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ochreous- white, sometimes ringed with fuscous. Thorax dark 

 bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs dark bronzy-fuscous, 

 more or less suffused partially with ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 with 7 to termen, 9 separate ; dark bronzy-fuscous, slightly 

 purplish-tinged; stigmata represented by spots of very obscure 

 darker suffusion, often quite obsolete : cilia bronzy-fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 



Brisbane and Toowoomba, Queensland; Sydney, Katoomba, 

 and Cooma (3000 feet), New South Wales; Melbourne, Mount 

 Macedon, and Gisborne, Victoria; from September to March, 

 eighteen specimens; a common species. I have seen Lower's 

 type. 



231. M. cyaviitis, n.sp. 



(J. 1 3 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, slightly fus- 

 cous-tinged. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint fuscous ex- 

 ternally except apex. Antennae ochreous-whitish. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, pos- 

 terior pair suffused with ochreous-whitish. Forewings with 7 to 

 apex, 9 separate; pale whitish-ochreous, somewhat suffused with 

 fuscous irroration except towards costa ; base of costa dark 

 fuscous; stigmata small, dark fuscous, plical obliquely beyond 

 first discal, an indistinct additional dot beneath and rather 

 before second discal; some undefined dark fuscous marks round 

 apex and along termen : cilia fuscous-whitish, partially mixed 

 with light fuscous. Hindwings whitish-fuscous; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish. 



Brisbane, Queensland, in September; one specimen. 



232. 21. sohria, n.sp. 



(J9- 16-18 mm. Head and thorax fuscous-whitish to pale 

 brownish-ochreous. Palpi fuscous-whitish, second joint fuscous- 

 sprinkled, terminal joint with fuscous anterior edge. Antennae 

 whitish or yellowish, ringed with fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish to light yellowish. Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, 

 hairs of posterior tibiae whitish or pale yellowish. Forewings 

 with 7 to apex, 9 separate; brown, densely irrorated with whitish 



