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irroration in terminal part of disc ; cilia ochreous-whitish with 

 an interrupted antemedian fuscous line. Hindwings grey: 

 cilia grey- whitish. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Ebor, in January; one 

 specimen. 



Nephogenes carbasea, n. sp. (carbaseus, made of linen). 



d , 24 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, some 

 pale-fuscous suffusion on external surface of second joint. 

 Antennae whitish-grey, towards base whitish ; ciliations in 

 male 2. Thorax white; tegulae ochreous-whitish; a fuscous 

 spot on base of patagia. Abdomen ochreous-whitish ; bases 

 of segments on dorsum partly brownish : tuft and under - 

 surface whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous ; posterior pair whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings not dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; white without 

 ochreous tinge ; markings fuscous ; costal edge at base fuscous ; 

 a moderate costal streak from near base to §, attenuated at 

 extremities; a discal dot before 3, a second beyond it on fold, 

 sometimes obsolete, a third above middle, a fourth before §, 

 a fifth beneath fourth and usually confluent with it to form 

 a transverse crescentic mark, sometimes a sixth beyond and 

 above second ; traces of a costal streak angled beneath costa 

 and emitting a subterminal line, but these may be nearly 

 obsolete ; cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings grey, darker 

 towards apex; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Hab. — Queensland: Herberton, in January and Feb- 

 ruary; three specimens, received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Nephogenes scitula, n. sp. fscitulus, neat, pretty). 



d , 20-21 mm. Head white. Palpi whitish ; apical half, 

 except extreme apex, of second joint grey. Antennae whitish ; 

 ciliations in male nearly \\. Thorax white ; centre of patagia 

 grey. Abdomen grey- whitish, bases of joints on dorsum partly 

 fuscous-brown. Legs fuscous, inner surface whitish ; posterior 

 pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings not dilated, costa slightly 

 arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely rounded; white; 

 markings fuscous ; costal edge towards base fuscous ; a spot on 

 base of costa, followed by a subcostal spot near base* ; a grey 

 spot on base of dorsum; a discal dot at I, sl second slightly 

 beyond it on fold, a third above middle, and a fourth and 

 fifth confluent, forming a crescentic mark at ^ ; a slight 

 suffusion on midcosta, and another between crescentic mark 

 and tornus ; a fine broken line from costa at | inwards, 

 angled sharply outwards beneath costa, then bent parallel to 

 termen ; a terminal series of dots ; cilia white with an 



