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grey- whitish. Hind wings with termen rounded ; dull whitish, 

 faintly fuscous-tinged on posterior half ; cilia as in forewings. 

 Duaringa, Queensland ; one specimen in December. 



HyPENA (?) RHYNCHOPHORA. 



Male, 14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 greyish-fuscous, palpi darker internally, antennae strongly bi- 

 ciliated. Legs dull whitish. Forewings elongate, triangular, 

 costa moderately arched, termen oblique ; light fuscous ; lines 

 blackish, more or less interrupted into spots; first moderately 

 straight; median angulated above middle, from middle of 

 costa to just beyond middle of innermargin, edged posteriorly 

 ■by some whitish dots, becoming ochreous on angulation; an 

 outwards curved line in disc at two-thirds, with one or two 

 white dots posteriorly; a row of elongate dots along termen, 

 faintly edged anteriorly with whitish ; orbicular, fuscous, spot- 

 like ; reniform represented by the ochreous spot on angulation 

 of median line ; cilia ochreousrfuscous. Hindwings fuscous, 

 lighter on basal half ; cilia as in forewings. 



Not unlike some species of Sorocostia {Nolidce). 



Cooktown, Queensland; one sipecimen in November. 



Hypena melasticta, n. sp. 



Male, 30 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs, and 

 abdomen dark smoky-fuscous. Forewings elongate, triangular, 

 costa hardly arched, termen faintly waved, apex somewhat 

 pointed, more or less bowed in middle ; dark smoky-fuscous ; 

 first and median lines obscured ; second line from costa beyond 

 two-thirds to innermargin beyond two-thirds, with two angula- 

 tions above and below middle, edged posteriorly by a fine 

 line of dull ochreous ; wing from this line to base darker than 

 rest; two black posteriorly whitish edged spots beneath costa 

 near apex ; and indications of twoi or three similar spots below ; 

 terminal area of wing irregularly mixed with bluish-white 

 minute scales ; a fine fuscous line along termen ; cilia fuscous, 

 with faint ochreous points at extremities of veins. Hind- 

 wings with termen slightly waved, rounded; dark fuscous, 

 somewhat bronzy-tinged; cilia as in forewings. 



Mackay, Queensland ; one specimen in October. 



PYHALIDINA. 



GAI/LEKLAN^. 

 Melissoblaptes agramma, n. s(p. 

 Female, 16 mm. Head, palipi, antennae, and thorax cine- 

 reous-grey. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, with some silvery- 



