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fuscous along termeu ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; color and cilia as in forewings ; curved series and 

 dots along termen as in forewings. 



Mackay, Queensland ; one specimen in October. 



Mecodina asbol^a, n. sp. 



Male, 36 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark smoky-fus- 

 cous. Palpi ochreous, terminal joint obscurely ringed with 

 light fuscous, second joint broadly dark fuscous at base. An- 

 tennae ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa 

 hardly arched, termen waved, obliquely rounded ; dark smoky- 

 fuscous ; all markings obscured, but there appear to be some 

 darker waved lines, only noticeable on margin and terminal 

 area of wing; cilia fuscous, with some ochreous spots at ex- 

 tremities of veins. Hindwings with termen waved, rounded ; 

 color, markings, and cilia a-s in forewings ; an indistinct waved 

 ochreous line, from below apex to innermargin before anal 

 angle. Underside of forew^ings ochreous-fuscous, mixed witlr 

 grey-whitish ; orbicular round, moderate, blackish ; reniform 

 elongate, rather narrow, blackish; a nearly straight rich 

 blackish line, from costa at two-thirds to innermargin at two- 

 thirds, slightly angulated in middle ; area of wing between this 

 and termen much more fuscous, with an ochreous waved sub- 

 terminal line. Hindwings deep ochreous-fuscous ; two or three 

 blackish waved streaks from innermargin in middle ; ochreous 

 line of upperside strongly reproduced and much more distinct, 

 edged anteriorly by a broad rich fuscous shade. 



An obscurely marked species above, but very clearly marked 

 beneath. 



Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen in October. 



Mecodina semophora, n. sp. 



Male, 40 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, legs, and abdomen dark 

 fuscous, palpi internally ochreous, thorax darker anteriorly, 

 tarsi with whitish rings. Antennae fuscous, pectinations 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched, 

 termen oblique, slightly rounded ; dark ochreous-fuscous ; lines 

 darker fuscous, rather obscure, first waved, from about one- 

 fifth costa to one-fourth innermargin ; median nearly straight ; 

 second very faint, curved outwards above middle and slightly 

 angulated above innermargin; subterminal bowed outwards 

 in middle, sinuate above and below, dot-like and more or less 

 edged posteriorly with ochreous ; a row of obscure fuscous dots 

 along termen ; reniform ovoid, deep black ; cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwings with temien rounded, faintly waved; color and 



