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Family, LASIOCAMPIDÆ. 
‚The following five genera, which are closely allied, may be 
distinguished as follows : — 
A. Forewings with 6, 7, and 8 stalked. 
Pinara, Wlk. liii., p. 761. Туре, cana, Wik. 
AA. Forewings with 8 separate. 
B. Palpi long, over 3 times breadth of eye. 
C. Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked. 
Entometa, Wlk., iv. p. 972. Type, marginata, Wlk. 
CC. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate. 
Opsirhina, WIk., vi., p. 1418. Туре, albigutta, Wik. 
BB. Palpi moderate, not more than twice the breadth of eye. 
C. Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked. 
Symphyta, Turn., Tr.R.S.S.A., 1902, p. 187. Type, 
psaropis, 'Turn. 
CC. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate. 
Clathe, Wlk., v., p. 994. "Type, avida, Wlk. 
In all these genera vein 7 of the hindwings arises from 
near the base of cell, and almost immediately anastomoses 
very shortly with vein 8; in this they differ from the genera, 
of which Odonestis, Germar, is a representative. 
ENTOMETA SPODOPA, n. Sp. 
( Spodopos, ashen.) 
Male, 40 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, abdomen, 
and legs whitish-grey, slightly ochreous tinged. Forewings 
triangular, costa nearly straight, apex rounded, termen 
strongly bowed, scarcely oblique; whitish-grey, slightly ochre- 
ous tinged; markings pale fuscous; a discal dot before 
middle; a fine, slightly dentate line from two-thirds costa to 
mid-dorsum ; a less distinct but broader and interrupted line 
from apex to before tornus; cilia pale fuscous, slightly red- 
dish tinged. Hindwings with termen strongly rounded ; vein 
3 connate or short stalked; pale grey, slightly darker than 
forewings ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Type in Coll., Turner. 
Q., Brisbane; in May. Two specimens. 
ENTOMETA PLINTHOPA. 
(Plinthopos, brick-coloured.) 
Male, 36 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, abdomen, 
and legs pale reddish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa 
Straight, gently arched towards apex, apex rounded, termen 
straight, scarcely oblique; pale reddish-ochreous: markings 
fuscous ; a line from one-quarter costa to one-quarter dorsum ; 
a discal dot at one-third; a faintly marked line from mid- 
costa, at first outwardly curved, then strongly inwardly 
oblique to one-third dorsum; a line from apex to dorsum at 
two-thirds; cilia [denuded]. Hindwings with termen 
strongly rounded ; vein 3 stalked ; pale reddish ; a fuscous suf- 
fusion on costa ; cilia pale reddish. 
