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outwards curved line close to base ; a second, curved from one- 

 fifth costa to about one-third inner-margin ; a third, more obscure, 

 from before middle of costa to middle of inner-margin, dentate 

 inwards on lower half ; a fourth from before three-fourth of costa 

 to beyond two-thirds of inner-margin, bent inwards on lower 

 half ; an elongate spot in disc above middle, between third and 

 fourth lines, near fourth ; a fine waved blackish liindmarginal 

 line ; cilia wdiite, with black points at extremities of veins. 

 Hind wings with hindmargin irregularly w^aved, rounded ; whitish 

 in male, darker in female ; a black discal dot ; a fine waved line, 

 blackish, from three-fourths costa to near anal angle ; a sufi"used 

 blackish hindmarginal band darker anteriorly ; hindmarginal 

 line and cilia as in forewings. Markings of hindwings more 

 strongly defined on underside. The present is intermediate 

 between melanotoxa, Meyr., and trigramma, Lower, but nearer 

 the latter. This and the two above-mentioned form a closely- 

 connected group. 

 Gisborne, Victoria. 



XYLORYCTID.E. 

 Plectopiiila placocosma, n. sp. 



Female, 14 mm. Head and thorax snow-white, palpi and 

 antennae dark fuscous, terminal joint of palpi and an apical ring 

 of second joint white ; basal joint of antenna? whitish. Abdomen 

 and legs yellow, anterior and middle tibia mixed with fuscous. 

 Forewings moderate ; costa gently arched, ajDex obtuse, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded ; white, slightly ochreous tinged ; a 

 broad dark fuscous fascia suffused on lower half, anterior edge 

 curved from one-sixth costa to one-sixth inner-margin ; a large 

 irregular fuscous patch on costa beyond middle, reaching more 

 than half across w^ing, anterior edge preceded by a blackish discal 

 spot ; a large fuscous patch on hindmargin from apex to anal 

 angle ; a fuscous hindmarginal line, separated from preceding 

 patch by a streak of ground-colour ; cilia yellowish, with a 

 fuscous apical spot. Hindw^ings yellowish, with a broad fuscous 

 suffusion occupying posterior two-thirds of wing ; cilia yellowish, 

 with a blackish line, double at apex. 



Sydney, New South Wales. One specimen from Mr. W. W. 

 Froggatt. 



(ECOPHORID.E. 



Philobota pentamera, n. sp. 



Female, 22 mm. Head dark fuscous, paljDi and thorax white, 

 thorax with a narrow fuscous anterior band, terminal joint of 

 palpi externally fuscous. Legs and abdomen ochreous-yellow, 

 anterior legs infuscated. Forewings moderate, costa arched, 



