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Machetis versatrix, n. sp. 



J 2 . 18-20 ram. Head white, sides of crown blackish. Palpi 

 white, second joint sprinkled with blackish, with basal third and a 

 subapical ring black, terminal joint mixed or largely suffused with 

 blackish (but in one apeciraen palpi whollj' white except black 

 basal third of second joint). Thorax whitish more or less wholly 

 suffused with fuscous or dark fuscous, patagia blackish except a 

 small white lateral spot. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white ; markings blackish or dark 

 fuscous ; an irregular spot on base of costa, sometimes extended as 

 an oblique streak to join first prominence of submedian streak; a 

 thick longitudinal sinuate submedian streak from base of dorsum to 

 middle of wing, upper edge with a prominence in its middle and 

 another at extremity ; a moderate irregular transverse fascia from 

 i of costa to dorsum before tornus, sometimes connected with apex 

 of submedian streak ; an apical blotch nearly reaching tornus, 

 anterior edge augulated, apex itself somewhat mixed with white : 

 cilia whitish more or less wholly suffused with brownish or fuscous, 

 median third obscurely barred with dark fuscous suffusion. Hind- 

 wings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia ochreous-whitish, base more 

 or less infuscated. 



VicTOKTA, Gisborne, in November and December {Lyell) ; three 

 specimens. 



Sphyrelata nefanda, n. sp. 



(5 . 15 mm. Head whifish-ochreous tinged with fuscous, back 

 of crown dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochieous, second joint dark 

 fuscous towards biise and mixed with dark fuscous posteriorly, 

 terminal joint mostly suffused with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, anterior margin dark fuscous. Abdomen whifish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 

 round-poiuted, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, 

 with sufl'used brownish streaks sprinkled with dark fuscous ex- 

 tending through disc above and below middle, and along costa, 

 dorsum, and termen ; a narrow oblique-edged dark fuscous basal 

 fascia, enclosing a whitish-ochreous basal dot in middle ; stigmata 

 large, blackish, plical beneath first discal, these and second discal 

 loth placed on transverse brownish fasciiB sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with brownish. Hind- 

 wings rather dark grey, veins suffusedly darker ; cilia whifish- 

 ochreous, with some scattered fuscous specks. 



IsEW (South Wales, Sydney, in December; one specimen. An 

 example from Gisborne, Victoria, in December {Lyell) is probably 

 identical, but the forewings are mostly suffused with rather dark 

 fuscous except in disc. 



