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thirds, 3 and 4 from angle, 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 from areole. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 arising from midway between 

 4 and middle of cell, 6 and 7 connate. 



The peculiar palpi appear to sufficiently characterise this 



genus. 



Placerobela brachyphylla, n. sp. 



( BrachupJmllos, short-winged. ) 



Female, 32 ram. Head, palpi, antennie, and thorax fuscous. 

 Palpi long(3), second joint as long as breadth of eye, terminal joint 

 long (one and half). Legs fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa 

 nearly straight, apex rectangular, termen rather strongly bowed, 

 slightly oblique ; pale-fuscous, finely strigulated with darker 

 fuscous ; obscure discal dots at one-fourth, and mid-disc towards 

 costa ; a straight line from mid-costa to three-fifths dorsum forms 

 the sharp anterior edge of a paler area which posteriorly is suf- 

 fused ; a series of obscure w^iitish terminal dots on veins ; cilia 

 fuscous. Hindwings with termen strongly bowed ; fuscous ; cilia 

 fuscous. 



Type in coll. Turner. 



North Queensland, Townsville, in April ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Hypena gypsospila, n. sp. 



{Gupsos, chalk, and spilos, a spot— in allusion to the spot on 

 hind wing.) 



Female, 32 mm. Head fuscous, frontal tuft with a few 

 whitish scales. Antennae fuscous, inferior surface towards 

 base ochreous-whitish (anterior portions broken off). Thorax 

 pale-ochreous-brown. (Abdomen broken.) Legs fuscous. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa very slightly arched, apex pointed, 

 termen rather strongly bowed, slightl}^ oblique ; pale-ochreous- 

 brown, with a few sparsely scattered blackish scales ; a blackish 

 dot beneath costa at one-fourth ; a straight brown line from costa 

 at three-fifths to mid-dorsum, edged posteriorly by a fine white 

 line — a small greyish suffusion follows this line on dorsum ; a 

 waved subterminal line of minute blackish dots, a brown line 

 close to termen leaving terminal edge paler ; cilia fuscous, with a 

 pale median line. Hindwings with termen strongly rounded ; 

 dark-fuscous ; a large ochreous-whitish blotch at apex ; between 

 blotch and tornus there is an ochreous-whitish terminal line, 

 bisected by a conspicuous dark -fuscous line ; cilia fuscous, on 

 apical blotch ochreous-whitish. 



Type in Queensland Museum. 



North Queensland, Cairns, in November ; one specimen, taken 

 by Mr. C. J. Wild. 



