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tioai tolei'ably defined, lower suffused ; a small pa.tcli on anal 

 angle; sn fuscous spot somewhat above apex of this; a thick 

 ffascia along teirmen, hardly reaching anal angle; ciliai fuscous, 

 darker at base. Hindwings with 4 absent; pale fuscous, 

 thinly scaled; cilia greyish-fuscous, darker on basal half. 

 Melbourne (near Flemington) ; one specimen, in June. 



IfEPIDOSCIA PLACOXANTHA, n. Sp. 



Male, 20 mm. Head yellow. Palpi, antennse, thorax, legs, 

 .and abdomen deep fuscous-purple. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 raite, costa gently arched, termen rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique; 7 absent; deep purplish fuscous; a broad yellowish 

 somewhat triangular fascia, from innermargin before middle to 

 before middle of costa, broadest on innermargin ; a faintly outr 

 lined yellowish patch in middle of wing at four-fifths from 

 base; cilia ochreous-fuscous, basal half deep purplish fuscous. 

 Hindwings fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



No^ very near any other described species, it bears so'mei re- 

 semblance to species of Chrysoryctis. 



Gisborne, Victoria; one specimen, in September. {Coll. 

 LyeU.) 



Lepidoscia polychrysa, n. sp. 



Male, 10 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs, and 

 abdomen dark fuscous, posterior legs ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, cos.ta arched, termen rounded, oblique; 7 

 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen ; fuscous, in^egularly irrorated with 

 golden-ochreous scales; a large irregular-quadrat e^ patch of 

 dull golden metallic close to base, nearly reaching cosita, 

 broajdest below ; a small similarly colored pa.tch on costa in 

 middle, a second on costa at two-tliird, and a smaller one 

 just beyond; a row of dull golden-metallic oval spots along 

 tennen; cilia fuscous, mixed with golden ochreous. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded; pale ochreous, with golden re- 

 flections ; cilia fuscous. 



Neiarest cliloropetaJa, Mejrf., but distinct by hindwings. 



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



Lepidoscia trileuca, n. sp. 



Male, 16 mm. Head ochreous. Palpi, antennae, thorax, 

 legs, and abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 coeta gently arched, termen obliquely rounded, 7 absent; pale 

 whitish, with dull fuscous markings ; a moderate basal patch, 

 outer edge from one^fourth costa to' one-fourth innermargin 

 indented above innermargin ; a broad transverse fascia, from 

 middle of costa to middle of innermargin, sometimes indented 

 beneath costa on posterior edge, and with a fine whitish line 



