4o4 TIXOTIC MICKOLEriDOPTERA. 



QuRKNSLANH, Caims ; 3 ex. Type in Coll. Lower. Close to 

 tetraplanctis, but in that species there is a large tornal spof, the 

 palpi have a dark fuscous niediati band on terminal joint, and the 

 cJ has an expansible hairpencil on sides of thorax beneath fbrewings. 



Limnoecia platychlora Mej r. 

 A (S from Cairns has a ])ale j-ellow spot on posterior extremity 

 of thorax, but is certainly the san)e species. 



Limnoecia combota, n. sp. 

 S . 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, back of crown mixed grey. 

 Palpi whitish, some grey s])rinkling beneath apex of secoiid and 

 terminal joints. Thorax whitish, anterior margin suffused dark 

 fuscous, patagia blackish with white tips. Forewings narrow- 

 lanceolate ; dark fuscous ; an ochreous-white median dot at base ; 

 three ochreous-white transverse fascia3, fii'st very narrow, rather 

 excurvcd, second median, moderately broad, third at |, finely cut 

 in middle to form a transverse costal spot and slender suboblique 

 tornal mark: cilia grey. Hindwings nnd cilia pale grey. 

 Mesopotamia, Baghdad, at light, IMay (F. R, liao) ; 1 ex. 



Limnoecia bisignis, n. sp. 



S. 10 ram. Head white. Palpi rather stout, white, bnsal 

 joint, and base and oblique subapical ])and of terminal joint daik 

 fuscous. Antennae dark fiiscous. Thorax white, patagia dark 

 fuscous; from base of thorax a pale rose-pink hairpencil posteriorly 

 on each side of abdomen (abdomen missing). Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate; dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged; markings 

 ochreous-white; an oblique irregulnr narrow pointed spot from 

 middle of costa ; a semicircular spot on costa towards apex; a 

 narrow streak along dorsum from base to tornus, upper edge rather 

 trinngularly prominent before its middle and less distinctly at apex : 

 cilia dark fuscous with traces of paler shades, ochreous-white on 

 pra>apieal spot and beneath tornus. Hindwings grey; cilia light 

 grey, becoming ochreous-white on anterior half of lower margin. 



QuEKNSLAND, Towusville, August (Dodd) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Limnoecia capsigera, n. sp. 

 cT . 8 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, terminal 

 joint dark grey anteriorly. Thorax whitish-grey-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous ; a pale ochreous 

 transverse band extending from before middle to |, anteriorly 

 fiuflused whitish, posteriorly edged by a white dark-edged line 

 strongest on costa, discal stigmata within this band, blackish, 

 second larger, white-circled, posterior portion of band somewhat 

 grey-sprinkled, especially towards costa, a dark fuscous costal dot 

 ])et\veen stigmata : cilia grey, darker round apex. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. 



Fiji, Nausori, May (Veiich) ; 1 ex. (Erit. Mus.). 



