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slender oblique teeth on veins, dilated at base to dorsiim ; beyond 

 apex of this a spot of blackish suffusion, followed by a white dot ; 

 second line faintly indicated, pale, forming two yellowish-white 

 marks on dorsum ; a large white suffused patch extending along 

 costa from f to apex, anteriorly reaching half across wing, narrowed 

 posteriorly, lower anterior portion tinged with brassy-yellowish, 

 crossed by traces of second line, and enclosing a small anteapical 

 spot of ground-colour on costa ; subterminal line represented by 

 some whitish lunules, and a small shining white terminal spot above 

 tornus ; cilia purplish-fuscous, with narrow whitish bars. Hind- 

 wings prismatic white ; a pale fuscous apical patch, extending to 

 middle of termen ; cilia white, on upper half of ternien fuscous- 

 tinged. 



New Guinea (Sayer) ; one specimen. 



Hypothripa vaUata, n. sp. 



(J $ . 20-23 m.m. Head and thorax white mixed with grey, 

 thorax more or less barred transversely with brown. Forewings 

 elongate, gradually dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen bowed, little oblique ; white, irregularly and variably mixed 

 with grey and brown ; basal patch usually suffused with dark grey 

 or brown, limited by a blackish line, double on upper half, very 

 obtusely angulated in middle, slightly sinuate below this ; median 

 and second lines fine, irregular, blackish, median nearly straight ; 

 second forming a moderate loop outwards between ^ and f ; a 

 roundish dark brown costal spot at f ; a slender indistinctly spotted 

 grey subterminal line, sinuate outwards above and below middle, 

 followed on costa by a clear white spot : cilia whitish, sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Hindwings whitish, veins infuscated posteriorly ; 

 termen suffused with fuscous, more strongly towards apex ; cilia 

 white, base infuscated. 



Brisbane, Queensland (Lucas, Turner) ; five specimens. 

 Nearly allied to the Burmese JI. curiosa ; but having now 

 obtained several specimens of each species, I find them, 

 though variable, constantly distinct. 



Hdcronota, n. g. 



Head with projecting frontal tuft. Tongue developed. Labial 

 palpi long, subascending, second joint thickened with rough project- 

 ing scales beneath, terminal joint long, thickened with scales, some- 

 what pointed. Thorax with apex of patagia forming an expansible 

 scale-tuft. Abdomen with slight crest on second, and more prominent 



