352 T;X0TIC M!CR0r,EPIDOPTEU\. 



QuEExsr.AND, Cairns, in October (Dodd); one spccinion. The 

 head is niissiiifi;', but tlie species is very distinct, and the generic 

 identity is assured by the peculiar neuration. 



Opostega artlirota, n. sp. 



2 . mm. Head, palpi, and thorax -white. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings lanceolate; shining white ; an oblicjue irre- 

 gular dark grey spot on dorsum before middle ; a dark yellowisli- 

 grey strigula on costa at | connected l)y a faint shade with a cloudy 

 dot preceding a black apical dot: cilia white, with a fine blackish 

 line along base of costal cilia, a similar oblique line converging with 

 it to just before apical dot, a curved median blackish hook at apex, 

 and a minute blackish hook beneath praea[>ical dot. Hindwings 

 and cilia whitish-grey. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October (Dodd); one specimen. 



Opostega nephelozona, n. sp. 



cJ . 11 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white. Palpi and 

 abdomen whitisli-ochreous. Forewings lanceolate, apex somewhat 

 produced, acute, upturned; shining ochrcous-white ; an undefined 

 slightly obli(iuo fascia of whitish-grey-ochreous suffusion before 

 middle, narrowed on margins; apex suffused with pale greyish- 

 ochreous : cilia whitish (imperfect). Hindwings grey-whitish ; 

 cilia whitish. 



Ceylon, Maskoliya, in February (Pole); one specimen. 



Opostega p6lorrhoa, n. sp. 



5 . 9 mm. Head white. Palpi and thorax ochreou=^-whitish. 

 Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Forewings lanceolate, apex slightly 

 produced, upturned ; shining white ; a patch of pale greyish- 

 ochreous suffusion occupying disc from base to middle, connected 

 with costa and dorsum before middle by greyish-ochreous spots 

 tinged with fuscous ; an undefined patch of light greyish-ochreous 

 suffusion occupying disc about |-, and apical third of costa suffused 

 with same colour ; a minute black apical dot: cilia whitish, round 

 apex suffused with pale grevish-ochreous, on costa with indistinct 

 obliijue subbasal fuscous line converging to apex. Hindwings and 

 cilia whitish-grey. 



Assam, Ivhasis, in S'^ptember ; one specimen. 



Opostega xivida, n. sp. 



S . 10 mm. Head white. Palpi whitish-ochreous. Thorax 

 ochreous-white. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings lanceolate, apex 

 somewhat produced, upturned; greyisli-ochreous ; costa suffused 

 with white from base to |; a thick cloudy oblique dark grey 

 streak from costa before middle, reaching half across wing ; 

 a black speck at apex : cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. Hindwings 

 dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in IS'ovember (roh) ; one specimen. 



