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Forewings elongate, moderate, costa> gently arched, termen ob- 

 lique, faintly sinuate beneath apex; cinereous-grey; a fine 

 black slightly curved line, from costa near middle to inner- 

 margin in middle, anteriorly edged with its equal width of 

 white ; a second similar line from costai at four-fifths to inner- 

 margin before anal angle, gently curved outwards in middle, 

 and edged by a parallel liiie of fuscous, separated by a line of 

 gi'ound color ; ground color between the two black lines 

 strongly suffused with white, especially on lower half; a row 

 of fine black dots along termen; cilia cinereous-grey^ with two 

 darker fuscous lines. Hindwings with termen rounded; 

 greyish, thinly scaled ; a fine fuscous line along termen ; cilia 

 greyish, with a fuscous subbasal line. 



Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen in December. 



Nephopteryx ereboscopa, n. sp. 



Female, 28 mm. Head reddish, palpi, antennae, thorax, and 

 legs ashy-grey-fuscous, terminal joint of palpd fuscous, tibiae and 

 tarsi fuscous, with dull whitish rings. Forewings elongate, 

 moderately dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, termen 

 rounded, oblique ; deep ferruginous-fuscous, obscurely mixed 

 with whitish ; markings obscure ; a short fuscous mark near 

 base, edged with dull whitish basally ; a moderately broad dull 

 w^hitish fascia, from costa at one-foui'th obliquely outwards to 

 innermargin at about one-third, Avith a central ferruginous- 

 fuscous streak throughout; a dark fuscous spot above middle 

 in disc at two-thirds ; a very dull whitish subterminal line, 

 curved outwards in middle, edged aoiteriorly by a fuscous, 

 somewhat dot-like line, and posteriorly by a fuscous shade ; a 

 row of small dots alon^ termen ; cilia fuscous-whitish, with a 

 feiTuginous median line. Hindwings with termen rounded ; 

 pale grey-whitish, becoming fuscous-tinged around apex and 

 along termen ; cilia gi'e3^-whitish, with a, fuscous, subbasal line. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen in April. 



I have a specimen from Cairns. 



Nephopteryx hades, n. sp. 



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

 abdomen dark fuscous, inclining to blackish, tibiae and tarsi 

 with faint whitish rings, abdomen with dull silvery- white seg- 

 mental rings. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated pos- 

 teriorly, costa gently arched, toiinen oblique ; blackish ; mark- 

 ings obscure ; a faint blackish line from one-third costa to one- 

 third innermai'gin ; a blackish waved subterminal line, curved 

 outwards in middle, followed by an obscure parallel blackish 



