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3- (2) Forewings almost uniform blackish or blackish fuscous, 

 cilia of hindwings dark H. mclanochroma 



4 (i) Antennae with less than 12 pectinations on the inner 

 side, excluding one formed by the bifid apex. 



5. (6) Forewings maculately greyish and blackish; antennae 



with 10 bipectinations. not counting the bifid apex. . 

 H. niicromorpha 



6. (5) Forewings greyish fuscous indefinitely sprinkled or suf- 



fused with dark, antennae with 1 1 bipectinations (ex- 

 cluding that formed by the bifid apex) . . .H. dyscrita 



I. Hctcropsychc poecilochronia, sp. nov. 



Male; expanse about 10 mm. Head and thorax greyish fus- 

 cous, antennae with 11 lateral bipectinations, an additional basal 

 pectination apparently unpaired, or at least with the other of 

 the pair scarcely visible, and the bifid apex of the antenna form- 

 ing an additional pair of short pectinations; basal joint with a 

 tuft beneath. Inner pectinations blackish with paler spots or 

 lines, outer pale with dark tips. Forewings greyish fuscous 

 strigulated with dark and brownish fuscous, and along the costn 

 with black so as to have an ill-defined maculate appearance; 

 termen slie'htly bowed, very oblique, dorsal margin strongly 

 rounded; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous somewhat 

 brownish tinged, cilia except at their base white. 



HAB. On the Mulcrave near Cairns, bred from a Fulgorid. 

 (Koebele's number 2294). 



2. Hctcropsychc mclanochroma, sp. nov. 



Male and female; expanse about 10 mm. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen black, or blackish fuscous. Antennae in the male with 

 12 bipectinations (in addition to those formed by the bifid apex) 

 and a basal tuft beneath. Pectinations in the female very short. 

 Forewings dull, nearly uniform, blackish fuscous or black, faintly 

 purple tinged in some lights; hindwings blackish fuscous, 

 hairy towards dorsum, cilia blackish fuscous. 



HAB. Sydney, N. S. W. Very abundant according to Mr. 

 Koebele. His Number 2358, which no doubt included more than 

 one species. Said to have been bred from various Fulgorids 

 and Jassids. 



