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of costa to beyond middle of inner mai'gin, edges obscui'ely 

 defined ; some leaden-metallic scales betwcjen fasci.i and patch ; 

 some similar scales in posterior edge of fascia rear costa, 

 5n.l more or less continued to inner margin before anal angle, 

 v/here it becomes blotch-like and edged posteriorly with ferru- 

 ginous; an irregularly curved femniginous streak, from costa 

 just beyond posteiior edge of median patch to below middle of 

 termen, dilated in middle ; a small triangular ferruginous spot 

 at apex, with a darker spot at its lower extremity; cilia 

 ochreous, base darker. Hindwings with the termen rounded, 

 faintly sinuate beneath apex ; greyish ; cilia as in forewings. 

 Cooktown, Queensland ; two specimens in January. 



POLYLOPHA, n. g. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male somewhat dentate, 

 thickened, very shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, straight, 

 poiTected, second joint triangularly scaled, teraiinal joint ex- 

 posed, short. Forewings elongate, moderate, rather narrow, 

 siu-face with raised tufts of scales, costa simple, arched at base, 

 termen oblique, nearly straight; 2 from beyond two-thirds, 3 

 and 4 from angle, closely approximated, 7 and 8 separate, 7 

 to costa. Hindwings broader than forewings, tennen faintly 

 sinuate beneath apex ; 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 separate. 



Differs from Palaeotoma, to which genus it is not very near, 

 by the separation of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings and vein 7 

 of forewings in.inning to costa. 



POLYLOPHA EPIDESMA, U. Sp. 



Male, 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax cinerous-grey, 

 second joint of palpi beneath white, with some black spots 

 at apex. Antennae fuscous. Legs whitish, anterior tiarsi 

 banded with blackish. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Fore- 

 wings moderate, costa arched at base, thence nearly straight, 

 termen faintly sinuate beneath apex, oblique, nearly straight ; 

 ashy-grey-whitish, mixed with gi'eenish-leaden, and strewn 

 with numerous tufts of ashy-grey-scales, which become blackish 

 posteriorly ; a short oblique blackish streak at base, not reach- 

 ing costa; an oblique fuscous streak from costa at one- 

 fourth, reaching fold ; a tuft of scales immediately between ; 

 a suffused fuscous spot on costa, indicating commencement of 

 second fascia; a naiTow longitudinal black line along fold, 

 from base to termen above anal angle, becoming dot-like on 

 a-nterior half ; a broad suffused black transverse fascia, from 

 costa at three-fourths to extremity of longitudinal streak, be- 

 coming dilated on lower half, sometimes obsolete on upper 

 half ; 4 or 5 blackish dots on costa between anterior extremity 

 of last fascia and apex ; some fine black scales on middle of 



