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fuscous, discal dot at I, a second beneath and beyond it on fold, 

 and a third at|; cilia ochreous-whitisli, with fine, sparse, fuscous 

 irroration. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



Q. ; Sandgate, near Brisbane, in September and October ; 

 Coolangatta, in December; five specimens. 



Machimia mitosema, n sp. 

 lxiTO(ri]ixo<i, thread-marked- 



(J9. 17-23 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, closely irrorated 

 with whitish. Palpi dark fuscous; terminal joint, and apical 

 third of second joint, irrorated with whitish. Antennse fuscous 

 mixed with whitish; ciliations in ^ 1|. Abdomen fuscous, 

 apices of segments and tuft whitish. Legs whitish, more or less 

 irrorated with fuscous; anterior surfaces of anterior and middle 

 pairs mostly dark fuscous Forewings not dilated, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex round-pointed, termen obliquely rounded: 

 whitish, irrorated with fuscous: numerous, longitudinal, dark 

 fuscous streaks; a whitish dot in disc at §; cilia fuscous, irrorated 

 with whitish. 



Structurally, a true Alachimia, but very different from other 

 species; colour and pattern evidently a protective adaptation. 



Q.: Brisbane, in October- April. — N.S.W.: Tabulam, in Decem- 

 ber. Eleven specimens. 



Gen. HoPLOMORPHA, n.g. 



OTr\ojxop(f>0'i, shield-shaped. 



Antennas without pecten, or with two or three fugitive scales 

 only; in ^ with moderately long ciliations. Paljji rather long; 

 second joint exceeding base of antennae, thickened with appressed 

 scales; terminal joint hardly shorter than second, rather stout, 

 strongly recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings suboblong, 

 moderately broad; 7 to apex. Hindwings somewhat narrower 

 than forewings; 6 from cell nearly midway between 4 and 6, not 

 curved and approximated to 4 at base. 



Distinguished from Machimia (lloplitica) by the structure of 

 vein 5 of hindwings. A distinct and natural genus. Type, 

 Crypiolechia abalienella Wlk. 



