.110 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTEKA, 



C^SYRA PELODESMA, ll.sp. 



(J 9. 15-18 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous, palpi 

 beneath, especially base of second joint, fuscous-tinged. Antenna? 

 fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous-whitish. Thorax purplish- 

 coppery, anteriorly ochreous-whitish. Legs fuscous, posterior pair 

 yellowish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin obliquely rounded; pale 

 yellow; costal edge fuscous at base; a nearly straight irregularly 

 edged coppery-fuscous fascia, from ^ costa to just before anal 

 angle, narrowest above and slightly constricted beneath costa : 

 cilia dull fuscous, tips darker; sometimes an ochreous median line. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin slightly sinuate beneath apex; pale 

 ochreous, sometimes slightly infuscated; cilia pale ochreous. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W. ; several specimens, from August to 

 ■October. 



Not unlike Brachynemata cingulata, Meyr., at first sight. 



CiESYRA XANTHOCOMA, n.sp. 



(J 9. 16-18 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish, patagia 

 ochreous-whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, dusted with white. 

 Antennae fuscous. Legs and abdomen blackish; hairs of posterior 

 legs ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin oblique ; pale w^iitish- 

 ochreous, more ochreous on margins : cilia pale ochreous. Hind- 

 wings fuscous; cilia yellowish, becoming darker at base. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; four specimens, in October. 



OCYSTOLA HOLODRYAS, n.Sp. 



Q. 12-15 mm. Head dull ochreous. Palpi, thorax and legs 

 fuscous, palpi internally paler, terminal i of second; posterior legs 

 greyish. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 costa nearly straight, apex hardly pointed, hindmargin oblique; 

 dull ochreous-fuscous, with some fuscous scales which coalesce to 

 form an irregular spot at end of cell; a second but smaller one at 

 i from base, and indications of a third below and beyond second: 



