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28. Mar. mythica, n. sp. 



Both sexes 3 6-4 1mm. Head and thorax shining pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Palpi dark red-brown, terminal joint whitish. Antennae 

 whitish, base dark reddish-fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-orange. 

 Anterior legs dark fuscous, middle legs dark red-brown, tarsi dark 

 fuscous, posterior legs ochreous-orange, tarsi pale ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa slightly arched, rather abruptly 

 excavated from | to near apex, apex acute, hindmargin little 

 oblique, rather deeply excavated on upper half, rounded beneath ; 

 surface somewhat wrinkled transversely, pale ochreous, towards 

 inner and hind margin somewhat brownish-tinged ; costa and 

 inner margin narrowly suffused with yellowish-brown ; a round 

 black dot in disc at § : cilia w^hitish-ochreous, terminal half 

 red-brown towards apex. Hindwings light ochreous-orange ; 

 cilia pale yellowish, rosy-tinged, terminal half becoming brown- 

 red round apex. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; three specimens in December. 

 These were all taken on the stem of an old pear-tree in a garden, 

 but I observed no indications of the larva. 



5. COMPSOTORNA, n. g. 



Head with appressed hairs ; ocelli absent ; tongue short. An- 

 tennae moderate, in male filiform, moderately ciliated (1), basal 

 joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint with appressed scales, terminal joint about half second, 

 smooth, acute. Maxillary palpi very short. Thorax smooth. 

 Abdomen moderate. Anterior tibiae and tarsi much dilated with 

 dense rough scales, posterior tibiae rough-haired above and be- 

 neath. Forewings with vein 1 long-fuscate towards base, 2 from 

 f , 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked from a point with 9, 7 to apex, 

 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, towards base below 

 median and towards inner margin clothed with long hairs, \h 

 very shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 parallel, 6 

 and 7 from a point, 8 connected with cell at a point near base. 



29. Comps. oligarchica, n. sp. 

 Male 22mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, sides of face 

 ochreous. Palpi whitish, second joint externally fuscous. An- 

 tennae fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, posterior half of 

 second segment dull red. Legs whitish, anterior pair whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, hindmargin not oblique, rounded beneath ; whitish 

 ochreous, with a few fine scattered black scales; a fuscous- 

 grey straight longitudinal streak above middle from base to near 

 apex, margined beneath first with blackish and then with an 

 ochreous suffusion, and above and posteriorly by a white suffusion 



