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nivipicta, Butl. hieroglyphica, Low. clerana, Low. 

 t elaeoa, Hmps. f neurota, Low. crocata^ Gn. xuthota^ 

 Hmps. detrita, Butl. thapsina, Turn. 



Tarache euschema, n. sp. 

 (eva-xrj/J-os, with conspicuous pattern). 



9 , 20 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae brown. Thorax 

 and abdomen brown with some whitish scales. Legs brown; 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi mostly whitish on internal surface. 

 Forewings triangular, costa nearly straight, apex rounded- 

 rectangular, termen slightly bowed, scarcely oblique; reddish- 

 brown, markings whitish, partly edged with fuscous; an 

 incomplete sub-basal line ; a slightly dentate conspicuous line 

 from J costa to J dorsum ; orbicular small, circular, brown- 

 centred, touching antemedian line; reniform large, 8-shap«d, 

 with two included brown dots; a fine, indistinct, dentate line 

 from f costa ; a subapical whitish-ochreous shade, preceded by 

 fuscous, and followed by a submarginal series of white dots, 

 edged posteriorly with fuscous; cilia reddish-brown, apices 

 fuscous barred with whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 approximated at base; termen rounded; fuscous; cilia as 

 forewings. 



This is the only Australian species in which 3 and 4 of 

 hindwings are not stalked. Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Hah. — Northern Territory: Port Darwin, in November; 

 one specimen, received from Mr. Y. P. Dodd. 



Subfam. EUTELIANAE. 



1. Thorax with sharp ridgelike anterior crest 1. Bomhotelia 

 Thorax without sharp anterior crest ... 2. 



2. Abdomen with dorsal crest on basal seg- 



ment 3. 



Abdomen without crests 6. 



4. Abdomen with dorsal crest on anal segment 2. Pataeta 

 Abdomen without crest on anal segment o. 



5. Posterior tarsi with long hairs on dorsum 



of first segment 4. Amiga 



Posterior tarsi without long hairs on 



dorsum 3. Phleyetonia 



6. Forewings without areole o. Anigraea 



Forewings with areole 6. Paectes 



1. Gren. BoMBOTELiA, Hmps. 



Frons not projecting, but with an anterior tuft of hairs. 

 Palpi long, ascending; second joint thickened with appressed 

 hairs, slightly roughened anteriorly; terminal joint long. 

 Thorax with a sharp ridge-like anterior crest extending to 

 middle. Abdomen sometimes with a few small dorsal crests, 

 but these may be absent in well-preserved specimens; and 



