COSMOPTEETG 10,15. 455 



Limnoecia zotica, n. sp. 



c? $. 10-11 mm. Head whitish-ocliroous. Palpi whiHsli, basal 

 band and subapical ring of second joint, base and two ring-s of 

 terminal joint blackish. Thorax whiti.sh-ochreous marked brown 

 and blackish, in c? expansible brownish hairpencils from sides of 

 mctasterniim reaching middle of abdomen. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate : whitish-ochreous, whiter on edges of dark markings, 

 some slight brownish speckling; a basal fascia of brownish irrora- 

 tion and some black scales, widest on costa ; a moderate brown 

 antcraedian fascia, somewhat blackish-mixed on edges, especially 

 on costa ; a small blackish dot in disc close beyond this, and i 

 larger elongate one beyond middle ; a brownish fascia at |. expanded 

 and blackish-mixed on costa, including in middle a black dot ringed 

 with whitish and connected with tornus by a whitish line; a dark 

 brown streak from disc just beyond this to costa above apex, costal 

 extremity marked with two white specks, some black scales above 

 and beneath anterior extremity : cilia grey, on upper part of termen 

 suffused whitish-ochreous, on costa dark fuscous towards apex, 

 whitish anteriorly. Hindwings and cilia grey. 

 Queensland, Cairns, November (Bodd) ; 2 ex. 



Limnoecia fuscipalpis, n. sp. 



2. 11 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous. Palpi bronzy-fuscous, 

 anteriorly dark grey. Thorax bronzy-fuscous, somewhat pale- 

 speckled, posterior extremity dark fuscous. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate; bronzy fuscous irrorated dark fuscous and ochreous- 

 whitish ; very obscure indistinct spots of cloudy whitish suffusion 

 on costa at -J, middle, and |, and on dorsum somewhat beyond the 

 first two of these; stigmata cloudy, blackish, discal approximated, 

 plical obliquely before first discal, second discal large; an apical 

 spot of blackish suffusion, preceded by a small cloudy ochreous- 

 whitish spot in cilia : cilia whitish mixed fuscous, base sprinkled 

 dark fuscous. Hindwings bluish-grey ; cilia grey. 



Fiji, Lautoka, in mountains. May (G^'cemvood) ; 1 ex. (Brit. 

 Mus.). Much like si/ntaracfa, Imt palpi wholly diflerent. 



Limnoecia polyactis, n. sp. 



$ . 10 mm. Head shining dark grey. Palpi dark fuscous, tip 

 whitish. Thorax dark grey, apex of patagia whitish. Abdomen 

 dark grey, three basal segments yello\V-ochreous. Forewings 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; silvery-whitish, somewluit sprinkled 

 irregularly grey ; spots of grey sufl'usion on dorsum before and 

 beyond middle and at tornus ; a somewhat oblique blackish median 

 fascia, anteriorly broadly triangularly dilated towards costa, pre- 

 ceded by some pale ochreous suffusion towards costa ; a narrow 

 black streak along posterior ? of costa, with an irregular projection 

 from its middle connected with a black dash in disc towards apex, 

 these surrounded with pale brownish-ochreous suffusion j ape^w of 

 wing black cut off by a fine leaden bar : cilia grey, at apex whitish. 



