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margin, the lowest touching it ; a few black scales on hind- 

 margin ; cilia white, on apex and opposite last dot black, and 

 with three black dots between these two. Hindwings whitish ; 

 cilia whitish, with a fuscous dot at apex, and traces of a medium 

 fuscous line. 



Brisbane ; one specimen. 



Hypertropha, Meyrick. 



Hypertropha tortriciformis, Gn. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; also from Ballandean, Queensland, and 

 Tenterlield, New South Wales, in February. 



Hypertropha ametalla, n. sp. 



Male, 17 mm. Head, face, and palpi dark-fuscous, irrorated 

 with whitish scales. Antennae dark-fuscous, towards base 

 obscurely annulated with whitish. Thorax dark-fuscous. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Legs whitish-ochreous, irrorated with dark- 

 fuscous, tarsi annulated with fuscous ; posterior tibiae yellowish. 

 Forewings oblong, posteriorly dilated, costa rather strongly 

 arched, apex pointed, hindmargin markedly sinuate, slightly 

 oblique ; fuscous, irrorated with whitish, reddish-fuscous, and 

 blackish scales ; an obscure outwardly curved transverse blackish 

 line from costa at one-third, not reaching inner-margin ; indi- 

 cations of two fainter similar lines between this and base, and 

 of five very faint parallel lines from costa beyond one-third, all 

 lost in disc ; an ill-defined blackish spot in costal portion of disc 

 beyond middle ; cilia fuscous, with metallic lustre ; traces of 

 metallic lustre are also visible in parts of disc by oblique light, 

 and tend to form lines. Hindwings pale-yellow, with a broad 

 fuscous line along hind- and inner-margins ; cilia fuscous. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but different, especially in tlie 

 scanty development of metallic markings. 



Armidale (3,500 ft,), New South Wales ; one specimen. 



SiMiETHis, Leach, 



Besides those given below, Mr. Lower has described two 

 species from Queensland (Proc. Roy. Soc. S.A., 1896, p. 167). 



SiMiETHis sycopola, J/e2/r. 

 Brisbane. 



SiMiETHlS METALLICA, 71. Sp. 



Female, 11 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, 

 irrorated with dull orange scales. Palpi ochreous, annulated 

 with fuscous. Antenna? fuscous with whitish annulations. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish, with fuscous annulations. Forewings strongly 

 dilated, costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 



