BY E. MEYRICK. 



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common, frequenting Leptospennum, on which the larva doubtless 

 feeds. 



20. MOLYBDURGA, n.g. 



Antennae 4, in $ — 1 Labial palpi moderately long, curved, 

 ascending, second joint with appressed scales, terminal shorter, 

 acute. Posterior tibije rough-haired. Forewings with metallic 

 scale-tufts on surface; lb furcate, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to 

 costa. Hind wings |, elongate-lanceolate, cilia 3; veins all sepai-ate. 



Only the following species is known. Imago with forewings 

 elongate, narrow, long-pointed, costa somewhat sinuate. 



132. M. inetallophora, n.sp. 



Q. 12 mm. Head, antenna?, and thorax dark bronzy-metallic- 

 fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, second joint with whitish-ochreous 

 lateral line. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, banded 

 with silvery-whitish. Forewings dark shining bronzy, suffused 

 towards dorsum anteriorly with pale orange-ochreous ; a dark 

 leaden-fuscous basal spot on costa; eleven transverse-oblong spots 

 of raised leaden-metallic scales, \ iz., one subcostal at |, five costal 

 from ~ to near apex, one in disc before middle, and four dorsal 

 from ^ to f : cilia dark fuscous, with oblique leaden-metallic dashes 

 on costal spots. Hindwings dark coppery-fuscous ; cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



Melbourne, Victoria, in October; one specimen received from 



Rev. G. H. Raynor. 



21. Aeraula, n.g. 



Antenna? |, in ^ shortly ciliated. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 somewhat rough-scaled anteriorly, terminal joint as long as second, 

 acute. Abdomen broad, rather flattened. Posterior tibi;e smooth- 

 scaled. Forewings with scale-tufts on surface ; lb simple, 6 

 absent, 7 to costa, 8 absent (?). Hindwings |, elongate-lanceolate, 

 cilia 3; veins all separate {1). 



Based on the following species, of which the neuration is not 

 quite satisfactorily made out from the single specimen; it is how- 

 ever sufliciently separable from its allies. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, long-pointed, costa slightly sinuate. 



