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rings. Forewings elongate, dilated posteriorly ; costa gently- 

 arched, hindmargin nearly straight, hardly oblique; deep ferru- 

 ginous-red, strigulated with dull leaden suffused metallic marks; 

 a deep rich reddish-fuscous somewhat triangular spot just before 

 anal angle, reaching about J across wing, edged by a fine line of 

 whitish except on inner margin; space before and beyond some- 

 what greyish; about three dark fuscous spots arranged in a some- 

 what cui'ved transverse row, just beyond and above the patch; 

 apex of wing pale reddish-ferruginous, anteriorly edged by a 

 moderately broad suffused oblique dark fuscous fascia from costa 

 at |- to middle of hindmargin; a fine whitish hindmarginal line : 

 cilia dark fuscous-reddish, becoming lighter and greyish round 

 anal angle. Hindwings with hindmargin somewhat sinuate below 

 apex; greyish-ochreous, strigulated with darker, lighter towards 

 base; cilia grejdsh with a fuscous median parting line. 



Sydney; one specimen without further record. 



GELECHIAD^. 



Paltodora tetrachroa, n.sp. 



(J. 10 mm.; 5. 16 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-fuscous, 

 thorax ochreous on sides. Palpi whitish, beneath fuscous on 

 apical half, second joint porrected becoming bristly at apex, 

 terminal joint acute, hardly recurved, nearly erect, internally 

 white. Antennae fuscous, basal joint elongate, white beneath. 

 Legs ochreous-grey mixed with fuscous, hairs of posterior pair 

 ochreous-tinged. Abdomen fuscous, segmental rings silvery- 

 white, two anterior segments bright yellow, beneath silvery-white. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, rather narrow, costa nearly straight, 

 apex hardly pointed; 6 out of 8; 7 and 8 stalked; 7 to costa; 

 ochreous-f erruginous, mixed with fuscous, dark fuscous-ferruginous 

 and whitish scales; a narrow median longitudinal dark ferruginous 

 streak, from base to ^, terminating in a small spot of same colour, 

 edged above throughout by a streak of whitish; a small oblique 

 ferruginous mark at end of cell; a smaller similar spot immedi- 

 ately beyond; three or four ii i-egular blackish spots on hindmargin: 



