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rather oblique whitish-ochreous fascia from one-fifth of costa, 

 reaching two thirds across wing, narrowed beneath ; two 

 rounded whitish-ochreous spots on costa at one-half and four- 

 fifths ; plical and second discal stigmata whitish-ochreous ; a 

 3mall whitish-ochreous tomal spot; a basal suffusion, a fascia 

 before middle, a second beyond middle not nearly reaching 

 costa, and a spot beyond second discal stigma shining purplish- 

 leaden ; cilia dark fuscous, with a whitish-ochreous tornal suf- 

 fusion. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly; cilia grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in April (G. Lyell) ; one speci- 

 men. 



Macrobathra epimela, Low. 



(Gelechia epimela, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc, S. Austr., 1894^ 

 106.) 



This is a true Macrobathra. I have received the type. 



BORKHAUSENIA, Hh. 



This name applies to the genus termed Oecophora in my 

 papers, the name Oecophora being otherwise employed. 



BORKHAUSENIA SPHALEROPIS, n. Sp. 



Male, 18 mm. Head and thorax whitish irrorated with 

 grey. Palpi white sjprinkled with dark fuscous, second joint 

 with oblique submedian and narrower apical dark fuscous 

 bandg, terminal joint blackish. Antennae grey. Abdomen 

 whitish-grey. Legs dark grey, ringed with whitish, posterior 

 pair grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale 

 fuscous, irregularly and suffusedly mixed with whitish, and 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; an undefined longitudinal streak 

 of dark fuscous suffusion along submedian fold towards base ; 

 stigmata very indistinctly indicated, subelongate, dark fus- 

 cous, plical obliquely before first discal (but hardly traceable) ; 

 a faint darker angulated subterminal line ; cilia whitish, basal 

 half tinged with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings whitish-fuscous, paler anteriorly; cilia whitish. 



Grisborne, Victoria, in May (G. Lyell) ; one specimen. 



BLASTOBASIS, Zell. 



Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antenns& 

 two-thirds, in male fasciculate-ciliated (2), with sinuation and 

 notch on upper side above basal joint, suprabasal joint swol- 

 len, basal joint in male very broadly dilated and sub-concave 

 beneath, in female moderately dilated, with strong pecten. 



