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apex, thence continued as a thick streak along hindmargin to 

 anal angle; a small spot on costa at 4; a triangular spot of fuscous 

 in cilia at apex, containing 2 sharp black lines at base: cilia 

 whitish-ochi'eous, basal half below fuscous spot orange, separation 

 well-defined; a fuscous spot in cilia at anal angle. Hindwings 

 orange, with an irregular fuscous band from just below costa at 

 1^ to anal angle, contracted posteriorly; cilia yellow, basal half 

 orange. 



North Queensland; one specimen (Coll. Lyell). 



Between ophiogramma, Meyr., and porphyrinella, Walk. 



SCIEROPEPLA ARGOLOMA, n.sp. 



9. 30 mm. Head, palpi, antenn;e, thorax and abdomen fuscous, 

 terminal joint of palpi | of second, second joint sharply white on 

 basal half beneath, basal joint of palpi white beneath. Legs 

 white, tibise and tarsi infu seated, posterior legs ochreous-fuscous. 

 Abdomen with greyish segmental rings. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 oblique, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa; dark fuscous, suffusedly 

 mixed with grey-whitish, lighter in disc; a moderate snow-white 

 costal streak from very near base to |, attenuated at extremities; 

 veins towards hindmargin suffusedly outlined with fuscous: cilia 

 fuscous, with a darker line at base. Hindwings dark fuscous; 

 cilia as in forewings. 



Victoria; one specimen (Coll. Kershaw). 



Rather an abnormal looking species, but undoubtedly rightly 



referred. 



GELECHIAD^. 



Paltodora C?) therm^a, n sp. 



0. 20 mm. Head, palpi, antennse and thorax ochreous-orange, 

 second joint of palpi densely tufted, slightly fuscous-tinged 

 beneath, terminal joint erect, apex acute, antennae f of wing. 

 Abdomen yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 straight, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded; orange- 

 yellow, deeper on margins, 7 and 8 to costa, stalked; a fine line of 



