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3. Gen. Nertobriga, Wlk. 



Frons smooth, not projecting. Palpi moderate, ratlier 

 slender, ascending; second joint slightly roughened; terminal 

 joint moderate. Thorax without crests. Abdomen with large 

 ■dorsal crests on four basal segments. Posterior tibiae slightly 

 hairy. Forewings without areole, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hindwings 

 with 8 anastomosing with cell at J. 



signata, Wlk. 



4. Gen. Beara, Wlk. 



Frons not projecting, but with short anterior tuft. 

 Palpi moderate, ascending; second joint moderately thickened, 

 nearly smooth; terminal joint moderate. Thorax with an 

 anterior crest. Abdomen with small dorsal crest on basal 

 segment. Posterior tibiae smooth. Forewings with areole 

 narrow, 8, 9, 10 stalked from areole. Hindwings normal. 



7iuhiferella, Wlk. Hah. — Northern Queensland : Cairns. 



5. Gen. Orthocraspis, Hmps. 

 Frons smooth, not projecting. Palpi rather short, 

 ascending ; second joint rather slender, slightly roughened ; 

 .terminal joint very short. Thorax not crested. Abdomen 

 with a small dorsal crest on basal segment. Posterior tibiae 

 smooth. Forewings normal. Hindwings with cell long (f), 

 3 and 4 short-stalked, 8 anastomosing with cell at ^. 



Orthocraspis leptoplasta, n. sp. 

 (XeTTTOTrAao-TO?, lightly built). 



(S , 30 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-whitish- 

 grey. Antennae grey; in male simple. Abdomen grey, 

 beneath pale-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish ; anterior and 

 middle tibiae and tarsi partly suffused with fuscous. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa strongly arched, apex acute, termen 

 straight, not oblique, angled above tornus; ochreous-whitish- 

 grey; two squarish reddish-fuscous costal spots, at ^ and 

 shortly before |; costal edge ochreous throughout; t-ermen 

 above angle edged with reddish-ochreous ; cilia reddish- 

 ochreous with a purple basal line, beneath angle ochreous- 

 whitish-grey. Hindwings with termen angled on vein 3 ; grey ; 

 an extensive costal and apical suffused ochreous blotch ; cilia 

 ochreous, on tornus and dorsum grey-whitish. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Sydney, in SeDtember ; one 

 specimen, received from Mr. G. F. Wyld. 



6. Gen. Aiteta, Wlk. 

 Frons not projecting, sometimes with slight anterior tuft. 

 Palpi moderate, ascending; second joint moderately thick- 

 ened, slightly roughened; terminal joint short. Thorax with 



