652 KocTuiD^. 



brown irrorafced with white ; dull rufous streaks in discal and sub- 

 median folds ; the veins with slight black streaks towards termen ; 

 traces of a highlj- dentate antemedial line ; claviform indistinctly 

 defined by black ; orbicular and reniform indistinct, with brown 

 centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former elliptical; 

 the postmedial line somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards 

 on vein 1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white ; 

 the veins and inner area tinged with brown ; the terminal area 

 fuscous from costa to beloAV vein 2, more broadly in female ; the 

 underside with the' costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hab. IN". S. AVales, Broken Hill (Loiuer), 5 c? , 3 $ ; Victoria, 

 Birchup (Lyell), 1 $ ; S. Australia, Adelaide {Lyell), 1 $ . E.vj'^. 

 38-42 millim. 



Genus ECTOPATRIA, nov, 



Tj'pe, E. subrufescens. 



Proboscis fuUy developed ; palpi porrect, extending to well beyond the frons, 

 the 2nd joint fringed with hair, the 3rd moderate; frons with slight vertical 

 ridges ; eyes smooth ; antennas of nude ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with 

 hair and scales, the latter with slight tut'ts behind tegulaa and cm metathorax ; 

 hind tibiaE! with one to three spines between the spurs. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; (5 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 

 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angie^ 



A. Tegulas black at base paurugramma. 



B. Tegulse not black at base. 



a. Fore wing with the lines obsolete spilomata. 



h. Fore wing with the lines developed. 



»'. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish. 



cu^. Fore wing tinged with rufous suhrufescens. 



b". Fore wing jiot tinged wi tli r u fous as-pera. 



b^. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous umbrosa. 



1120. Ectopatria paurogramma. (Plate LXXVII. fig. 25.) 



Agrotis paurogramma, Lower, ined. 



Head and thorax grey, strongly irrorated with dark brown ; 

 sides of frons and base of tegulie black ; tarsi black with pale rings ; 

 abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey, strongly 

 irrorated with dark brown and black ; slight black streaks in discal 

 ■ aud submedian folds and on the veins towards termen ; traces of a 

 postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then obliquely curved. 

 Hind wing whitish suffused with brown especially on terminal 

 area . 



Hah. W. Australia, Derby, 1 S -, Sherlock R. {Clements), 1 $. 

 Exp. 34 millim. Type f (5 in Coll. Lower. 



