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series of blackish dots, and an irregular blackish spot between 

 these above middle : cilia light green, tips whitish. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate ; light grey ; cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous, tips whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; a specimen received from Mr. 

 Geo. Masters, who had several, and informed me that it 

 occurred in caves by the seashore, and I also have one taken 

 by Mr. Lower, but never met with it myself. It is the only 

 green species of the genus. 



ELACHISTID^. 

 Stagmatophora, HS. 

 This name must be used instead of Pyroderces ; Mr. J. H. 

 Durrant informs me that though both names were published 

 in the same year, Stagmato'phora has the priority. 



Stagmatophora symbolias, n. sp. 

 Female, 15 mm. Head ochreous-brown, face more ochre- 

 ous, a white spot on each side of forehead. Palpi very long 

 and slender, second joint pale ochreous, terminal joint longer 

 than second, white, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae 

 white ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax brown, with two 

 posterior white marks and a fine white line on each side of 

 back. Abdomen yellow-ochreous. Forewings very narrow, 

 widest near base, apex caudate, acute ; 5, 7, 8, 9 out of 6 : deep 

 ochreous ; four very fine white black-edged longitudinal lines, 

 first almost costal, from near base to | ; second from beneath 

 base of costa, gradually curved downwards to disc beyond J, 

 third in disc from 4 to §, fourth along submedian fold from 

 base to tornus ; a rather broad white streak along basal third 

 of dorsum, attenuated posteriorly ; a semioval white spot on 

 dorsum about middle ; a black dot above tornus ; beyond this 

 an ochreous-orange patch on termen, becoming brown-reddish 

 towards costa, where it is margined by two dark fuscous exter- 

 nally white-edged marks; a purplish-fuscous apical spot, 

 edged above by a blackish dash : cilia light bronzy-fuscous. 

 Hinclwings dark grey ; cilia grey, becoming ochreous-yellow- 

 ish towards tornus. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen. Probably nearest 

 to S. schismatias, but quite distinct. 



L'nnnoexia frissodesma, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, 1886, 1047, was accidentally omitted from my paper 

 on Elachistidse. 



Syntomactis, Meyr. 

 Si/ntomactis crehra, n. sp. 



Male, female, 7-8 mm. Head whitish, irrorated with 

 dark grey. Palpi whitish, second joint with six rings, third 



