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a large irregular-edged blotch in middle of disc giving off a 

 process towards base, and another to J costa ; a broad longi- 

 tudinal streak from near beyond central blotch to mid- 

 termen ; cilia fuscous brown, on 'apex and towards termen 

 mixed with whitish-brown. Hindwings pale-grey, with faintly 

 darker strigulae ; cilia whitish-grey with a grey sub-basal line. 

 Hah. — South Australia: Adelaide, in August; one speci- 

 men, received from Dr. Pulleine. 



Lamyeodes argillacea, n. sp. (argillaceus, clay-coloured), 



S , 12 mm. Head and thorax pale ferruginous-ochreous. 

 Pa*lpi whitish, external surface of tuft fuscous. Antennae 

 grey; ciliations in male minute. Abdomen grey; tuft 

 ochreous-whitish; anterior pair fuscous; anterior and middle 

 tarsi fuscous, annulated with ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 slightly dilated posteriorly, costa nearly straight, apex 

 pointed, termen slightly sinuate, oblique ; in male without 

 costal fold; pale ferruginous-fuscous; costa strigulated with 

 whitish and fuscous; a whitish fascia irrorated internally, 

 with ground-colour from h costa obliquely outwards to fold, 

 there constricted, bent inwards, and continued by a whitish 

 line to mid-dorsum ; a similar but narrower fascia from mid- 

 costa to | dorsum ; a double whitish line from § costa, con- 

 tinued as a silvery-grey outwardly-curved line to tornus ; a 

 double whitish mark on costa beyond this, and another before 

 apex, its inner limb giving rise to a short silvery-grey line to 

 termen above middle ; some blackish scales on termen ; cilia 

 ferruo-inous-ochreous, on costa interrupted with whitish, and 

 also beneath apex and on tornus, on termen with a broad 

 basal whitish line. Hindwings and cilia g-rev. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Glen Innes, in March; one 

 specimen. 



Gen. Glyphidoptera, nov. (yAv<£i8o7TTe/)os, notch-winged). 



Palpi long, porrect; second joint very long, with rough 

 projecting scales above and beneath; terminal joint moderate. 

 Thorax with a strong bifid posterior crest. Forewings with 

 termen deeply incised beneath apex, forming a broad notch 

 opposite veins 5 and 6; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hind- 

 wings with discocellulars strongly angled, the end of cell 

 having the form of a W; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat 

 approximated at base, 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



A developoment of Capua distinguished by the strongly- 

 notched forewings. The form of the cell of hindwings, the 

 long palpi, and the strongly-crested thorax are additional 

 peculiarities. 



