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OCTASPHALES, Meyr. 



Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antennse 

 1 or over 1, in male simple, basal joint moderate, without 

 pecten. Labial pal,pi very long, recurved, smooth-scaled, tor- 

 minal joint as long as or shorter than second, acute. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings : 2 from 

 near angle, sometimes stalked with 3, 7 to apex, 8 absenjb (coin- 

 cident with 7), 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings 1, oblong- 

 ovate, cilia one-hird; 3 and 4 connate, 7 curved downwards 

 in middle. 



Founded on a New Guinea species, 0. cliaritopa, with which 

 the following is congeneric. Immediately distinguished from 

 all near allies by the coincidence of veins 7 and 8 of the fore- 

 wings; in all other respects, however, it is cosely related to 

 Peritornetita, and if any species should prove to be variable in 

 this particular the two genera would have to be united, in 

 which case Octasijliales has priority. 



OCTASPHALES CHORDERES, n. Sp. 



Male and female, 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax 

 brown. Abdomen light ochreous-yellow. Forewings mode- 

 rately broad, oblong, costa rather strongly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen hardly oblique, rounded ; light brown, some- 

 times rosy-tinged, sometimes mixed with ipale ashy-grey in 

 disc ; costal edge pale yellow-ochreous, sometimes rosy-suf- 

 fused ; numerous indistinct scattered dark brown dots ; a 

 straight transverse ill-defined dark brown streak from middle 

 of costa to four-fifths of dorsum ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, 

 with an indistinct fuscous line, base slightly rosy-tinged. Hind- 

 wings rather dark grey ; costal edge and a suffusion along 

 dorsum pale yellowish ; cilia ochreou&-whitish, with a famb 

 grey line. 



Rosewood, Queensland, in September; two specimens. 



PERITORNEUTA, Turn. 



Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antennae 

 1 or over 1, in male simple, basal joint moderate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, smooth-scaled, ter- 

 minal joint shorter than second, acute. Posterior tibiae 

 clothed with long hairs above. Forewings : 2 from near angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle of cell. Hind- 

 wings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia one-third; 3 and 4 connate, 7 

 curved downwards in middle. 



Dr. Turner adopted this genus from me, but has given the 



