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termen; cilia ashy-grey-whitish, with some blackish scales at 

 base. Hindwings with termen rounded ; sinuate beneath, 

 apex, apex prominent; dark fuscous, lighter on basal half; 

 cilia dark fuscous, with a fuscous subterminal line, basal Una 

 grepsh. 



The black longitudinal streak recalls Palaeotoma styphelena^ 

 Meyr. 



Mackay, Queensland ; two specimens in April. 



Temnolopha, n. g. 



Thorax with dens© posterior bifid crest. Antennse in male 

 somewhat serrate, shortly ciliated. Palpi rather long, por- 

 rected, second joint triangularly scaled, terminal joint short, 

 distinct. Posterior tibias thickened in male. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa simple in male, gently and evenly 

 mched, termen nearly straight. Hindwings broader than 



forewings. Forewings w^itli secondary cell distinct, 7 and 8 

 separate, 7 to termen, 3 and 4 remote at base, 3 somewhat 

 curved. Hindwings with 3 and 4 from a point, 5 approxi- 

 mated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate. 



Somewhat allied to Arotrophora, Meyr.. but differs essen- 

 tially by the crested thorax, absence of costal fold and shorter 

 ciliations of antennae. 



Temnolopha mosaica, n. sp. 



Male and female, 15-22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax 

 ochre ous-grey, mixed with reddish, thorax with a dense reddish 

 bifid posterior crest, palpi beneath whitish. Antennse and 

 abdomen fuscous-grey, beneath whitish. Legs whitish, tarsi 

 suffusedly banded \\dth blackish. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rate, costa gently arched, temien hardly oblique, nearly 

 straight; dull olive-greenish, sometimes strongly mixed with 

 feiTuginous, except beneath costa ; costa shortly and obliquely 

 strigulated with ferruginous and whitish ; outer edge of basal 

 patch represented on lower half by an irregular oblique wedge- 

 shaped dark feiTuginous patch, apex reaching to one-quarter in 

 middle on inner marginal edge is a tuft of somewhat raised 

 scales ; a broad fuscous-gi'eenish post-median fascia, not near 

 reaching costa, anterior edge from beyond middle, with a 

 rounded projection on upper angle, thence deeply sinuate and 

 irregularly continued round to anal angle, where it touches a 

 small erect fuscous patch, v/hich indicates posterior extremity 

 of fascia. ; a greenish-fuscous somewhat lunate mark just above 

 the erect patch, faintly edged above with whitish ; ground 

 color betAveen this and anal angle fleshy wliite ; a small blackish 

 spot at apex ; a few black scales along termen ; "cilia olive- 

 greenish mixed with fuscous, becoming grey-whitish around 



