120 EXOTIC JIICKOI.KI'IDOPTIORA. 



d;iik pni'ijle-fuscous, widest towards costa, wlicrc it ia cxtondod 

 to i ; a broad crimson-purple fascia suffusedly edged 'with dark 

 fuscous on costa and sides occupying ajncal i of wing, its anterior 

 edge somewhat irregular, running from ^ of costa to j of dorsum, 

 leaving a narrow orange-yellow streak along up])er half of termcii : 

 cilia purplish-fuscous, with an orange-yellow patch extending over 

 npper j of terraen. Hindwings rather dark fuscous : cilia fuscons. 

 (iuEKNSLANH, Towiisvillc, in October {Dodd); one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Coesyra pericnlosa, n. sp. 



5. 17 mm. Head ochreons-yellow. Palpi ochrcous-yellow, 

 lower half of second joint dark fuscous. Thorax dark pui])lish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded : 

 ochrcous-yellow; a dark jjurple-fuscous basal patch occu])ying 4 of 

 ■wing, extended on costa as a thick streak to f ; a dark pnrplc- 

 fuscoiis patch occupying terminal half of Aving, anterior edge some- 

 what prominent in middle : cilia dark fusrous. Hindwings rather 

 dark bronzy-fuscous, darker posteriorly ; cilia fuscous. 



New South Wales, Como, in October {Lijell) ; one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell ; nearest JielioiJianes, but very distinct. 



Coesyra plectrantlia, n. sp. 



2 . 9 mm. Head yellow, crown mixed with fuscous. Palpi 

 Yellowish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, patagia mixed with yellowish. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous. Porewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen somewhat rounded, oblicjue ; dark fuscous ; some yellowish 

 suffusion at base beneath costa ; a yellow antcmedian fascia, broad 

 on dorsum, attenuated upwards and not quite reaching costa; a 

 yellow transverse streak from dorsum before tornus, reaching | 

 across wing ; a rather irregular slightl}' curved yellow fascia fi om 

 •| of costa to middle of termen : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; a large yellow blotch occupying wing from near 

 base to middle, extending over costa but not quite reaching termen 

 beneath ; cilia grey, basal third dark fuscous. 



Queensland, Cairns, in September (Dodd)- one specimen. 



ACOROTRICHA, n. g. ""' 



Head loosely haired, sidetufts spreading ; ocelli present: tongue 

 ■ developed. Antenntie i, in (j' with extremely long ciliations (10), 

 basal joint elongate, rather stout, with strong ]iectcn. I,abi;il ])aliii 

 long, recurved, second joint rough-scaled beneath towards ajicx, 

 terminal joint as long as second, slender, scaled, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibia? 

 clothed with long hairs al)ove. P'orcwiiigs with 1 b furcate, 2 from 



