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Phryganostola macrantha, n. sp. 
Male, 11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, abdomen, 
and legs dark fuscous, face white, palpi tufted, mixed with 
whitish beneath. Legs ringed with whitish. Forewings 
elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex somewhat 
pointed, termen very oblique ; dark fuscous, with ochreous- 
whitish and metallic markings, more or less blackish mar- 
gined ; a well-marked streak along fold from base to just be- 
fore anal angle ; six outwardly oblique fascia, becoming 
metallic below costa; first, from before costa at one-third, 
reaching one-third across wing ; second, from costa at two- 
fifths, reaching nearly half across wing ; third from before 
two-thirds to just beyond termination of dorsal streak, with 
an extra metallic dot below extremity : a small sub-costal dot 
just beyond ; fourth, from three-quarters costa reaching more 
than half across wing ; fifth and sixth short, close together and 
similar, on costa at five-sixths : an interrupted metallic streak 
along termen ; a round black dot at apex, containing a metallic 
spot on lower edge : cilia whitish, basal half blackish, and 
with an elongate black apical tooth. Hindwine;S and cilia 
dark fuscous. 
Gisborne, Victoria. One specimen ; in October. 
Simaethis hypocalla, u. sp. 
Female, 10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, legs, and 
abdomen fuscous, palpi ringed with white, antenna ringed 
with whitish, and whitish beneath, abdomen whitish beneath, 
coxae whitish, tibiae and tarsi ringed with whit- 
♦ish. Forewings rather broad, costa gently arched, 
termen rounded ; dark fuscous, minutely irrorated 
obscurely with whitish, which forms about five transverse, 
fascia-like series ; four large black spots along termen, lower 
two larger and occupying lower two-thirds, each with a pur- 
plish-metallic spot in middle ; cilia fuscous, basal third 
darker. Hindwings dark fuscous : a large dull whitish black- 
centred spot in cell ; a narrow, transverse, dull whitish line 
from five-sixths costa to anal angle : a narrow, bright violet - 
metallic line just below : cilia dark fuscous, basal half darker, 
terminal half white, irregularly chequered with fuscous. 
Recalls Choreiith in appearance, but the palpi being 
without a tuft I prefer to place it in Simaefhia. Probablv the 
male may show some additional characters sufficient to war- 
rant forming a new genus for its reception. The violet- 
metallic line of hindwings is a special character. 
Mareeba, Queensland. One specimen ; in April. I have 
seen a specimen from New Guinea. 
