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connate, 12 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle. Doubtless allied 
to Zia, with which it agrees in neuration, but there are many points of 
difference. 
87. Spathoptila cyclophora n.sp. 
KVK\ocf)opos, marked with circles. 
2 , 34 mm. Head white. Palpi 1 and a fourth ; white. Antennae 
fuscous, near base white. Thorax whitish-grey sprinkled with fuscous. 
Abdomen grey- whitish. Legs whitish ; anterior tarsi fuscous with 
whitish rings. Forewings narrow at base, but dilated towards apex,, 
costa strongly arched, apex rectangular, termen slightly rounded, 
slightly oblique; grey with fuscous markings; tufts fuscous, third tuft 
median, a fourth tuft near lower angle of cell; a white suffusion on 
costa near base ; antemedian line slender, imperfect ; postmedian line 
slender, distinct, subcostal to two-thirds, where it forms an acute tooth, 
thence incurved to a strong obtuse median projection, from which it 
curves inwards to three-fifths dorsum; a circular ring around fourth 
tuft, followed by two circles forming an oblique figure of 8 in middle 
of disc ; subterminal suffused, sharply and irregularly dentate ; cilia 
grey. Hindwings white, towards apex suffused with grey, cilia white, 
on apex grey. The type is not in good condition. 
West Australia: Nornalup in November; one specimen. 
10. Gen. Zia Wlk. 
xxvii, p.109 ; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1886, p.716; Hmps. ii, p.75. 
Face with anterior tuft of scales. Palpi long, obliquely ascending ; 
second joint thickened with rough hairs; terminal joint long (one-half), 
thickened with rough hairs, obtuse. Antennae in male ciliated. Thorax 
with strong posterior crest. Abdomen with dorsal crests on first two 
segments. Forewings with 2 from two-thirds, 3 from angle, 4 and 5 
separate, 6 from below upper angle, 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 separating before 
9, 10 and 11 separate. Hindwings with 2 from three-fourths, 3 and 4 
stalked, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 connate, 12 anastomosing 
with cell to beyond middle. Type, Z. tactalis Wlk. 
A small tuft of scales is present on the inferior surface of the basal 
joint of the antennae, as in other genera of this family. Hampson 
records two species from India and one from Ceylon, but I do not think 
these should be included in this genus. 
88. Zia tactalis. 
Zia tactalis, Wlk., xxvii, p.110; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1886, 
p.716 ; Hmps. ii, p.75. 
Palpi 6. Forewings with a small basal tuft, a large tuft in the 
posterior part of the cell, and another similar beneath the cell, the two 
latter forming an outwardly oblique interrupted ridge. 
Queensland : Rockhampton ; Brisbane. New South Wales : 
Lismore; Sydney; Jervis Bay. Victoria: Sea Lake. West Australia: 
Bridgetown. 
89. Zia plagiochyta n.sp. 
TrXayioxvros, obliquely suffused. 
3 2, 30-34 mm. Head white. Palpi 2 and a half; brown, upper 
edge whitish. Antennae grey, basal joint white ; in male with fascicles 
