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Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, hindmargin 

 rounded, white with scattered grey scales, and rich brown mark- 

 ings ; a broad central fascia, not touching costa at middle, to 

 middle of inner margin, with dots or short marks of black-brown, 

 one or two or three brown dots, irregular, near base, a line of 

 finely defined black dots just before central fascia, two or three 

 faint dots near costa before apex, a sub-marginal line of dots : 

 cilia grey. Hind wings white ; cilia grey. 



Brisbane ; rare. Mr. Meyrick has kindly named this species 

 for me. 



SoROCOSTiA AULACOTA, Meyr. Brisbane. 



SOROCOSTIA ARGENTEA, U.Sp. 



(J^. 11-14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax silvery white, 

 Thorax grey, covered more or less with silvery white. Fore- 

 wings elongate-triangular, costa rounded, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded, grey-white with freely scattered silvery scales, costal 

 edge finely grey, tufts at f and -J, sub-costal black with raised 

 silvered scales — two small black dots, one between the 1st 

 tuft and inner margin, the other at 4 and a little distant from 

 inner margin, surrounded by silvered scales ; in some specimens 

 the veins show grey, and there is a grey sinuous zigzag line from 

 apex of costa to just before anal angle of inner margin, but in 

 most specimens these are obscured by the silvery scales : cilia 

 white. Hindwings and cilia greyish-white. 



Biisbane ; rare. 



SoROCOSTiA CYCOTA, Meyr. Brisbane. 

 SoROCOSTiA LEUCOMA, Meyr. Brisbane. 



SOROCOSTIA INTERSPERSA, n.sp. 



(J 9. 13-18 mm. Head dark grey, face white, palpi and antennae 

 grey-white. Thorax grey, patagia darker grey. Abdomen grey, 



