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APODASMIA; GNOPHOSEMA; DYSPHANIA. By L. B. Prout. 
eremnopis. 
xen omor- 
pha. 
rufonigra- 
ria. 
isomelra. 
grey: a faint dentate whitish subterminal line; termen with black-grey dots between the veins. Hindwing 
similarly coloured and marked, paler towards base; a faint postmedian line traceable. Underside whitish, 
the forewing partly suffused with pale reddish; cell-spots small, black; a rather larger subterminal spot on 
forewing before middle; a blackish postmedian blotch on hindwing, much as in melanosema but surrounded 
by a pale reddish suffusion. Albany, with the preceding species. 
C. (?) eremnopis Turn, was founded on a pair which have lost the hindlegs, but the total absence 
of abdominal crests suggests that the species belongs here. 32 mm. Forewing with termen crenulate; 1st sub¬ 
costal anastomosing with costal; brown-whitish, suffused with fuscous; markings fuscous; cell-mark linear, 
dark, surrounded by some brownish suffusion; antemedian line transverse, subdentate; a narrow outer band, 
ill-defined proximally, sharply defined by whitish distally, anteriorly bent outward and very sharply dentate, 
behind the middle abruptly bent inward, at hindmargin linear; subterminal line whitish, dentate, with sharp 
fuscous teeth proximally. Hindwing rather dark grey, with a darker, dentate postmedian line. Underside whitish, 
suffused with fuscous, both wings with obscure dark postmedian line. West Australia : Cunclerlin and Mt. Barker. 
I have abridged Turxer's very careful description. 
C. ( ?) xenomorplia Lower is said to be probably nearest to ocultaria, but with underside weakly marked, 
similar to upperside. except for the presence of a broad, light fuscous, somewhat suffused terminal band on 
hindwing. Expanse 36 mm. Pale whitish grey, with dark irroration; lines of forewing band-like, oblicpie; a 
sharply white streak from costa at five-sixths extending nearly halfway across the wing. Hinclwing with only 
an outer band. Pinaroo, South Australia, 1 $. 
21. Genus: Apodasmia Turn. 
This genus and the following are slenderly built, with the pectus only slightly hairy and the abdomen 
not crested, but on account of their brown coloration I have regarded them as specialised members of the 
preceding group rather than as associated with the green, leaf-mimicking groups which follow Dysphania. 
Apodasmia has the o antenna dentate, the hindtibia with all the spurs developed, the hindwing with the humeral 
angle expanded, yet conserving a frenulum in both sexes. Forewing with the 1st subcostal anastomosing with 
the adjacent veins. Only one species is known. 
A. rufor.igraria Walk. (S a). An insignificant-looking species, yet not liable to be confused with 
any other. The red irroration which is scattered over the forewing becomes more conspicuous on the disco- 
cellulars; a dusky postmeclian line is also traceable, but very weak. Underside of forewing anteriorly with an 
incomplete dark subterminal band. Described from Sydney but rather widely distributed in Australia, reaching 
Brisbane. Tasmania and Bridgetown. 
22. Genus; Giioplioseina Prout. 
2 unknown, o with humeral angle and frenulum conditioned nearly as in Apodasmia. Antenna with 
longish pectinations. Hindtibia with terminal spurs only. Forewing with 1st subcostal sometimes anastomosing 
with costal. 2nd subcostal stalked to beyond the oth. Hindwing with abdominal margin about as long as in 
Apodasmia, distal margin somewhat less fully rounded. Another apparently isolated genus of one species. 
G. isometra Warr. Slightly smaller than A. rufonigraria, equally inconspicuous, the irroration fascous, 
not red, the cellspot annular, present (though small) on both wings. Underside uniform whitish. Only known 
from Ware ex’s original type and paratype from X. W. India, the former from Akhor, the latter labelled 
Kashmir. 
23. Genus: Dysphania Prout. 
An extremely handsome and unmistakable genus, more distinct in shape and pattern from the preceding 
group than in essential structure, but with a well-developed fovea present in the forewing in both sexes. Antenna 
in both sexes pectinate to the apex. Hindtibia of A nearly always with a hair-pencil. Forewing narrow, especially 
in the o, with distal margin long and extremely oblique. Frenulum fully developed. Both wings in part diapha¬ 
nous. Larva cylindrical, smooth, segmentation well marked, head rather small, anal flap somewhat pointed : rests 
