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side silvery-white, palpi fuscous, internally snow-white, terminal 

 joint nearly 1, basal joint slightly roughened externally. Anterior 

 legs dark fuscous, cox?e sprinkled with white ; posterior legs 

 greyish- ochreous. Antennte whitish, basal joint fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa strongly arched towards base, thence nearly 

 straight, apex hardly pointed, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; 

 shining brassy-metallic, iridescent in some lights; a narrow snow- 

 white costal streak edged beneath with fuscous, from about ^ to 

 near apex, broadest in middle, attenuated at extremities ; veins 

 towards hindmargin outlined with dark fuscous ; a large dark 

 fuscous discal spot in middle at about |, preceded by a dark fuscous 

 dot; a similar but smaller roundish spot in a line with the two 

 preceding dots at about §; a suffused streak along inner margin 

 throughout; all these markings more or less mixed with whitish 

 scales : cilia shining fuscous, with a whitish basal line and a 

 darker fuscous median line. Hindwings shining grey, lighter 

 towards base; cilia grey- whitish, with a dark ochreous basal line, 

 more pronounced round apex. 



Hoyleton, S.A. ; two specimens taken by Mr. E. Guest in 

 November. 



GELECHIAD.5;. 



Gelbchia platyleuca, n.sp. 



5. 17 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, legs, and abdomen 

 dark fuscous, posterior legs greyish. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded; dark fuscous; a broad white streak along costa from 

 base to apex, attenuated at apex; an obscure narrow fuscous 

 suffusion on extreme costal edge beyond middle: cilia dark fuscous, 

 becoming lighter round anal angle. Hindwings dark fuscous, 

 becoming lighter towards base; cilia fuscous. 



Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, N.S. Wales; two specimens in October. 



Gelbchia porphyroloma, n.sp. 



(^-9. 15-18 mm. Head, thorax, antennas, and palpi yellow, 

 terminal joint of palpi except apex purple-fuscous. Legs fuscous, 



