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Antennae grey. Abdomen brown, towards apex fuscous. 

 Legs whitish; anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi dark- 

 fuscous, annulated with ochreous-whitish. Forewings some- 

 what dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded-rectangular, termen sinuate, rounded beneath, 

 slightly oblique; pale ochreous-brown, with numerous 

 transverse dark fuscous-brown lines; costa with alternate 

 fuscous-brown and whitish strigulae; the latter give rise to 

 short, slender, very oblique leaden-grey lines; a paler area 

 on mid-dorsum ; # ocellus ochreous-brown with dark fuscous 

 centre, bordered by anterior and posterior transverse leaden- 

 grey lines; cilia fuscous, with several pale ochreous-brown 

 bars. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked; brownish-fuscous, 

 towards base paler; cilia grey, with a fuscous basal line. 



Bah. — Queensland: Beerburrum, near Nambour, in 

 December; one specimen. 



Bactra psammitis, n. sp. (i^a/x/xtrt?, sandy). 



<$ , 9 > 14-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish-brown. 

 Palpi 3; whitish-brown. Antennae grey-whitish ; ciliations 

 in male minute. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs grey-whitish; 

 posterior pair whitish; anterior tibiae and tarsi sometimes 

 annulated with fuscous. Forewings slightly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen straight, oblique; 

 pale ochreous-brown ; numerous darker strigulae on costa, 

 those on apical portion forming short oblique streaks; some 

 minute fuscous-brown dots on dorsal edge ; a fuscous-brown 

 terminal line; cilia pale fuscous-brown, with a whitish basal 

 line. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



Characterized by the long palpi ; pale forewings without 

 fuscous markings, and whitish hindwings. 



Hab. — South Australia: Adelaide, in March; two speci- 

 mens received from Oswald Lower. 



Bactra passercula, n. sp. ( passer cuius, a little sparrow). 



9, 16-20 mm. Head whitish-brown. Palpi 2J; 

 whitish-brown, with a dark-fuscous streak along lower-half 

 of external surface. Antennae grey-whitish. Thorax 

 whitish-brown or brown. Abdomen grey. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish; anterior tibiae and tarsi annulated with fuscous. 

 Forewings not dilated, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen straight, oblique; whitish-brown or brown; 

 numerous fine oblique fuscous costal strigulae; a few minute 

 fuscous dorsal dots; a fine fuscous terminal line; sometimes 

 several fuscous dots in anterior | of central area of disc; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish or whitish with two or three fine 



