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Xanthoptera euchrysa, n. sp. 



Female, 20 mm. Head, palpi, antenrice, and thorax dull 

 reddish-fuscous. Abdomen and legs whitish, abdomen reddish- 

 tinged. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa hardly arched, 

 termen oblique, slightly prominent in middle; dull ochreous- 

 brownish ; lines whitish, waved, edged anteriorly with fuscous ; 

 first twice curved, very close to base ; median with three nearly 

 even curves, from before middle of costa to before middle 

 of innermargin ; a sub terminal waved white line, anteriorly 

 edged with fuscous, from costa before apex to innermargin 

 before three-foui'ths ; orbicular white, fuscous, ringed with 

 white ; reniform large, white, centred with light fuscous ; ter- 

 minal area of wing whitish-fuscous ; a. fuscous line along ter- 

 men ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings Avith termen rounded ; fus- 

 cous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen in October. 



Xanthoptera macrosema, n. sp. 



Female, 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, and thorax fuscous, 

 palpi with two fuscous bands. Legs fuscous. Abdomen 



greyish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 termen hardly waved, obliquely rounded ; fuscous, suffusedly 

 irrorated on either side of median third with fine whitish 

 scales ; first line dentate, black ; a dull whitish mark on costa 

 at one-fourth, from posterior edge which precedes median line 

 to just beyond one-third of innermargin ; second line curved 

 outwards on upper half, sinuate on lower half, edged anteriorly 

 on upper half by short streaks of black, which become more 

 elongate on lower half; a parallel row of fine white points 

 immediately beyond second line; subterminal irregularly 

 waved, sinuate above and below middle, more or less, edged 

 anteriorly with blackish streaks ; a row of lunate marks along 

 teiTuen ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen unevenly 



waved, faintly indicated ; fuscous ; cilia greyish, Avith a fus- 

 cous median line. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen in October. 



Mecistoptera lithochroa, n. sp. 



Female, 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs, and 

 abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa 

 gently arched, apex produced, termen prominent in middle, 

 sinuate beneath apex; dull whitish, with a few scattered fus- 

 cous scales ; an interrupted subterminal row of small suffused 

 blackish sipots, most prominent below costa, where there are 

 two larger in middle ; a fine fuscous line along tennen ; cilia 



