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fuscous Hues. Hindwings whitish, with slight greyish suf- 

 fusion on terminal edge; cilia whitish, with a pale-grey basal 

 line. 



This species varies in colour of forewings; in the paler 

 examples there is a tendency to the development of fuscous 

 spots in disc. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, in January, March, and 

 May; Stradbroke Island, in September and April. Five 

 specimens. 



Bactra anthracosema, n. sp. 



(avOpaKoo-rj/jLos, marked with charcoal). 



9 , 15 mm. Head brown-whitish. Palpi 2\ ; fuscous. 

 Antennae grey; basal joint brown-whitish. Thorax pale- 

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

 anterior tibiae and tarsi annulated with fuscous. Forewings 

 not dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 straight, oblique; pale-brownish; markings dark-fuscous; a 

 broadly suffused median streak from near base to apex, 

 interrupted in disc before middle, indented on costal border 

 at f, and from thence with costal edge sharply denned; 

 numerous fine short oblique costal strigulae ; some minute 

 dorsal strigulae; a terminal line; cilia pale-brown, on apex 

 narrowly fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish. 



Hab. — Northern Territory: Darwin, in December; one 

 specimen received from F. P. Dodd. 



Bactra testudinea, n. sp. (testudineus, like a tortoise). 



$ , 9 ? 20-25 mm. Head reddish-brown or fuscous- 

 brown. Palpi 1\ to 2| ; brown. Antennae grey; ciliations 

 in male \. Thorax reddish-brown or fuscous-brown, some- 

 times with a fuscous mark across patagia. Legs brownish or 

 fuscous ; tarsi with pale annulations ; posterior pair whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings slightly or not dilated, costa moderately 

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

 brownish, more or less suffused with fuscous-brown, more so 

 in male ; numerous dark strigulae on costa and dorsum ; 

 usually some darker suffusion in mid-disc; cilia fuscous or 

 pale-brownish. Hindwings grey; paler towards base; cilia 

 whitish, more or less grey towards apex. 



Larger than B. passer cula, the forewings darker and the 

 hindwings grey, not whitish. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, in November, December, 

 March, and April; four specimens. 



Gen. Alypeta, nov. (akvir-qros, joyous). 

 Antennae in male shortly ciliated. Palpi porrect or 

 somewhat ascending; second joint with projecting scales above 



