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purj)lisli patch, nearly occupying posterior half of wing, anteriorly 

 edged with darker, from three-fifths costa to beyond middle of 

 inner margin, strongly curved ; cilia orange, on anal angle 

 fuscous-tinged. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-fuscous. 



Port Lincoln, S.A. ; one specimen. Perhaps a variety of 

 dichroella, ZelL, but the form of fascia is quite different, and 

 wing more rounded. 



Macrobathea paracentra, n. sp. 



Female, 17 mm. Head, palpi, and tliorax yellowish-ochreous^ 

 terminal joint of palpi externally fuscous, thorax with a purplish 

 quadrate anterior spot. Antennae fuscous, annulated with yelloAv,. 

 abdomen and legs dark -fuscous, j^osterior pair yellow. Forewings 

 elongate lanceolate ; ochreous yellow ; extreme base of costa 

 dark-fuscous ; a curved brownish-purple, on lower-half black, 

 anterior edge of fascia from two-thirds costa to one-half inner 

 margin, posterior from two-thirds costa to anal angle ; a purplish- 

 fuscous hindmarginal patch indented in middle anteriorly ; cilia 

 yellow, at anal angle fuscous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



Immediately recognisable by absence of first fascia. One 

 specimen, Gisborne, Victoria (G. Lyell, jr.). 



Macrobathra ISOSCELANA, Ql. 82). 



Female, 19 mm. Head, thorax, and antenna? dark fuscous,^ 

 antenna? slightly annulated, palj^i fuscous, internally edged with 

 whitish, tip of terminal joint whitish. Abdomen greyish, anal 

 tuft yellowish. Legs fuscous, tibiae and tarsi ringed with white, 

 posterior pair ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elongate, lanceolate ; 

 dark purplish-fuscous ; a conspicuous yellow triangular spot on 

 costa at three-fourths ; cilia fuscous, tips paler, at anal angle 

 greyish. Hindwings greyish-fuscous ; cilia greyish-fuscous, tips 

 paler. 



One specimen, Blackwood, 25th October. A neat and easily 

 recognised species ; in the neighbourhood of M. jyorphyrea,. 

 Meyr. 



GLYPHIPTERYGID^. 

 Glyphipteryx Lyelliaxa, n. sp. 



Male and female, 15-16 mm. Head, thorax, antennae, and 

 abdomen blackish-fuscous, anal tuft yellowish. Collar broadly 

 dark-ochreous. Palpi golden-ochreous, apex of terminal joint 

 blackish. Legs blackish-fuscous, apex of tarsi obscurely ringed 

 with whitish. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin rounded, rather oblique ; dark golden- 

 ochreous, with brassy-metallic markings, well-defined and irregu- 

 larly margined with l)lack scales ; a curved line from middle of 



