BY OSWALD B. LOWKR. 21 



pointed, hindmargin obliquely rounded; bright orange-yellow; a 

 thick fuscous-purple basal patch continued along costa to slightly 

 beyond middle, posteriorly attenuated, a very broad fuscous-purple 

 hindmarginal band occupying apical third of wing, edged anteriorly 

 by a waved, indented in middle, darker fuscous line ; the central 

 portion of band is occupied by a bright rosy-purple patch : cilia 

 fuscous-purple. Hindwings bronze-yellow ; cilia fulvous, darker 

 at base. 



Near Rockhampton, Queensland; one specimen in November. 

 Nearest seleniaca, Meyr. 



CCESYRA GRAMiMOPHORA, n.Sp. 



^. 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax orange, antennas blackish, 

 ciliations 1; legs ochreous, anterior and middle pair infuscated; 

 abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft orange. Forewings moderate, 

 costa gently arched, apex hardly pointed, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded; yellow; markings black, a thick basal fascia, its outer 

 edge hardly curved; a thick somewhat oblique fascia from before 

 middle of costa to middle of inner margin; dilated on lower half; 

 a similar fascia from about | of costa to anal angle, connected 

 above middle by a fine irregular line from middle of former fascia; 

 a fine blackish hindmarginal line joining fascia at anal angle, the 

 markings, with the exception of basal fascia, forming the letter W 

 on w4ng, the yellow spaces on costal and inner margin tinged with 

 orange : cilia blackish on costa and on anal angle orange. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, lighter towards base; cilia fuscous. 



Gisborne, Victoria ; one specimen on dry grass at dusk in 

 January. 



At first sight not unlike a dwarfed specimen of Pellophora 

 argutella, Zeller. The curious W-shaped mark on the forewings 

 is a very noticeable characteristic. 



XYLOEycTiD.a;. 



SCIEROPEPLA (?) PHOTINODES, n.sp. 



2. 22 mm. Head and thorax blackish-fuscous, abdomen 

 fuscous, segmental rings broad, reddisli-ochreous, sides and under- 



