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in disc ; subterminal line indicated by irregular ochreous or fuscous 

 marginal suffusions ; a terminal series of small dark fviscous spots 

 separated by ochreous : cilia pale ocbreous irrorated with fuscous- 

 Hindwings with colour, lines, terminal spots, and cilia as in fore- 

 wings ; a small black discal spot, in one specimen suffused with 

 crimson-red ; second line sometimes black. 



Brisbane, Queensland (Lyell) ; two specimens. 



Trissemis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales. Tongue developed. Palpi moderate, 

 curved, subascending, second joint rough-scaled beneath, terminal 

 joint rather short, obtuse. Thorax and abdomen without crests. 

 Legs loosely scaled, femora with a few hairs. Forewings : 9 and 10 

 out of 8. Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate, 5 tolerably parallel, 6 and 

 7 short-stalked. 



Nearly allied to Armo23tcrum, Hamps. 



T. prasinoscia, n. sp. 



$. 11 m.m. Head and thorax ochreous- white, partially greenish- 

 tinged. Abdomen grey, two basal segments whitish, tinged with 

 greenish, third reddish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa almost 

 straight, apex rounded, termen sinuate, oblique ; light olive-green, 

 irregularly irrorated with white ; costal edge irregularly marked with 

 black and ferruginous irroration ; first and second lines indicated by 

 series of small black dots, second starting from middle of costa very 

 obliquely outwards on upper third ; an irregular blackish spot in 

 disc before middle ; some grey suffusion posteriorly : cilia dark grey 

 irrorated with whitish. Hindwings with colour and cilia as in fore- 

 wings ; some scattered black scales ; a slender undefined blackish 

 median line ; some blackish suffusion towards costa and apex. 



Brisbane, Queensland (Lyell) ; one specimen. 



Sandava xylistis, n. sp. 



^ 5 . 24-29 m.m. Head and thorax pale whitish-ochreous, face 

 with a dark red-brown band beneath antennse. Antennee in <^ mo- 

 derately ciliated. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 red-brown posteriorly. Forewings rather elongate-triangular, apex 

 obtuse, termen waved, rounded, rather oblique ; pale whitish- 

 ochreoiis ; subbasal line indicated by a dark red-brown costal dot ; 

 a small dark red-brown costal spot beyond this ; first and second 



