BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 347 



LOPHOPEPLA ASTEROPA. 



Eomystis asteropa Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales, 1900, 

 p.410. 



Antennal ciliations of (J H. 

 N.Q.: Townsville. 



TRACHYPEPr,A POLIOCHROA. 



Linosticha poliochroa Turn., Trans. R.Soc.S. Aust., 1898, p. 208. 

 Q.: Mt. Tambourine. 



TrACHYPEPLA ATillSPERSA, n.sp. 

 Atrispersiis, speckled with black. 



(JQ. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white: base 

 of second joint, and a spot before apex on external surface, dark 

 fuscous; terminal joint with a median, dark fuscous spot on ex- 

 ternal surface. Antenna^ whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs whitish; anterior pair fuscous anteiiorly. Forewings nar- 

 row, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very 

 obliquely rounded: white, sparsely irrorated with pale fuscous 

 and black scales; a black dot in disc at H; cilia white mixed with 

 pale fuscous. Hind wings and cilia whitish-grey. 



Q.: Brisbane; in August and September; three specimens. 



Trachypepla h^malea, n.sp. 

 at^aAeos, bloocl-ied. 



(J^. 18-22 mm. Head and thorax reddish irrorated with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish, more or less reddish-tinged with dark 

 fuscous irroration; terminal joint mostly dark fuscous. Antennai 

 fuscous; ciliations in ^ 1^-. Abdomen ochi'eous-fuscous, apices 

 of segments and tuft whitish. Legs fuscous; tarsi obscurely 

 annulated with ochreous-whitish; posterior pairochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings not dilated; pale reddish, with more or less general 

 dark fuscous irroration; an irregular, dark fuscous streak from 

 base of costa along fold, and thence through middle of disc to 

 apex, sometimes interrupted; usually two or three, dark fuscous 

 dots in disc above median streak; cilia pale reddish, apices 

 ochreous-whitish, with some fuscous irroration. Hindwings 

 pale grey; cilia whitish, with a pale grey, sub-basal line. 



Q.: Eidsvold; Brisbane, in August; seven specimens. 



