BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 133 



Thelxinoa calliscia, n.sp. 



(J. 1 1 mm. Head, thorax, and antennae white. Palpi white, 

 base of second joint dark fuscous. Abdomen white, irrorated 

 with dark fuscous; basal joint white; second joint reddish-brown; 

 third joint whitish, mixed with reddish-brown ; tuft whitish. 

 Legs whitish; dorsal surface of anterior pair dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings narrow elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed; termen rounded, very oblique; white, markings 

 pale fuscous, mixed with darker fuscous; a dot on costa at i, from 

 which a pale waved line proceeds to dorsum at -J; a black dot on 

 costa at ^ also giving rise to a pale waved transverse line; a line 

 closely approximated to this posteriorly, tirst bent outwards to 

 form an obtuse projection in disc, then inwards to dorsum at ^; 

 a pale suffused line from costa at f to near tornus; a fuscous 

 suffusion at tornus, and another above mid-termen ; a row of 

 fuscous dots on termen: cilia grey, at apex white. Hindwings 

 with termen nearly straight; white ; a suffused basal fuscous 

 fascia; a similar fascia before middle, succeeded by a narrow 

 waved black line; a subterminal fuscous sufi'usion; cilia whitish- 

 grey. 



Brisbane, Q.; one specimen received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Thelxinoa pleurotypa, n.sp. 



9. 10-11 mm. Head white; face dark grey. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, internal surface whitish-grey. Antennae whitish-grey, 

 towards base white. Abdomen whitish-grey, towards apex dark 

 grey. Legs whitish, mixed with fuscous. Forewings narrow 

 elongate-oval, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 rounded, oblique; whitish-grey; costal edge ochreous in basal 

 half; a dark fuscous dot on costa near base, and another at J; 

 from the latter a faint ochreous line proceeds to dorsum at ^; a 

 short dark fuscous streak on costa before middle, bordered beneath 

 with ochreous; beneath this is a dark fuscous discal dot; a fine 

 grey median transverse line, sometimes obsolete ; a grey sub- 

 terminal suffusion; a series of dark fuscous terminal dots: cilia 



