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ForeTvings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous ; 

 costa suffused with white from base to 4 : cilia ochreous-whitish. 

 Hindwings pale grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, greyer towards 

 basie. 



New South Wales, Bathurst, in November; three specimens. 



Scieropepla ptilosticta, n. sp. 



(S 2 • 15-17 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, 

 second joint considerably thickened towards apex, with slight 

 subapical ring of dark grey irroration, terminal joint with apical 

 third and a subbasal ring irrorated with blackish. Abdomen 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded : ochreous-white, with 

 scattered blackish specks ; irregular pale grey dots irrorated with 

 black, viz., one at base of costa and two in a very oblique series 

 beyond this, one on costa at ^, three forming small tufts repre- 

 senting stigmata, plical beneath first discal, an additional tuft 

 beneath second discal, a small spot on costa beyond middle, 

 two dots towards costa at -|, a cloudy spot towards apex, a cloudy 

 mark before tornus, and a series of dots round apical part of costa 

 and termen : cilia white. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia white. 



New Guinea, Sudest I. and Kossel I. {Meek); three specimens. 



PANSEPTA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat spreading; 

 ocelli absent ; tongue short. Antennse -f, in d ciliated, basal 

 joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 curved, ascending, slender, second joint with appressed scales, 

 terminal joint much shorter than second, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 very short, filiform, appressed 1o tongue. Posterior tibiae roughly 

 haired above. Forewings with 2 fi'om |, 3 from angle, 4 and 5 

 short-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 8 to apex, 11 from middle, Hind- 

 wings over 1, ovate, cilia | ; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 

 6 and 7 connate. 



Allied to Athryjysiastis. 



Pansepta teleturga, n. sp. 



S , 22 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen white, An- 

 tennal ciliations 2. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique; 

 silvery - white : cilia concolorous, Hindwings white, towards 

 posterior half of costa siiffused with grey ; cilia white, round apex 

 and upper part of termen grey. 



New Bkitain, Kinigunang ; one specimen. 



Athrypsiastis symmetra, n, sp. 



2 . 21 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, and abomen white. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 



