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Having had occasion to re-examine the type I find I 

 have placed it wrongly. Vein 10 is shortly stalked with 7, 

 8, 9, and the antennae are pectinated to apices, though the 

 pectinations are veiy short in the terminal half. 



BiRTHAMA HAPLOPIS, n. Sp. 



(^U(fplu'pii:, of simple appearance.) 

 Male, 16-19 mm. Female, 26 mm. Head, palpi, anten- 

 nae, thorax, abdomen, and legs pale ochreous-brown. Fore- 

 wings shortly triangular, costa rather strongly arched, apex 

 rounded, termcn obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous-brown ; 

 a darker brown line from mid-costa, bent inwards beneath 

 cell, to -f dorsum ; obsolete in female ; a second finer line 

 from I costa evenly curved outwards to tornus, in female 

 followed in upper part by a pale line ; cila concolorous. Hind- 

 wings with termen strongly rounded; rather paler than fore- 

 wings; cilia as forewings. 

 Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q., Kurancla, in October; five specimens: 4 male, 1 

 female, received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



BiRTHAMA DELOCROSSA, n. Sp. 



( Belocrossos, plainly edged.) 



Male, 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdo- 

 men fuscous; antennse ochreous-fuscous. Legs fus- 

 cous; tarsi annulated with whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 shortly triangular; costa straight, gently rounded towards 

 apex, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; deep fus- 

 cous-brow-n ; a transverse whitish line at base ; a fine whitish 

 sub-terminal line, preceded by a whitish dot in disc; ter- 

 men dark-grey; cilia grey, wath faint basal median and 

 apical whitish lines. Hindwings with termen rounded; dark- 

 grey; cilia as forewings. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda. in March ; one specimen received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Family, ZEUZERID.E. 



Xyleutis eremonoma, n. sp. 



(Eremonomos, dwelling in the desert.) 



Male, 34-44 mm. Head and palpi brow^nish-ochreous. 

 Antennae white, pectinations fuscous. Thorax and abdomen 

 whitish, suffused with brownish-ochreous. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish ; tarsi dark-fuscous, with whitish annulations. Fore- 

 wings clear white, with numerous dark-fuscous spots and 

 strigulce; costa with numerous spots from base to apex; 

 nearlv touching or partly confluent with these a sub-costal 



