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OCYSTOLA ^THOPIS, n. Sp. 



Ma,le, 11-14 mm. Head grey, slightly reddish-tinged. 

 Palpi moderately long, fuscous, terminal joint almost 1. 

 Antenna? fuscous, ciliations (5). Thorax brown. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Legs rather dark fuscous, hairs of posterior til^iafr 

 ochreous-grey- whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely 

 rounded; dull brown, slightly reddish-tinged, especially on 

 costal edge ; stigmata large, darker, very cloudy and ill-de- 

 fined, plical obliquely beyond first discal ; termen very ob- 

 scurely darker suffused ; cilia dull brown, with an obscure, 

 sometimes obsolete, patch of ochreous suffusion towards ti^s 

 beneath apex. Hind wings and cilia rather dark grey ; 3 and 

 4 connate. 



Gisborne, Victoria, in October and March (G. Lyell) ; two 

 specimens. 



Nearly allied to 0. acroxantha, but conspicuously darker 

 throughout, and without the yellow cilia of that species. 



OcYSTOLA HOLOXANTHA, n. Sp. 



Male, 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax bright yellow ; 

 palpi rather short, terminal joint two-thirds. Antennae 

 grey, towards base anteriorly white, ciliations (5). Abdomen 

 grey, mixed with ferruginous, segmental margins whitish. Legs 

 dark grey, hairs of posterior tibise whitish. Forewings elon- 

 gate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded; bright clear golden- 

 yellow; cilia yellow. Hindwings pale grey, darker pos- 

 teriorly ; cilia yellowish- grey-whitish ; 3 and 4 connate. 



Closely related to 0. malacella, but immediately distin- 

 guished by the grey hindwings (in malacella these are ochreous- 

 whitish, without any gi'ey tinge). 



Bathurst, New South Wales, in Novemb2r ; one specimen. 



HESPEROPTILA, n. g. 

 Head smooth-scaled, side tufts loosely spreading; tongue 

 developed. Antennse three-fourths, in male moderately 

 ciliated (1), basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, recurved, second joint not reaching base of 

 antennse, somewhat roughened beneath, terminal joint some- 

 what shorter than second, moderate, acute. Thorax smooth- 

 scaled. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Fore- 

 wings : 2 from near angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen ; 

 surface with tufts of raised scales. Hindwings almost 1, elon- 

 gate-ovate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate. 



