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PELTOSAEIS, n. g. 



Head smooth ; tongue developed. Antennae five-sixths, In 

 male with very long ciliations (7), basal joint moderate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi very long, recui^ved, second joint ex- 

 ceeding base of antennae, clothed with dense scales expanded 

 into tuft beneath towards apex, terminal joint almost as long 

 as second, slender, acute. Thorax smooth. Forewings : 7 

 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings under 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia three-fourths; 3 and 4 connate. 



Allied to Hypercallia, of which it may be regarded as a de- 

 velopment, differing essentially by the tufted second joint of 

 palpi. 



Peltosaris triplaca, n. sp. 



Male, 13-14 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, sometimes 

 centrally infuscated. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, second joint 

 with broad oblique d.irk fuscous band, terminal joint dark fus- 

 cous. Antennae yellowish, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, collar and patagia ochreous-yellow. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with yellowish 

 (posterior pair broken). Forewings elongate, costa mode- 

 rately arched, apex round-pointed, termen hardly rounded, 

 very oblique ; ochreous-yellow ; edge of costa at base dark fus- 

 cous; three broad connected dark fuscous fasciae, first from 

 dorsum before middle to middle of costa, sending a projection 

 near dorsum to base, second connecting upper end of first with 

 lower end of third, third terminal ; cilia dark fuscous, on ter- 

 men ochreous-yellow except at base. Hindwings and cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



Katoomba, New South Wales, in November (G-. Lyell) ; two 

 .specimens. 



HYPERCALLIA, Steph. 



This names supersedes Peltophora, Meyr. 



Hypercallia trichroa^ n. sp. 

 Male, 14 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi light 

 ochreous-yellow, lower half of second joint dark fuscous. An- 

 tennae dark fuscous, ciliations (9). Thorax dark purplish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft yellowish. Legs 

 dark fuscous, middle tarsi yellowish-ringed, posterior legs 

 ochreous-yellowish, banded with fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen almost straight, 

 oblique ; dark fuscous, somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous ; 

 two ochreous-whitish fasciae, first at one-fourth, narrowed to- 

 wards costa, very broad dorsally, second from two-thirds ct 



