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Synthaca gilviceps, n. sp. 

 (Gilviceps, with yellowish head.) 

 J , 18 mm. Head and palpi pale-ochreous. Antenna 

 pale-fuscous, towards base ochreous-tinged ; in d with mode- 

 rately long (2), even ciliations and longer (3) bristles. Thorax 

 ochreous-whitish ; collar pale-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish irrorated with pale-fuscous. Legs pale-ochreous mix- 

 ed with pale-fuscoiis. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, apex rounded, termen bowed, oblique: whitish with 

 fuscous irroration ; costal edge tinged with ochreous ; an out- 

 wardly-curved fuscous line, tinged with ochreous, from J 

 costa to -^ dorsum, interrupted in disc; a similar but broader 

 line from f costa to mid-dorsum, obtusely angled outwards 

 in disc; a finer, nearly straight, fuscous line from before apex 

 to before tornus ; an interrupted fuscous terminal line : cilia 

 whitish mixed with fuscous. Hindwings with termen round- 

 ed ; very pale fuscous ; terminal line and cilia as forewings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in February; one specimen received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



MiCRAESCHUS PROLECTUS, n. Sp. 



(Prolelctos, chosen, preferred.) 



d" 9? 20-23 mm. liead white; face and palpi brown. 

 Antennae white ; in d with a double row of short pectina- 

 tions (I). Thorax grey with a small reddish-fuscous pos- 

 terior spot. Abdomen grey with some reddish-ochreous scales. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings triangular, costa straight, 

 apex round-pointed, termen sinuate beneath apex, then 

 strongly bowed, oblique ; pale-grey with a few scattered dark- 

 fuscous scales ; a purple-fuscous streak on costa from near 

 base to near apex, interrupted towards apex by three whitish- 

 ochreous dots ; a large postmedian purple-fuscous blotch, 

 traversed by a pale line, extending from costa | across disc; 

 a purple-fuscous terminal line ; cilia orange-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded ; pale-grey : a pale-reddish suf- 

 fused median band containing a series of white dots, best 

 developed towards dorsum ; terminal line and cilia as fore- 

 wings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in October ; two specimens received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



RivuLA ^NicTOPis, n. sp. 

 (^Friil-fojjifi, of obscure appearance.) 

 (S 9> 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Antennae pale-fuscous ; in d shortly cili- 



