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joint shorter than secood, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very- 

 short, flliform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with 

 hairs. Forewings with 2 somewhat remote, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hiodwings 1, elongate-ovate, 

 somewhat pointed, cilia 4 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 

 nearly approximated at base. 

 Type callopisds Meyr. 



Parocystola botryitis, n. sp. 



5 . 18 mm. Head orange, face light ochreous-yellowish, 

 Palpi light yellowish, second joint suffused with dark fuscous 

 except towards apex. Thorax deep purple. Forewings elon- 

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

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-yellow ; a narrow deep blue-purple 

 basal patch, extended as an attenuated streak along costa to near 

 middle; a broad deep blue-purple terminal patch, its anterior 

 edge running from f of costa to | of dorsum, convex : cilia dark 

 grey. Hindwings and oilia brassy-grey. 

 Queensland ; one specimen. 



COESYRA Meyr. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts spreading ; ocelli 

 present ; tongue developed. Antennae f, in c? moderately 

 ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, with pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, recurved, second joint not or hardlj' reaching base 

 of antennae, thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, scaled, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibice clothed with hairs 

 above. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2-5 approximated, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal- 

 ovate or elongate-ovate, cilia f— |; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly 

 parallel. 



Type ct/dotoma Meyr, ; as thus now restricted, it still contains 

 about 70 species. 



Coesyra oxyxantha, n. sp. 



c? . 15 mm. Head and thorax yellow. Palpi yellow, second 

 joint tinged with white anteriorly. Antennal ciliations 7. 

 Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 somewhat dilated beyond middle, costa gently arched, apex 

 pointed, termen faintly sinuate, very oblique ; clear yellow : cilia 

 concolurous. Hindwings somewhat pointed; yellow - whitish ; 

 cilia concolorous. 



ISEW South Wale.^, Bulli, in October ; one specimen. Allied 



