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apex, lower edge twice subsinuate : cilia bronzy-grey. Hind- 

 wings blackish-grey ; cilia grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; one specimen in October, 



Nej)ticula gilva, n. sp. 



Female, 6 mm. Head blackish. Antennae grey, eyecaps 

 whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale 

 bronzy, becoming whitish-ochreous towards base. Forewings 

 lanceolate ; pale whitish-ochreous ; two irregular fuscous 

 patches irrorated with dark fuscous, first on dorsum at J, 

 reaching half across wing, second on tornus, reaclimg nearly to 

 costa, anteriorly sending an elongate projection to disc above 

 middle : cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. Hindwings bronzy-grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in December ; one specimen 

 taken at light. 



Xepticula symmora, n. sp. 



Female, 4-5 mm. Head ochreous-yellow, face dark fus- 

 cous. Antennae dark grey, eyecap whitish. Thorax pur- 

 plish-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings lanceolate : pur- 

 plish-fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous : cilia grey 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Adelaide, South Australia, in October ; twenty specimens, 

 amongst which it is remarkable that there is not a single male. 

 I found the species flying in plenty over Bodonaa risrosa 

 (Sapindacecr), which must certainly be the food-plant. 



N cpticula melanotis, n. sp. 



Male, 7 mm. Head ferruginous-ochreous. Antennae 

 dark grey, eyecap whitish-ochreous, furnished above with a 

 large triangular dark fuscous flap of scales. Thorax and abdo- 

 men bronzy-grey. Forewings lanceolate ; grey-whitish, 

 densely irrorated with dark fuscous and blackish : cilia wliit- 

 ish-grey sprinkled with black : on unclersurface a small patch 

 of pale bluish-metallic scales on dorsum beyond middle. 

 Hindwings broad-lanceolate, grey, suffused with violet-black- 

 ish-grey irroration except at apex and on a thinly-scaled longi- 

 tudinal patch beneath costa towards middle, corresponding to 

 bluish patch of forewings ; anterior half of costa with a pro- 

 jecting fringe of long dark grey scales: cilia grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in September : one specimen. 



Neptirula funercdis, n. sp. 

 Male, 4 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Antennae whitish- 

 fuscous, eyecap ochreous-whitish. Thorax grey mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Anterior tibice very 

 short, thickened above with blackish scales. Forewings lanceo- 

 late, costal edge on undersurface thickened and blackish ; 



