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Lauaceston, Deloraine, and Hobart, Tasmania, from 

 November to January; three specimens. Intermediate 

 between M. indocta and (xgrella, differing from both by entire 

 <absence of stigmata. 



Mach^ritis naias, n. sp. 



Male, 11 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, 

 second joint externally dark fuscous. Antennae grey. Abdo- 

 men grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, hairs 

 of . posterior tibiae whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 naiTow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; white ; extreme costal edge dark fuscous 

 basally ; markings pale brownish irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 stigmata moderate, round, plical directly beneath first discal, 

 second discal confluent with a small terminal spot beyond 

 tornus to form a bar ; a small dorsal spot before tornus ; 

 some scattered dark scales in disc between these markings; 

 two small spots (tending to be obsolescent) on costa towards 

 apex ; cilia white, partially sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings pale grey; cilia whitish. 



Mount Crackenback (Kosciusko Range), New South Wales, 

 at 4,700 ft., in January; one specimen. 



Allied to M . melanospora and samphoras, but quite distinct. 



OCYSTOLA, Meyr. 



OCYSTOLA POLEMISTIS, U. Sp. 



Male, 11 mm. Head shining bronzy. Palpi rather long, 

 ochreous-yellowish, terminal joint externally dark fuscous, 

 three-fifths of second. Antennae yellowish, ringed with dark 

 fuscous, ciliations 2h. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, tips of 

 patagia yellow. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft yellowish. 

 Legs dark fuscous, ringed with yellowish, hairs of posterior 

 tibi^ yellowish. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated pos- 

 teriorly, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 hardly rounded, rather strongly oblique; orange-yellow; a 

 narrow dark fuscous costal streak from base, confluent with 

 a, large dark purplish-fuscous ipatch occupying terminal half 

 of wing, its anterior edge convex and running from middle 

 of costa to three-fiahs of dorsum ; cilia dark purplish-fuscous, 

 beneath apex with an ochreous patch. Hindwings and cilia 

 dark fuscous; 3 and 4 connate. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen. Allied to 0. placo- 

 xantha and mesoxantha. Differs from the former by the 

 absence of the posterior yellow spot, from the latter by the 

 dark fuscous costal streak, from both by the strongly convex 

 edge of terminal dark patch. 



