456 EXOTIC MTCEOLEPIDOPTEEA. 



with a siimntc projecting white line, two black bars above this and 



two blackish hooks beneath it. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



(iuKKNsLAND, Caims, November {Dodd); 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



S/ MOTHONICA, n. g. ^^^Ih^^-i^^l^t 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Aiitennte |, in J simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 liabial palpi very long, recurved, second joint with long dense 

 triangular tul't of scales beneath, terniinal joint as long as second, 

 thickened with scales ronglily projecting towards middle posteriorly, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very sliort, filiform, appressed to tongno. 

 Posterior tibiae rough-haired altove. Forewings with tufts of 

 scales ; 2 from towards angle, G and 7 out of «, 7 to eosta, 1 1 from 

 middle. Hindwings ^, linear-lanceolate, cilia 4; 2-5 parallel, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Tracliydora. 



Mothonica obusta, n. sp. 



S . 11 Toxa. Head, thorax white, shoulders narrowlj' blackish. 

 Palpi white, basal half of second joint dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate; white; an irregular black fascia anteriorly 

 snffused brown from base of costa to ^ of dorsum, including a tuft 

 of scales near dorsum ; a semioval blackish blotch on costa before 

 middle, beneath it a black dot, disc round this broadly and irreg- 

 ularly suffused light brownish ; an oblong blackish postmedian 

 blotch on costa, beneath edged light brownish suffusion ; a blackish 

 triangular spot on apical portion of costa, touching preceding in 

 disc : cilia pale grey, suffused white on upper part of termen, on 

 costa dark fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



VicTOKiA, Gisborne, January; J ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Trachydora dionysias, n. sp. 



S . 14 mm. Hpad, palpi, thorax bronzy-grey, darker-sprinkled. 

 Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous-purplish ; 

 an irregular greyish-ochreous streak along costa from near base, 

 becoming broader but suffused with purple-greyish posteriorly ; 

 fine white transverse linear marks in disc at ^ and beyond middle, 

 second followed by a spot of white suffusion : cilia grey, round 

 apex some white speckling. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



South Australia, Penola, November ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Syntomactis charmosyna, n. sp. 



S . 12 mm. Head white. Palpi pale greyish-ochreous sprinkled 

 black and ringed white. Tliorax grey mixed black, patagia white, 

 a brownish-oclireous spot on shoulder. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; grey irregularly irrorated 

 black ; a broad white stripe with a few black specks and two or three 

 small brownish-ocbreous dots along costa from base to middle, 

 hence gradually diverging and pointed to |, irregular suffused 

 ochrcous-browu spotting round apical portion of this and on apical 



