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obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish ; a dark fuscous streak along 
costa to three-fourths, attenuated at base and extremity; cilia 
ochreous-whitish. Hindwings and cilia grey. | 
Distinguished from the preceding by the ochreous-tinged fore- 
wings, and shorter costal streak. Brisbane ; two specimens. 
PHILOBOTA PERIXANTHA, 7. sp. 
Male, 18-19 mm.; female, 25-27 mm. Head and face ochreous. 
Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennz whitish, ciliations two. Thorax 
white. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish : 
anterior and middle tibie and tarsi suffused with fuscous. Fore- 
wings elongate, not dilated, costa gently arched, apex round- 
pointed, hindmargin obliquely rounded; white: base of costa 
dark fascous ; costal and hindmarginal edges narrowly ochreous ; 
cilia ochreous. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Brisbane ; taken commonly. 
PHILOBOTA ORPHNITES, 7. sp. 
Male, 17-22 mm.; female, 23-25 mm. Head and face white. 
Palpi whitish, anterior surface of second joint except apex, and 
of terminal joint pale fuscous. Antenne whitish. Thorax white. 
Abdomen whitish. Legs whitish. Forewings elongate, not 
dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 
obliquely rounded ; white ; basal fifth of costal edge dark fuscous; 
some pale fuscous suftusion along costa; discal dots dark fuscous, 
first at one-third, second obliquely beyond first on fold, third 
beyond second above fold often absent, fourth above 
centre of disc, and three others forming a crescent at two-thirds ; 
an inwardly oblique streak from costa at five-sixths, sharply bent 
in disc and continued as a series of fine dots parallel to hindmargin 
to anal angle, this posterior line is often obsolete ; a series of dots 
often obsolete along apical sixth of costa and hindmargin ; cilia 
whitish. Hindwing and cilia whitish-grey. 
Brisbane ; taken commonly. 
PHILOBOTA ORPHNH/A, 2. Sp. 
Male and female, 17-20 mm. MHead and face ochreous-whitish. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish, basal half of anterior surface of second 
joint sometimes fuscous. Antenne ochreous-fuscous. Thorax 
ochreous-whitish, with a transverse fuscous band. Abdomen 
ochreous-fuscous. Legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, 
posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 
hindmargin obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish ; more or less 
suffused with fuscous scales—these sometimes form an irregular 
blotch in centre of disc above fold ; a fuscous dot before middle 
of disc, a second beyond middle, and a third on fold obliquely 
