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obtuse, termen waved, rounded, little oblique ; purplisli-fuscous 

 mixed witb dark fuscous ; subbasal, first, and second lines waved- 

 dentate, blackish, second about middle, curved outwards in disc ; 

 orbicular represented by a dot of raised pale yellowisli scales ; reni- 

 form by a dark fuscous suffusion preceded by two transversely placed 

 similar dots ; traces of a paler dentate line at |, followed by a spot 

 of dark fuscous suffusion above middle ; a terminal series of pale 

 ochreous dots preceded by dark fuscous dasbes : cilia fuscous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia brown. 



New Guinea (Sayer) ; one specimen. 



Simplicia selcnitis, n. sp. 



^ . 29 m.m. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous ; 

 antennae without thickening ; palpi clothed posteriorly with long loosely 

 projecting scales on terminal joint and apex of second. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, apex obtuse, termen slightly waved, rounded, 

 little oblique ; light greyish-ochreous, obscurely sprinkled with 

 fuscous ; basal f suffused with dark fuscous ; first and second lines 

 slender, fuscous, prominently angulated above middle and near 

 dorsum, curved inwards between these ; a bent transversely linear 

 dark fuscous discal mark, interrupted in middle ; a fuscous terminal 

 band, broadest in middle, containing an inwards-curved slender whitish 

 anteriorly darker-edged subterminal line, running from apex to 

 tornus : cilia pale fuscous, with darker fuscous anterior shade and 

 subapical line. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, somewhat darker 

 posteriorly ; an obscure whitish inwards-curved subterminal line 

 from apex to f of termen. 



Brisbane, Queensland (Lucas) ; one specimen. 



Simjplicia micrastis, n. sp. 



^ $ . 18-19 m.m. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with 

 fuscous ; antennae without thickening ; palpi clothed with loose 

 rough scales posteriorly on terminal joint and apex of second. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, apex obtuse, termen bowed, rather 

 oblique ; pale ochreous tinged with brownish and irrorated with 

 fuscous ; first and second lines curved, fuscous, dotted with black, 

 but ill-defined and indistinct ; a moderate discal spot beyond 

 middle, in (J dark fuscous, in $ outlined with dark fuscous, 

 connected with dorsum by a straight cloudy dark fuscous median 

 shade not extended to costa ; terminal area suffused with fuscous, 

 including a very indistinct pale sinuate interrupted subterminal 

 line ; a waved dark fuscous terminal line : cilia whitish-ochreous, 



