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excavated ; vein two from five-sixths, eight and nine out of 
seven. Hindwings with three and four stalked, five absent, six 
_and seven stalked, eight from one-third. 
PSAPHARACIS TOXOPHORA, 7. sp. 
Female, 19 mm. MHead palefuscous. Palpi dark-fuscous. 
Antenne brown-whitish. Thorax brown-whitish. Abdomen 
grey. Legs ochreous-whitish ; anterior pair fuscous. Forewings 
trapezoidal, strongly dilated beyond middle, costa at first straight, 
very strongly arched beyond middle and crested on convexity, 
apex acute, hindmargin excavated beneath apex, hence obliquely 
rounded ; brown whitish, paler towards hindmargin ; an ill- 
defined whitish streak along costa to two-thirds; dark-fuscous 
dots on costa at one-fifth, beyond two-fifths, three-fifths, and four 
others in apical third; from second costal dot an indistinct, 
very slender, much angulated, transverse line to inner-margin at 
two-fifths ; from third dot a very slender line parallel to costa, 
abruptly bent beneath costa at five-sixths, and continued much 
angulated to before anal angle, where it forms a conspicuous 
dark-fuscous spot ; a transversely oval whitish spot above middle 
of disc at three-fifths ; cilia brown-whitish, mixed with dark- 
fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Brisbane ; one specimen taken by Mr. F. P. Dodd. 
SOROCOSTIA CERRAUNIAS, 7. Sp. 
Male, 15 mm. Head whitish. Palpi (2), white irrorated 
-with grey. Antenne grey. Thorax whitish-grey. Abdomen 
grey. Legs fuscous; posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, 
posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 
hindmargin very obliquely rounded; whitish-grey, sparsely 
-scattered with blackish scales; first and second tufts blackish 
anteriorly ; a narrow blackish line, outwardly curved, from costa 
_at one-fourth to inner-margin at one-fourth; a second similar 
line, somewhat angulated, inwardly oblique, from costa at three- 
fourths to inner-margin at three-fourths ; cilia grey. Hindwings 
and cilia whitish. 
In Meyrick’s table falls with S. paroxynta, Meyr., from which 
it is distinguished by the shorter palpi, blackish tufts on fore- 
wings, and other points. Examples of this and the two following 
“species were submitted to Mr. Meyrick, who pronounced them new. 
Sydney ; two specimens in February. 
SOROCOSTIA DESMOTES, 7. sp. 
Male and female, 12-15 mm. Head, thorax, and antennz 
-pale-brownish, or whitish, irrorated with brownish scales. Palpi 
(2), fuscous-brown. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs fuscous, 
