelled 

 ' II.' You took it for a form of the preceding, but it is 

 quite distinct, and a well-known species. The interruptions 

 of the median band at the principal veins are characteristic 

 of the species. 



" D. orthotis, Meyr. — One female, November i6th, 1897; 

 D. ioneuva, Meyr. ; one female, November 12th, 1909 ; two 

 pretty and interesting species, only known from the west of 

 Australia. 



" Ncarclm aridaria, Walk, — One male, and probably one 

 female. The strong sexual dimorphism in the genus, and 

 the general similarity among the females, renders the correct 

 determination of the latter difficult without actual observa- 

 tion in the field. The males of several of the species, in- 

 cluding aridaria, have some curious tufts of hair on the 

 underside of the hind-wings. 



" A^ staurotis, Meyr. (?). — One male, labelled ' 77A,' which 

 I take to be a fine large form of this western species. You 

 gave me a nice series of more typical size in the previous lot. 



"iV. recisa, Prout, ' Gen. Ins., CEn.,' p. 30 (?). — One male, 

 October nth, 1907. I described N. rccisa, ivom. Bridgetown, 

 W.A., in the collection of Mr. G. Lyell, of Gisborne. I 

 believe this specimen is a dingy ab. of the same, but it is 

 very like an overgrown staurotis, and I do not know of any 

 structural characters to separate the two. 



" Taxcotis exsedaria, Walker, var. cugcncstera, Prout ined. 

 seven, those which are dated having been taken in October, 

 1907. The form is much larger and finer than typical 

 exsedaria from the east of the continent, and this series fully 

 confirms my suspicion that it is a local race at the least ; 

 exsectaria is the only known 7'aATO^/s- with a bright ferruginous 

 head. 



" T. inconcisata, Walk. (?) — Two males in beautiful condi- 

 tion ; almost certainly a rather light form of this widely 

 distributed species. 



" Sub-fa in. Aciualiin.e. 



^' Acidalia optivata, Walker. — Two males; one is an ab. 

 with the (usually distinct) black discal dots almost obsolete. 

 The species is very like A. ocliroleucata H.S., of Europe, etc., 

 but the male has the hind tibia even uwre swollen, and the 

 hind tarsus extremelv short. 



