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terminal joint half second. Abdomen elongate, light greyish- 

 ochreous, anal tuft white. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 7 and 

 8 stalked ; whitish, largely clouded or suffused with light brownish, 

 more or less speckled with dark fuscous on tips of scales ; costa 

 somewhat dotted or strigulated Avith darker, especially towards 

 apex ; two or three small spots of blackish irroralion on termen : 

 cilia whitish clouded or sulfusedly barred with light brownish. 

 Hindwings with 5 and 6 rather approximated ; bronzy-grey, lighter 

 anteriorly ; cilia pale brownish-ochreous. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October and November {Dodd) ; three 

 specimens. 



Tinissa palinodes, n. sp. 

 $ . 29 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish, shoulders with a 

 dark fuscous mark. Abdomen grey-whitish. Posterior tibiae 

 whitish, tufted on posterior half with long hairscales mostly 

 suffused with dark fuscous, at apex with an ochreous band. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen hardly rounded, oblique; 7 and 8 stalked; light brown, 

 irregularly strewn with small indistinct rather darker strigulae, 

 and a few dark fuscous scales ; three small fuscous-whitish quad- 

 rate spots on costa from before middle to |, edged laterally with 

 small dark fuscous dots ; an irregular fuscous streak, unevenly 

 irrorated with blackish, along lower | of termen : cilia light 

 brownish, with subbasal shade mixed with blackish. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia wliitish-grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



New Gdinea, Upper Setekwa K,, Snow Mts., 2-3000 feet; one 

 specimen. 



Themeliotis notocrossa, n, sp. 



S . 9 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint pale ochreous 

 slightly sprinkled with blackish. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; white ; markings light yellow-ochreous; 

 an oblique triangular blotch on base of costa ; a small suffused spot 

 on fold at I ; a broad irregular somewhat oblique median fascia; a 

 semicircular blotch on costa at j^, and one on tornus ; small spots 

 at apex and on middle of termen : cilia white, indistinctly barred 

 with pale ochreous, with a patch at tornus ; a patch of long pro- 

 jecting white cilia from middle of dorsum. Hindwings with 3 and 

 4 separate; pale whitish-grey; cilia ochreous- whitish. 



New Guinea, Sariba I. (Meeh) ; one specimen. To the descrip- 

 tion of the genus Themeliotis should be added the following point, 

 overlooked hitherto but present also in the typical species : Anterior 

 tarsi thickened with rough scales. 



Iphierga lysipliracta, n. sp. 



S . 8-9 mm. Head' and palpi pale fulvous-ochreous, palpi more 

 or less suffused with fuscous tow'ards base. Anteuuse with fine 



