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«ith tlirce or four dots posteriorly : cilia dark grey, slightly reddish- 

 tinged. Hiiidwiiigs light grey, i)osteriorly obscurely mottled darker; 

 cilia whitish-grey, a grey subhasal line. 

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



Batodes portuosa, n. sp. 



c? . 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax rather dark fuscous. 

 Forewings slightly dilated, costa gently arched, without fold, ter- 

 men slightly rounded, oblique ; piirj)li.sh-l'uscous, sometimes with 

 scattered blackish scales and striguUe ; markings darker fuscous, 

 usually marked and edged blaclush ; costal edge more or less 

 whitish, with scattered dark fuscous marks ; basal ])atch moderate, 

 edge slightly irregular, hardly oblifpie ; space between this and 

 central fascia forming an even pale ochreous faintly pinkish-tinged 

 band ; central fascia somewhat oblique, narrow and irregular on 

 costal half, abruptly dilated on dorsal half into a subquadrate blotch 

 of which the upper posterior angle forms a short projection upwards, 

 so that between this and a supramedian projection there is a deep 

 rounded excavation, sometimes some ferruginous suffusion on 

 anterior part of fascia towards dorsum ; three small quadrate dark 

 fuscous spots on costa posteriorly ; some irregular incomplete 

 transverse striae on apical area, sometimes partially edged ochreous- 

 whitish scales : cilia light grey, towards base mixed dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia liglit grey. 



Victoria, Melbourne, January to March (^Anderson) ; 5 ex. 

 (Wals. Coll., type 21726). 



Panaphelix allomorpha, n. sp. 



d, 19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous 

 externally tinged brownish. Antennae shortly bipectinated (1), 

 pectinations terminating in fascicles of cilia. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, a spot in middle of anterior margin and blotches on 

 patagia dark brown. Abdomen grey, anal tuft dark grey. Fore- 

 wings suboblong, costa anteriorly moderately arched, with strong 

 fold from base to middle, posteriorly nearly straight, termen 

 slightly bowed, somewhat oblique ; whitish-ochreous reticulated 

 dark brown; basal patch reddish- brown mixed and reticulated 

 dark fuscous, edge oblique, irregular, within patch a white mark 

 towards costa ; some white marking between this and central 

 fascia in and above middle ; central fascia rather narrow, irregular, 

 oblique, red-brown partially suffused dark fuscous, with strong 

 projecting lobe posteriorly in middle ; four dark brown spots on 

 costa posteriorly, and some irregular marbling towards termen, 

 some irregular w^hitish marbling beyond fascia and round these : 

 cilia reddish-grey with a darker line, base somewhat spotted 

 whitish. Hindwings whitish irregularly spotted and strigulated 

 grey, towards apex suffused grey ; cilia whitish, a dark grey sub- 

 basal line. 



