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curved subterminal line of cloudy dark fuscous dots from | of costa 

 to dorsum before toruus, indented beneath costa ; a series of dark 

 fuscous marginal dots round posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia whitish, with two fuscous shades. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, 

 apex and terminal edge suffused with fuscous ; cilia fuscous-whitish, 

 with light fuscous subbasal shade. 



Queensland, Duaringa {Barnard) ; two specimens. Extremely 

 like foedatella, bnt larger, and distinguished by the different form 

 of costal blotch, which in tliat species is triangular, suffused an- 

 teriorly ; in foedatella there is also always an additional dot obliquely 

 beyond and above plical. 



Philobota henieris, n. sp. 



5 . 21 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 second joint yellowish-tinged. Thorax dark purple-fuscous. Abdo- 

 men pale jellowish, segmental margins suffused with fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded; light ochreous-yellow; markings purple-fuscous; 

 a streak along basal third of costa, at base extended to dorsum ; a 

 transverse streak at f parallel to termen ; a narrow terminal fascia, 

 connected by a suffused bar from tornus with middle of preceding 

 streak : cilia light purplish-fuscous, above apex and beneath tornus 

 light yellow. Hindwings dark grey : cilia light fuscous, sufluscd 

 with pale j-ellowish towards base. 



Queensland, Duaringa (Barnard) ; one specimen. 



Philobota microchlora, n. sp. 



2 . 8 mm. Head and tliorax pale ochreous-yellow. Palpi 

 white, second joint suffused with grey except base and apex. 

 Abdomen light grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex tolerably pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous- 

 j-ellow: cilia concolorous. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish. 



NouTH Au-sTRALiA, Port Darwin (ZJocW) ; one specimen. Apjja- 

 rently truly distinct from vera, from which it differs by small size, 

 pale hindwings, and grey second joint of palpi ; it is the smallest 

 species of the genus. 



Philobota trivia, n. sp. 



5 . 18-22 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown tinged with 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint suffused with fuscous except 

 towards apex, terminal joint sprinkled with fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-whitish more or less sprinkled or suffused with light 

 fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous. Porewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; pale 

 fuscous sjjrinkh'd with dark fuscous ; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, 

 plical hardly beyond first discal ; a curved subterminal line of 

 cloudy dark fuscous dots more or less iiidicated, indented beneath 

 costa : cilia pale fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hind- 



