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a narrow white lunule defined by black, with a slight brown line in centre, its lower half filled in with red- 
brown and angled inwards on median vein to below orbicular, its lower end much produced, followed by grey 
brown suffusion to subterminal line; outer line slight, blackish, outbent below costa, then oblique and dentate; 
subterminal line slight, whitish, preceded by wedge shaped black streaks; terminal area suffused with rufous 
except towards tornus, with the veins dark; hind wing whitish, uniformly tinged with redbrown; Parkside, 
S. Australia. Described from a single <$. 
N. gypsina Lower (29 g). Forewing white, with waved black subbasal line strongest at costa; inner line gypsina. 
marked by black spots on costa, median vein, and vein 1; orbicular indicated by a few black scales; reniform 
a small yellow lunule defined by brown, with a brown edged spot on its inner side and greyish spot below it; 
a brown dot at middle of costa; outer line a small black spot on costa and series of dots on veins, outbent 
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, the dot on vein 1 displaced outwards; a terminal series of 
black dots; hindwing semihyaline white; underside with small cellspot and blackish apical patch. S. Australia, 
in a W. Australian form, — ab. erasa ab. nov. (= ab. 1 Hmps .) the subbasal line and reniform stigma are almost erasa. 
absent. 
N. paratorna Loiver (28 n). Forewing greyish white irrorated with brown and a few black scales; inner paratorna. 
line oblique and sinuous, with black dots on costa and inner margin; orbicular stigma a blackish point, reniform 
a narrow blackish lunule externally edged with white; outer line whitish with series of black points on the veins 
and more distinct spot at costa, outbent below costa, then minutely waved, oblique-inwards beho^v vein 4; 
the postmedian area browner; subterminal line whitish, with some black scales on its inner side; a row of slight 
black terminal striae; hindwing white tinged with brown, especially on veins and towards tenmen; apical 
area fuscous; underside with an apical black patch extending to vein 6 with fuscous below it. S. Australia. 
N. chionopasta Hmps. (29 f). Forewing white suffused with pale red, except on costal area and inner chiono- 
margin to subterminal line, the veins slightly streaked with white to outer line; inner line indicated only by vasta ' 
brown dots on costa, median vein, and vein 1; orbicular stigma a brown-edged white dot; reniform white defined 
by brown, narrow above, constricted at middle, angled inwards on median vein, its lower end produced to 
three points; outer line a row of black dots on veins with traces of a dentate white line between them, oblique 
below vein 4; subterminal line brownish, preceded by slight brown streaks on the veins at middle; veins of 
terminal area with brown streaks; hindwing pure white; the underside with small fuscous cellspot. Perth, 
West Australia. 
N. cyanoloma Lower (29 g). Forewing very pale rufous, dusted with darker; orbicular stigma a black cyanoloma. 
and white point; reniform indicated by a similar black and white point at upper angle of cell and a black 
spot at lower; the outer line a row of black and white points on veins; subterminal line sinuous, with small 
dentate black marks before it at middle; the area beyond it bluish white; terminal black dots; fringe pale 
rufous; hindwing whitish tinged with brown towards termen; both wings beneath with black cellspot and apical 
patch. Melbourne, Victoria. 
N. callimera Lower (29 g). Forewing fawn brown; terminal area bluish white irrorated with brown; callimera. 
inner line represented by white dots on costa, subcostal, and median veins, and vein 1; orbicular a white point; 
reniform defined by white, with a small white lunule on its outer edge, narrow above and expanding below; 
outer line a row of black and white points on veins; subterminal line defined by red brown suffusion on inner 
side, with slight brown streaks before it on the veins; black terminal striae; fringe rufous with the tips white; 
hindwing pure white. S. Australia. 
N. efoniana Lower (29 g). Forewing reddish brown suffused with black, except inner marginal and ter- etonmna 
minal areas; subbasal line waved and double to submedian fold in which there is a fine black streak beyond 
it; inner line waved and double, acutely dentate outwards in submedian fold and excurved to inner margin, 
with some grey clouding beyond it on innermarginal area; orbicular stigma an ochreous point; reniform sha¬ 
ped like the figure 2, rufous above, ochreous below and narrowed, angled inwards on median vein; outer line 
dentate, outbent below costa, inangled on submedian fold, with grey scaling on its outer edge; subterminal line 
irregularly dentate, black; fringe black; hindwing semihyaline white; apical area suffused with fuscous; the 
inner margin tinged with brown; underside of forewing with costa white to outer line; hindwing with cell spot, 
outer series of dots on the veins, and black apical patch. From N. S. Wales and S. Australia. 
N. hydraecioides Guen. (= imparata Walk. ) (29 g). Forewing reddish brown with dark irroration; sub- hydraecioi- 
des. 
