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triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, 

 oblique; whitish, markings extremely pale grey, except in 

 costal ^, where they are fuscous and distinct ; a fuscous costal 

 streak from base to first fascia; first fascia at J, moderately 

 broad, sharply angled inwards beneath costa; second fascia 

 median, similar to first, like it sharply angled inwards 

 beneath costa ; third fascia beyond f , narrower except on 

 costa, evenly curved, posteriorly limited by a finely dentate, 

 whitish, subterminal line; a fine fuscous terminal line inter- 

 rupted on veins; cilia grey, apices paler. Hindwings with 

 termen unevenly rounded; concave above middle, prominent 

 between veins 3 and 4 ; as f orewings ; but median fascia 

 reddish with a few blackish scales, and a strong, obtuse, 

 median, posterior tooth; without dark costal markings. 

 Underside pale fuscous, with a darker, posteriorly toothed, 

 median, transverse fascia on hindwings. 



Northern Queensland : Cardwell, one wasted female, in 

 August; Evelyn Scrub, near Herberton, male type, in 

 January (F. P. Dodd). 



Chloroclystis nigrilineata, Warr. 



d , 9 > 18 mm. Head whitish-grey. Palpi about 1 ; 

 whitish-grey mixed with blackish. Antennae whitish-grey. 

 Thorax whitish-grey. Abdomen whitish-grey with some in- 

 constant dark-fuscous markings. Legs ochreous-whitish ; 

 anterior pair grey. Forewings triangular, moderately broad, 

 costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, 

 oblique; 11 running into 12; whitish-grey with pale-gTey and 

 dark-fuscous transverse lines; a dark-fuscous subbasal line 

 with median postrcrior tooth ; a dark-fuscous wavy line from 

 ^ costa to -g- dorsum; a pale-grey median line, sometimes 

 double; a dark-ftiscous line from costa before |, with two 

 obtuse posterior teeth, subcostal and median, thence oblique 

 and slightly dentate to | dorsum; a very faint, pale, dentate 

 subterminal line preceded by an interrupted dark-fuscous 

 line; a terminal series of interneural fuscous dots; cilia pale 

 grey. Hindwings with termen rounded; as forewings but all 

 lines indistinct except postmedian, which has a posterior 

 angular projection, about middle. Underside pale grey, 

 darker towards termen, with fuscous postmedian lines on both 

 wings. 



My examples agree well with Warren's description. The 

 dark transverse lines are conspicuous. 



Northern Territory : Darwin, in November and February; 

 two specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. Queensland : 

 Duaringa (Warren). 



