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Not easily compared with any other Leucania. October to December. Not common. I have not taken the male at West Plains, and have figured that sex from a specimen kindly supplied by Mr. Gibb, who has taken a few examples at Tuturau. Leucania neuree, n. sp. Plate XX., fig. 5. ♂, 36 mm. Antennae strongly dentate, fasciculate; brown, with white spot at base. Head and thorax dull ochreous-brown. Abdomen pale greyish-brown. Fore wings: Costa straight, apex slightly rounded, termen straight, rounded beneath; dull-brown; veins sharply marked in black with scattered white scales; a white spot on vein 1b at¼; a conspicuous white spot at origin of veins 3 and 4; a curved series of white dots on veins from about ⅘ of costa to ⅘ of dorsum; cilia same colour as wing, tips whitish. Hind wings dull-fuscous, paler at base and dorsum.; cilia pale greyish-white with darker line. Distinguished from L. micrastra, its nearest ally, by the smaller size, duller colour and paler cilia of the hind wings. Leucania toroneura differs from this species in the much lighter ground-colour and the absence of white spots. Two males taken at “sugar”; date uncertain. West Plains. Xanthorhoe imperfecta, n. sp. Plate XX., fig. 6. ♂, ♀ 29 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownishochreous. Fore wings ochreous, in male often reddish on costa and about apex. The usual lines are in the male reduced to irregular blackish costal spots; in the female these costal spots give rise to very faint transverse waved lines. White spots follow most of the dark costal spots, and there is a fairly conspicuous pair at ⅔; cilia ochreous, barred with blackish. Hind wings ochreous; cilia greyish-ochreous mixed with darker. Nearest to X. ceyrota, but easily distinguished by the brighter ground-colour and the white costal spots. Fairly common in low-lying bush districts in January. West Plains; probably generally distributed in suitable localities. Xanthorhoe recta, n. sp. Plate XX., fig. 3. ♂, 31 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous. Fore wings moderate, greyish - ochreous, irregularly suffused with reddish especially towards costa, markings brownish; first line before ⅓, curved, anteriorly edged with grey; median band formed of three or four thin lines with narrow spaces of groundcolour between; the first of these is almost straight and rather darker than the others; the posterior edge of the last one is irregular with two strong projections below middle; this is followed

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