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-curved, transverse line at ^ followed by a pale, indistinctly- 

 double line; beyond this is a brownish-tinged fascia, not 

 always developed ; beyond this a paler area containing two or 

 three very obscure, slender, transverse lines; a whitish line 

 edged posteriorly by a dark fuscous line from | costa, at first 

 moderately outwardly oblique, acutely angled outwards above 

 middle, thence concave to below middle, where it is again 

 angled outwards, thence straight to f dorsum; a slight 

 brownish suffusion on posterior edge of this line; a fine, 

 irregularly dentate, whitish, subterminal line; cilia fuscous, 

 sometimes very obscurely barred, apices grey. Hindwings 

 with termen strongly rounded, slightly wavy; pale grey; an 

 obscure darker line at ^; cilia pale grey. 



Certainly near 31. diplndonfa, Turn., but smaller, fore- 

 wings proportionately broader, less brownish, costa less 

 strongly arched, cilia not distinctly barred, palpi in male 

 rather longer. Unless intermediate forms are -discovered it 

 should be regarded as a distinct species. 



New South Wales : Mount Kosciusko, in January, 

 February, and March; seven specimens. Victoria: Mount 

 St. Bernard (5,000 ft.), in February; a large female (24 mm.) 

 in Coll. Lyell. 



MiCRODES ASYSTATA, n. Sp. 



dcrv(TTaTos, inconstant. 



9 , 26-30 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous with 

 scanty whitish irroration. Palpi 3|; second joint expanded 

 by rough scales above and beneath; terminal joint short; 

 fuscous irrorated with whitish. Antennae fuscous. Legs 

 fuscous; tarsi with fine whitish annulations ; posterior pair 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen straight, very slightly oblique; 

 whitish irrorated with grey; numerous fine transverse 

 fuscous lines more or less distinct ; sometimes stronger lines 

 define median area; first from ^ costa to ^ dorsum, outwardly 

 curved ; second from | costa to tornus, with a small acute 

 posterior tooth beneath costa, and an obtuse tooth beneath 

 middle ; sometimes median area is partly or wholly fuscous, 

 and lines indistinct; a finely dentate, whitish, subterminal 

 line ; cilia grey. Hindwings with termen strongly but un- 

 evenly rounded, projecting slightly on veins 3 and 6; grey; 

 cilia grey. 



Male unknown and female inconstant ; in one example 

 the anterior margin of median band is much more strongly 

 rounded posteriorly, an unusual form of variation. Type in 

 Coll. Goldfinch. 



New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko, in February; three 

 specimens. 



