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Male. Brown. Head white, with a brown band between the 

 eyes, and with a brown spot in front. Proboscis tawny. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, partly white beneath, not rising higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint linear, shorter than the second. Pectus 

 white. Abdomen luteous, white towards the base ; first and second 

 segments with brown hind borders. Tarsi with white bands. Fore, 

 wings with a broad white band, which is notched along each side 

 and is dislocated near the interior angle ; a white dot near the costa 

 and near the inner side of the band, a white apical spot, and a white 

 patch on the interior border towards the base. Hind wings white, 

 with a very broad brown marginal band, which is denticulated 

 along its inner side. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 22 lines. 



a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Genus GTRPA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi 

 graciles, pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes, 

 articulo 3o conico minimo. Antennae maris late pectinatae, fcem. 

 subpectinatae. Pedes laeves, graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor parvis. Alae elongatae, latiusculae; anticae apicas rotundatas, 

 margine exteriore vix convexo sat obliquo. 



Male and female. Body slender. Proboscis rather long. Palpi 

 slender, pubescent, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex; third joint conical, extremely small. Antennas broadly 

 pectinated in the male, slightly pectinated in the female. Abdomen 

 not extending to the interior angle of the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 slender; hind tibiae with four short slender spurs. Wings elongate, 

 rather broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border very 

 slightly convex, rather oblique. 



Allied to Nyctemera. 



GlRPA CIRCUMDATA. 



Mas et foem. Flavescente-alba ; caput, palpi, antennce et thorax 

 fusca ; alee margine latofusco ; anticce dimidio apicali fusco 

 maculam jlavo-albam magnum elongatam includente ; pusticce 

 fascia marginali late excavato. 



Male and female. Yellowish white. Head and palpi 

 above, antennae and thorax brown. Proboscis tawny. Legs 

 mostly brown. Wings with a broad brown border. Fore 

 wings brown on half the surface from the tips, iucluding a 



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