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ably acute, termen rounded, oblique; 12 free; pale grey, with 
sparsely scattered black scales; ccstal edge ochreous-whitish ; 
a fuscous spot on costa at one-third, and another at two- 
thirds; two or three dots connecting first costal spot with 
dorsum; a fuscous discal dot beneath mid-costa; a sinuate, 
ferruginous-fuscous line from beneath four-fifths costa tc 
three-quarters dorsum; preceded by some dark fuscous dots, 
and succeeded by dark fuscous irroration and a series of dark 
fuscous spots; a series of black terminal dots; cilia pale grey. 
Hindwings with termen rounded; as forewings, but lines 
obsolete. 
Extremely similar to the preceding, but readily dis. 
tinguished by the male antenne. The shape and neuration 
of forewings are also somewhat different. 
Type in Coll, Turner. 
N.S.W., Katoomba district; in February. Опе specimen. 
TaxEOTIS EPIGAEA, n. Sp. 
( Epigaios, resting on the ground.) 
Male, 38 mm. Head pale reddish-ochreous; face dark 
fuscous, tinged with ferruginous. Palpi rather short 
(14); dark fuscous; antenne ochreous-fuscous; in 
male slightly laminate, with moderate ciliations (1). 
Thorax and abdomen pale  reddish-ochreous; apical 
half of abdomen grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, irrorated 
with fuscous; anterior and middle tibiæ and tarsi dark fus- 
cous anteriorly. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 
straight, apex tolerably acute, termen bowed, slightly 
oblique; 12 free; pale reddish-ochreous with dark fuscous 
irroration tending to form transverse strigule, a fuscous dot 
on costa at one-third and another at two-thirds; a slender, 
pale line from beneath four-fifths costa to three-quarters 
dorsum, preceded by a series of dark fuscous dots; a termi- 
nal series of dark fuscous dots; cilia pale reddish-ochreous. 
Hindwings with termen rounded; colour and markings as 
forewings. 
The colour of this species harmonises with the red earth 
of the locality in which it was captured. 
Type in Coll, Turner. 
Q., Mount Tambourine; in November. One specimen. 
Genus, PROROCRANIA. 
( Prorocranios, prow-headed.) 
Face with strong anterior convexity. Tongue well de- 
veloped. Palpi rather long; second joint long, obliquely 
ascending; terminal joint short, porrect. Antenn& in male 
with a double series of pectinations extending nearly to apex, 
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