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Gen. Catamacta. 



Catam&cta, Meyr. : Tr. N. Z. [.. 1911, p. 81: Gen. rnsect. 



Tort., p. 9. 



Antennae of male ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrect ; 

 second joint thickened with rough scales above and beneath; 

 terminal joint short. Thorax smooth. Forewings with 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate, 

 but approximated at origin, 4 and 5 connate, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Distinguished from A cropolitis by the absence of a 

 thoracic crest, from Paraselena by 3 and 4 of hindwings not 

 remote at origin, and from Procalyptis by the stalking of 6 

 and 7 of hindwings. The genus has not been previously 

 recorded in Australia, though known in New Zealand and 

 India. 



Catamacta hedista, n. sp. (rjSio-Tos, very sweet). 



$ , 20 mm. Head whitish. Palpi 2J ; ochreous-whitish, 

 external surface fuscous-tinged. Antennae pale-grey; cilia- 

 tions in male \. Thorax whitish, anteriorly tinged with 

 greenish-ochreous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish ; anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi annulated with 

 fuscous. Forewings dilated posteriorly, costa scarcely arched, 

 apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; in male with a 

 costal fold reaching beyond middle, broad towards base, 

 thence narrow ; whitish ; costa barred with fuscous ; a moderate 

 basal patch crossed by lines of greenish-ochreous, best marked 

 towards dorsum; a suffused greenish fascia, grey in middle, 

 from midcosta to dorsum beyond middle, strongly dilated 

 towards dorsum, becoming ochreous, with three fuscous dorsal 

 dots; a greenish and grey suffusion beyond and parallel to 

 this, from § costa to termen above torn us ; cilia whitish, with 

 an interrupted grey sub-basal line, apices greyish. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane; one specimen. 



A cropolitis tetrica, u. sp. (tetriciis, harsh, gloomy). 



$ , 28 mm. Head fuscous-brown, side tufts whitish- 

 brown. Palpi 2^ ; fuscous, towards base ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennae pale-brownish; ciliations in male |. Thorax 

 whitish-brown mixed with fuscous-brown. Abdomen pale- 

 grev. Legs fuscous; tibiae and tarsi annulated with ochreous- 

 whitish ; posterior pair wholly ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 rather narrow, not dilated, costa gently arched near base, 

 thence straight, apex rounded-rectangular, termen rounded 

 beneath ; a tuft of scales on dorsum near base ; in male with 

 a narrow costal fold extending to J ; whitish-brown suffused 

 and irregularly spotted and blotched with dark fuscous-brown ; 



