128 EXOTIC 3irCR0LEPID0PTER\. 



purple. Ab'lomea fuscous. Forowiugs elougate, moderate, cosha 

 gently arched, apex nearly rectangular, termen nearly straight, 

 rather obli(]ue ; ochreous-yellow ; markings deep fuscous-purple ; 

 a moderate basal fascia, outer edge nearly straight, direct, some- 

 what produced along costa ; a rather oblique fasciaform blotch 

 from dorsum beyond middle, its apex bilobed, upper lobe reaching 

 end of cell, lower directed obliquely downwards posteriorly (the 

 whole resembling head and shoulders of a kangaroo, Macrojius); 

 a moderate terminal fascia, terminated at apex and torniis : cilia 

 grey, on basal half dark grey and purplish-tinged, on costa and 

 beneath tornus yellow. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia pale 

 greyish-yellowish, towards base suffused with grey. 



CicTKEXSLAisrD, Hcrborton, in February (Dodd) ; two specimens. 



Heliocausta plausibilis, n. sp. 



cJ 2 . 22 mm. Head and tborax rosy-l)rownish. Palpi light 

 rosy, anteriorly infuscated. Anteniial ciliations of o 2|. Abdomen 

 yellow. Forewiugs elongate-obljng, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; liglit rosy, in c? irrorated 

 with fuscous, costal edge clear rosy ; second discal stigma fuscous : 

 cilia pale rosy, towards tips whitisii. Hindwiugs and cilia ochreous- 

 yellow. 



ViccoRiA, Geelong ( TrehilcocJc), Gisborne (Lijell), in December; 

 two specimens. Type in Coll. Lyell. Near atoecha, but considerably 

 larger, more uniformly and brightly coloured, antenna! ciliations 

 of J longer. 



Heliocausta floridula, n. sp. 



cJ 2 • 25-26 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi whitisb-ochrcous, 

 more or less tinged or sprinkled with rosy. Anteniial ciliations 

 of (5" 2.T. Thorax pale ochreous suffusedly sprinkled with ros}\ 

 Abdomen light yellowish. Forewings subobloiig, costa moderately 

 ar.-hed, apex obtuse, termen straight, somewhat obli(ine; pale 

 rosy-ochreous, extreme costal edge ochroous-wliitish ; stigmata 

 dark rosy-fuscous, first discal minute, plic;il and second discal 

 minute or rather large, plical beyond first discal ; subterminal line 

 in one specimen criinson-fuscous on central third, otherwise 

 obsolete: cilia pale rosy-ochreous, becoming whitish towards tips. 

 Hindwings and cilia light ochreous-yellow. 



\Vi;-i'r AusrRALi.v, Waroona, in Diicerabcr (Djrlhoiid) ; two 

 spocime.is. Type in Coll. Lyell. Near tripliaenaUUn, a,\\(\ probably 

 also variable, but should be distinguished by the wholly yellow 

 hindwings. 



Pyrgoptila praecana, n. sp. 



(^ . 18 mm. Head white, sides of crown brown mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous sprinkled with whitish, apex of 

 second joint whitisii, terminal joint whitish with dark fuscous 

 median band. Anteunal ciliations i\. Thorax dark fuscous, crest 



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