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with a fuscous anterior spot. Abdomen whitish-ochreous- 

 Legs whitish ; tibiae and tarsi fuscous annulated with 

 whitish ; crests on posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish crossed 

 by two blackish lines. Forewings with a transverse white 

 median fascia ; anterior to this the wing is fuscous with 

 some whitish and pinkish scales; posterior to fascia' wing 

 is fuscous brown, with a narrow white line from costa before 

 apex to mid-termen ; cilia grey, on apex of wing brownish. 

 Hindwings pale-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, on costa and 

 apex grey. 



N.Q. Kuranda near Cairns in October ; Innisfail in 

 November ; three specimens. 



PERSIOOPTILA TRITOZONA, n. Sp. 



TQiro^covo^, three times banded. 



(J 11-12 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae- 

 ochreous-whitish. Thorax white, anterior edge narrowlj'^ 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, beneath whitish ; 

 tarsi ochreous-tinged with fine fuscous annulations, but 

 posterior tarsi pale-pink, not annulated ; tufts on posterior 

 tibiae ochreous-whitish irrorated with fuscous. Forewings 

 white with three fuscous transverse fasciae ; first fascia 

 sub-basal, second before middle, third at | ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



N.Q. Kuranda near Cairns in September and October ; 

 two specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



PERSIOOPTILA ARENOSA, 71. Sp. 



Arenosus, sandy. 



(J 9 11-13 mm. Head white. Palpi white ; terminal 

 joint fuscous on external surface towards apex. Antennae 

 grey-whitish. Thorax whitish more or less suffused with 

 brownish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 whitish ; anterior pair pale-fuscous ; middle tibiae with a 

 subapical, posterior tibiae with an apical fuscous ring, crest 

 on posterior tibiae whitish-ochreous partly tipped with 

 fuscous. Forewings pale-brownish-ochreous with three, 

 very ill-defined transverse ochreous-whitish fasciae at J 

 middle, and f , the last narrower ; sometimes a slight fuscous 

 irroration above mid-dorsum ; cilia brown- whitish. Hind- 

 wings pale-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, on costa and apex 

 pale-grey. 



