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5. Gen. Dasygaster, Gn. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi rather long, ascending; 

 second joint densely rongh-haired beneath; terminal joint 

 moderate or rather long, smooth. Thorax with rounded 

 anterior and small or moderate posterior crests. Abdomen 

 with small crest on basal segment ; in male covered with woolly 

 hair; with lateral tufts, longer in male. Posterior tibiae 

 hairy. Neuration normal. 



eufjrcvpha, Hmps. ligmplena, Wlk. f nephelistis, 

 Hmps. hoUandiae , Gn. epundoides, Gn. reversa, Moore. 



Dasygaster epipolia, n. sp. (€7rt7roXto5, grizzled). 



9 , 46 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish, densely 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous, near base 

 whitish. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish, irrorated with fus- 

 cous. Forewings elongate, costa very slightly arched, apex 

 rounded-rectangular, termen slightly bowed, slightly oblique, 

 crenulate ; whitish, densely irrorated with fuscous; markings 

 fuscous, nearly obsolete; some longitudinal streaks on and 

 between veins; reniform indistinctly outlined; a terminal 

 series of interneural dots; cilia fuscous with indistinct basal, 

 median, and terminal whitish lines. Hindwings with termen 

 sinuate and crenulate; fuscous; cilia whitish with a sub-basal 

 fuscous line. Underside of forewings fuscous; of hindwings 

 whitish with fuscous irroration, round discal spot, and terminal 

 band. 



The male may have more developed markins^s. The species 

 may be recognized by the large size, and elongate and uni- 

 formly grey forewings. Type in Coll. Goldfinch. 



//a^.— New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (5,000 ft.), 

 in January; one specimen. 



6. Gen. Sideridts, Hb. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi rather long, ascending; 

 second joint with loosely appressed hairs or slightly rough ; 

 terminal joint moderate or rather long, sometimes poiTect. 

 Thorax with rounded anterior and small posterior crest, 

 Abdomen with small crest on basal segment; slightly or 

 densely hairy. Posterior tibiae densely hairy, or at least 

 hairy on dorsum. Neuration normal. 



A cosmopolitan genus for which Mr. Meyrick prefers the 

 .name Aletia, PIb. It is the genus most developed in Aus- 

 tralia, and presents slight differences in the palpi and in the 

 hairiness of the abdomen and legs. The hsisal abdominal 

 crest is often concealed and difficult of observation. 



ehoriosa, Gn. f costalis, Wlk. obusta, Gn. diatrecta, 

 Butl. t tida, Gn. ahdominalis, Wlk. dasycnema, Turn. : 



