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Pedois anthracias, n. sp. 



Female, 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish, ante- 

 Tior legs fleshy-pink, tarsi banded with fuscous, median and 

 {posterior legs whitish. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa strongly arched, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; 6 to apex ; blackish ; all veins obscurely outlined 

 with black ; extreme costal edge fleshy-ochreous ; cilia greyish- 

 fuscous, basal half fleshy-fuscous, mixed with some black scales. 

 Hindwings greyish, faintly fus€0U&-tinged ; cilia greyish, with a 

 fuscous basal Kne. 



Stawell, Victoria; two specimens, in November. 



TINEID^. 



Iphierga pycnozona, n. sp. 



Male, 14; mm. Head and palpi orange-yellow, palpi strongly 

 tufted. Antennae greyish. Thorax dark fuscous, patagia 

 greyish. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs gi'eyish, anterior 

 pair fuscous, anterior tibiae fuscous, banded with greyish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded; 

 4 absent ; 9 and 10 stalked ; pale ochreous, with blackisih 

 markings; foiu' moderately straight transverse, irregularly 

 •edged fasciae ; first subbasal ; second from one-fourth costa to 

 one-fourth inner margin, sometimes interrupted below middle, 

 and not quite reaching inner margin ; third from costa before 

 three-fourths to inner margin at two-fifths, with a short obtuse 

 angulation in middle; fourth subterminal, from just before 

 apex to above anal angle ; a small spot on costa between third 

 and fourth fasciae; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings and cilia 

 ;pale ochreous. 



Allied to stasiodes, Meyr., but apart from the difference in 

 neuration it may be separated by the subterminal fascia. The 

 peculiarity in neuration is specific only. 



Mackay, Queensland ; two specimens in November. 



Iphierga melichrysa, n. sp. 



Male, 12 mm. Head and palpi orange-yellow, palpi strongly 

 tufted. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous, patagia fuscous, 

 antennae greyish-fuscous. Legs fuscous, posterior coxae 



ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; 4 absent ; ochreous, with black 

 markings ; a narrow basal fascia, outer edge straight ; thiee 

 narrow, moderately straight, irregularly-edged transverse 

 fasciae ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-fourth inner mar- 



