BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 45 



lines dark-fuscous ; antemedian from I costa to ^ dorsum, 

 indistinct ; postmedian from | costa to f dorsum, slightly 

 dentate, partly edged posteriorly with whitish, at first 

 straight, then bent outwards, and again inwards, and 

 finally bent at a right angle towards dorsum ; a square 

 whitish subcostal discal spot before middle ; cilia fuscous, 

 bases narrowly whitish. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; as forewings ; antemedian line curved, 

 interrupted ; postmedian line not reaching much more 

 than half across disc. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Killarney, in November ; eight specimens. 



Metasia crocophara, n. sp. 

 XQOXO(paQog, saffron-robed. 



(J 11 mm. Head ochreous. Palpi fuscous, lower edge 

 towards base sharply white. Antennae whitisli-grey. 

 Thorax orange-yellow. Abdomen ochreous. Legs white ; 

 anterior pair fuscous anteriorly. Forewings triangular, 

 costa straight to near apex, apex pointed, termen sinuate, 

 oblique ; orange-yellow, towards apex brownish-tinged ; 

 a broad brown-fuscous streak along costa to -| ; a fuscous 

 line from f costa, distinct at commencement, but soon 

 becoming slender and very obscure, apparently looped 

 inwards in disc and then bent to end in § dorsum ; a 

 fuscous terminal line ; cilia with basal half white, apical 

 half dark-fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded 

 towards tornus ; yellow, towards termen brownish-tinged ; 

 terminal line and cilia as forewings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q., Stradbroke Island, in December ; one specimen. 

 I have a second 9 example from Stanthorpe, Q., in 

 November, larger, more brightly coloured, and with the 

 apices of the cilia white. 



Metasia asphycta, n. sp. 



aacpvxxoQ, feeble. 



^ $ 10 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi fuscous, 

 lower edge narrowly whitish. Antennae with joints 

 slightly dilated at apices ; ochreous-whitish ; ciliations in 



