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fourth of wing ; six dark tufts with white ridges on dorsal half of 

 wing : cilia grey speckled white. Hindwings dark grey, thinly 

 scaled towards base ; cilia light greyish, suffused pale ochreous- 

 ycllowish on lower margin. 



iSouxu Australia, Adelaide, October; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Batrachedra salina, n. sp. 



c5'. 12 mm. Head white, a grey central stripe on crown. Palpi 

 M'hite, second joint with median and subapical dark fuscous rings. 

 Thorax white, a grey central stripe, dark fuscous linear longi- 

 tiidiiial marks on shoulders. Forewings very narrow, moderately 

 jiointed, acute ; wliite, towards costa sprinkk^l blackish-grey ; a 

 grey streak irrorated blackish from base along dorsum nearly to 

 apex, upper edge before middle marked with a black dash : cilia 

 light grey. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 



South Australia, Adelaide, October ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). Next 

 sterilis, 



LYONETIADiE. 



Opostega horaria, n. sp. 



2 . 5 mm. Head, thorax shining white. Forewings lanceolate, 

 apex short-caudate ; shining white ; a golden-bronze median 

 fascia ed<;ed with some dark fuscous scales, broad on costa, on 

 lower half largely dilated to extend on dorsum from \ to tornus ; 

 a minute black apical dot, preceded by fiiint pale ochreous suffusion : 

 cilia white, above apex suffused pale ochreous with a greyish 

 shade. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



Queensland, Cairns, October (Dodd) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Lyonetia penthesilea, n. sp. 



5 . 7 mm. Head, palpi, thorax shining white, a fringe of erect 

 hairs behind frontal fillet. Forewings very narrow, apex caudate; 

 shining white; an ochreous-bronze apical patch, edge inwards- 

 oblique from I of costa to f of dorsum, rather convex, rather dark 

 fuscous ; a suffused grey streak crossing wing towards apex, thence 

 along lower margin to edge of i)atch ; a black apical spot partly in 

 cilia, edged anteriorly by a wliite mark: cilia pale greyish, on 

 costa white with two fine dark fuscous bars, on termen with a 

 fine curved dark antemedian line. Hindwings grey ; cilia light 

 grey. 



Queensland, Cairns; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 'Nearest p7'(efidva. 



Lyonetia scriptifera, n. sp. 

 5 . 9 mm. Head, palpi, thorax white, crown smooth. Fore- 

 wings very narrow, acute; white, partially ochreous-tinged ; a 

 short fuscous transverse mark from dorsum towards base ; an 

 incomplete fuscous line from | of dorsum to middle of costa, 

 nearly obsolete near extremities ; a very oblique line from middle 

 of dorsum to beneath costa at |, lower half slender, fuscous, upper 

 half strong, blackish ; a strong blackish dash from disc at 4 to 



