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Costa gently arched, apex round pointed, hindmargin obliquely 
rounded ; greyish-ochreous, suffusedly irrrorated with dark- 
fuscous, some white scales towards base mixed with black, two 
tufts of ochreous scales placed one above the other at one-third 
from base, edged on upper portion by a blackish streak ; two 
black dots, longitudinally placed in middle of wing, separated by 
three small snow-white dots; immediately above the posterior 
white dot is an ochreous spot, finely edged with black, and below 
this is a large tuft of scales, snow-white anteriorly and yellowish 
posteriorly ; a strongly-curved black line almost from black-edged 
spot to anal angle; an irregular black suffused apical patch ; 
three small white dots below this on hindmargin ; cilia greyish- 
ochreous, with a suffused black median line not reaching anal 
angle. Hindwings ochreous-grey, at base lighter; cilia greyish 
ochreous. 
Two specimens taken in January by Mr. G. Barnard at Win 
dermere, Tasmania. The second Australian species, easily known 
from melanoptila, Mey., by the white head, and tufts not being 
black, &e. 
PHILOBOTA ISOSCELIPHORA, %. Sp. 
Male and female, 25 mm. Head deep yellow. Thorax and 
antenne purple-fuscous, palpi fuscous, termimal joint yellowish. 
Legs pale-yellowish, anterior pair fuscous ; abdomen yellowish, 
sometimes dark-fuscous. Forewings elongate moderate, costa 
gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin slightly sinuate, 
oblique; bright yellow ; markings dark purple-fuscous ; a narrow 
basal fascia, curved outwards and continued to one-fourth along 
costa ; an erect triangular patch on inner-margin near anal angle 
reaching nearly half across wing ; a moderate fascia along hind- 
“margin anteriorly curved outwards; cilia dark-fuscous. Hind- 
wings dark bronze-fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia dark-fuscous. 
Two specimens, Duaringa, Queensland, in October. Allied to 
fascialis, Fab., of which it may ultimately prove a variety. 
PELTOPHORA PSAMMOCHROA, %. Sp. 
Male, 34 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antenne greyish- 
ochreous ; palpi long, thorax narrowly dark fuscous anteriorly, 
second joint of palpi fuscous towards apex, apical half of terminal 
joint whitish. Antennal ciliations three, abdomen  greyish- 
ochreous, mixed with rufous on base of segments. Legs greyish- 
ochreous, anterior pair infuscated, tibie and tarsi fuscous with 
whitish apical rings. Forewings elongate, dilated posteriorly ; 
costa gently arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded; greyish- 
ochreous, with minute scattered blackish scales ; a black streak 
along basal one-eighth of costa ;'a similar streak along basal one 
sixth of inner margin, and a black dot between, the three form- 
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