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narrow; ashy-grey-whitisli, mixed with dark fuscous and 
blackish ; whole of cell filled in with blackish and with a black 
bar at posterior extremity ; a strongly waved, fine, black line 
from costa towards dorsum at three-quarters, but 
not quite reaching it ; a row of short, elongate fuscous along 
termen, more or less preceded by black inter-neural streaks ; 
cilia fuscous, with two darker fuscous lines. Hindwings semi- 
transparent ; pale greyish, mix 3d with fuscous around mar- 
gins : cilia grey, with a fuscous basal line. 
Broken Hill, New South Wales. Two specimens : in 
March. 
Metallosttcha metallica, n. sp. 
Female, 10 mm. Head and antennge ochreous-fuscous. 
Palpi and thorax purplish-fuscous, thorax shining metallic. 
Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Legs dark purplish-fuscous, pos- 
terior pair greyish. Forewings elongate, moderate, termen 
gently rounded ; shining metallic-purplish fuscous ; cilia 
purplish-fuscous. Hindwings greyish-fuscous, paler towards 
base; cilia greyish-fuscous, with a darker fuscous line at base. 
Mackay and Townsville (Dodd), Queensland. Two speci- 
mens ; in December. 
Hyphantidium hyposcopa, n. sp. 
Female, 10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, and 
abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair 
yellow. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated posteriorly, 
termen oblique ; dark fuscous, crossed by several irregular, 
waved, spot-like, blackish strigulas ; a broad, slightly curved, 
dull whitish fascia, from three-quarters costa to anal angle, 
clearest on upper half ; indications of the blackish strigulye 
crossing the fascia, but more pronounced on costa, where they 
form three or four cuneiform spots ; ground colour beyond this 
fuscous, with several black spots irregularly placed, cilia dark 
fuscous. Hindwings orange, slightly tinged with fuscous 
around apex ; cilia dull orange, becoming fuscous towards 
apex, and with an obscure, fuscous pub-basal line throueh- 
out. 
At once recognised by the orange hindwings. 
Melbourne, Victoria. One specimen ; in October. 
NePHOPTERYX HABRObTOLA, n. SJD. 
Male, 18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and antennae feiru- 
ginous red, face slightly white. Legs deep ferruginous 7'ed, 
strongly mixed with fuscous, tibiae and tarsi more or less 
banded with whitish. Abdomen blackish, reddish beneath 
anteriorly. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently 
arched, termtxi nearly straight; deep reddish, somewhat 
