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BASYCOMOTA, n. g. 



Head and thorax densely haired, moderately smooth. Palpi 

 porrect, second joint triangularly scaled, terminal joint con- 

 cealed. Antennae bipectinated to a,pex, shorter on apical 

 sixth. Forewings with 2 from three-fourths: 7 and 8 out of 

 9 ; 10 separate, closely approximated to 9 at base. Hindwings 

 with 6 and 7 stalked. 



Closely allied to LethocejDhala, Feld., differing principally 

 by the antennae. Perhaps it need not be sepai'ated. 



Uasycomota pyrrhcea, n. sp. 



Male, 30 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, legs, and abdomen dai*k 

 reddish, thorax lighter anteriorly. Antennae reddish, bipecti- 

 nated to apex, shorter on apical sixth, at greatest length 4. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa sinuate, termen strongly 

 rounded in middle, oblique ; dark reddish, minutely irrorated 

 with deeper red, deepest on basal third and beyond line ; a nar- 

 row nearly straight reddish-fuscous line from costa at^ five-sixths 

 to inner margin at two-thirds, very slightly curved outwards on 

 upper half, edged anteriorly throughout by its own width of 

 grey-whitish ; cilia reddish-fuscous ; terminal third darker. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded ; reddish-fu&cous, paler ob. 

 basal half ; cilia as in forewings, but paler towards base. 



Easily recognised by tlie transverse whitish-edged line of 

 iorewings. 



Cooktown, Queensland; tlu'ee specimens, in December. 



MOMOPOLA COSMOCALLA, U. Sp. 



Male and female, 38-42 mm. Head and palpi carmiae. 

 Thorax fleshy-ochreous, anteriorly and posteriorly carmine- 

 tinged. Antennae ochreous, pectinations in male at grea.test 

 length 6, in female fiiliform. Abdomen whitish, cannine-tinged. 

 X»egs whitish-carmine, joints and tarsal rings of anterior and 

 middle legs black. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 rather strongly arched, termen gently rounded, oblique ; 7 and 

 8 out of 9. 10 out of 9 below 7 ; fleshy-ochreous, more or less 

 suffused with carmine throughout; costal edge broadly car- 

 mine; a narrow inwardly oblique fuscous transverse line, from 

 middle of inner margin towards costa at three-fourths, but not 

 near reaching it. sometimes absent ; cilia ochreous-grey, mixed 

 ■with carmine, tips fuscous. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked ; 

 pale ochreous- whitish, delicately suffused with pale cannine on 

 terminal half; cilia pale ochreous-whitish. at base partly car- 

 mine-tinged. 



Duaringa. Queensland : three specimens, received from late 

 Mr. G. Barnard, taken in February. 



