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moderatedly oblique; rosy-purpie ; a darker postmedian discal 

 spot scarcely indicated ; a fine, short, inwardly-oblique, 

 blackish streak from costa just before apex, sometimes giving 

 rise to a line of fuscous dots parallel to termen ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous tinged except at tornus with rosy-purple, apices 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded; ochreous-brown, 

 paler towards base ; cilia as forewings. Allied to Catohlemma 

 duhin. 



Hah. — Northern Territory: Port Darwin; five specimens^ 

 received from Mr. G. F. Hill, with the note, ''Larvae pre- 

 daceous on large Lecaniuin, on Acacia.'' 



14. Gen. Eublemma, Hb. 



Frons not projecting, without anterior tuft. Palpi 

 moderate, upturned, more or less appressed to frons; second 

 joint thickened with scales, rough anteriorly; terminal joint 

 short or moderate. Thorax and abdomen without crests. 

 Posterior tibiae smooth or hairy on dorsum. Forewings with- 

 out areole, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate 

 or stalked, 5 from well below middle (J to J), 8 anastomosing^ 

 with cell near base or to \. 



A large genus with some variation in structure. 



'pcciorovd., Luc. -fiaviyars, Hmps. Hah. — Northern; 

 Queensland : Cairns, Townsville. diniidialis, Fab. f hrunnea^ 

 Hmps. paurogra'pta, Butl. f pvlvinariae, Olliff. glauco- 

 chroa, Turn.:' Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1902, p. 116. 

 silicula, Swin. anachoresis, Wlgrn. cochylioides, Gn. 

 roseana, Moore. parva, Hb. rivula, Moore. leucodesmay 

 Low. lo.TOstropha^ Turn. rufipiincta, Turn. sphragidota^ 

 Turn. curvata, Luc. ahrupta, Wlk. versicolor, Wlk. 

 lo.xotonia, Turn, ragusaua, Freyer. ruhra, Hmps. vestaliSy 

 Butl. hutoceris, Butl. ertorris, Warn Seitz Macrolep. d. 

 Erde. Hah. — Northern Territory : Port Darwin. 



Eublemma iophaenna, n. sp. (to^aerj/os, violet-shining). 

 d" , 15 mm. Head and palpi ochreous. Antennae fus- 

 cous ; ciliations in male long (2^). Thorax fuscous. Abdomen: 

 and legs pale ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, slightly oblique; 

 fuscous mixed with whitish scales showing violet reflections^ 

 in oblique light; an indistinct slender pale sub-basal line; a 

 similar line, more distinct, at \\ antemedian pale slender 

 slightly outwardly curved from J costa to ^ dorsum ; two 

 blackish discal dots at and before middle ; a pale median 

 fascia, becoming whitish towards costa; postmedian line simi- 

 larly whitish towards costa, defined anteriorly by a slender 

 fuscous line from costa beyond middle, outwardly oblique,. 



