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fuscous. Antennae whitish annulate with fuscous ; ciliations 

 in male 1|. Thorax whitish; patagia, except apices, fuscous. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish ; anterior 

 rjair fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish-yellow : 

 markings fuscous ; a broad streak along basal third of costa ; 

 a spot on middle of dorsum ; a large spot on middle of costa 

 narrowly connected in disc with a larger spot on tornus ; a 

 large apical spot ; cilia pale-yellow. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



My specimens show no trace of an antennal pecten. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine; four specimens, 

 not in the best condition, in November and March. 



Gen. Pachybela, nov. 

 (7ra;(i'/?eAos, with thick weapons [palpi]). 



Head with dense side-tufts projecting between antennae. 

 Palpi rather short ; second joint short, not exceeding base of 

 antennae, greatly thickened with rough scales in front, especi- 

 ally towards apex ; terminal joint about half second, stout, 

 acute. Antennae with strong pecten ; in male moderately 

 ciliated. Thorax not crested. Forewings with 7 to termen. 

 Hindwings as broad as forewings, elongate-ovate. 



Allied to Nephogenes, differing from it in the palpi, 

 which are much stouter, the second joint roughened and 

 dilated at apex. I regard it as a development from the 

 stoutly-built laxenta section of that genus. Type, P. e re mica . 



Pachybela eremica, n. sp. (e/^/uKos, of the desert). 



d , 9 > 23-25 mm. Head ochreous-grey or reddish. Palpi 

 fuscous mixed with whitish. Antennae grey ; ciliations in 

 male 1. Thorax ochreous-grey or reddish. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous-grey. Legs ochreous-grey irrorated with fuscous ; 

 posterior pair paler. Forewings elongate-oval, not dilated, 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; grey-whitish with more or less fuscous 

 irr oration and reddish suffusion, sometimes wholly red ; some- 

 times a faint fuscous discal dot at i, a second beneath it on 

 fold, and a third at |, but some or all of these may be obso- 

 lete ; sometimes a few fuscous terminal dots, but usually none ; 

 cilia concolorous, Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Variable in colour, the forewings may be bright-red or 

 without any reddish tinge, or in any intermediate condition. 



Hah. — Queensland: Adavale (in western interior), in 

 March, April, and May; six specimens: Victoria: Sea Lake, 

 in March ; one female. • 



