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NaRYCIA (XySMATODOMA) LASIOMICRA, n. sp. 



Male, 8-10 mm. Head snow-white. Tlioraix fuscous, with 

 a white posterior ^pot. Palpi a.nd ant-eiinae fuscous. Legs* 

 greyish-white. Abdo'meii whitish. Fore wings with costa 

 rather sti'ongly arched, termen very obliquely rounded ; 8 and 

 9 stalked, 8 to just above apex; white, minutely spotted, 

 thi'oughout mth golden-fuscous, and with dull golden fuscous- 

 markings; a moderate streak along costa from base to one- 

 fourth, attenuated posteriorly; a rather thick outw^ardly ob- 

 lique streak from one-third innermargin to two-thirds across 

 wing; a slightliy narrower transverse fascia from before three- 

 fouii:lis of costa to innermargin before anal angle, angulatecL 

 outwards below middle, and sometimes intermpted just below ; 

 cilia white, \vitli elongate strea/ks of fuscous. Hindwings with, 



3 and 4 approximated at bas.e ; 6 and 7 from a point, some- 

 times stalked ; grey-whitish ; cilia white, with a fuscous bassL 

 line. 



A small though distinct and easily recognised species, the 

 wliite head being very conspicuous. 



Derby, Western Australia; two specimens in April. Mr. 

 Lyell has it from Tbwnsville, taken in October, presumably 

 sent by Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Narycia (Xysmatodoma) euscia, n. sip. 



Female, 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, and abdo- 

 men dark fuscous, anal tuft ochreous. Legs fuscous, posterior 

 greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently 

 arched, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to' ter- 

 men ; pale oclu^eous, wdth fuscous markings ; a moderately 

 broad basal patch, outer edge oblique, from costa at one-fourth. 

 to before one^-third innermargin; a moderately broad oblique 

 fascia, from costa before middle to innermargin in middle, 

 broadest below ; a triangular patch on costa at about three- 

 foui-ths, containing a spot of ground color on costa, somewhat 

 connected with posterior edge of median fascia below middle ; 

 a transverse prcetemiinal fascia, somewhat curved inw^ards; 

 a fine line along termen ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with 



4 and 5 from a point ; greyish-fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 

 Gisborne, Victoria; one specimen in May. {Coll. Lyell.) 



Lepidoscia eurystola, n. sp. 



Male, 14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs and abdo- 

 men dark fuscous. Forewings- elongate, moderate, costa gently 

 arched, termen obliquely rounded; 7 aibsent; fuscous, with 

 obscure whitish markings; an inwardly oblique fascia, from 

 costa at two-thirds to fold at one-foiulh from base, upiper por- 



