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scales; a dot below cell near base, and another in cell to- 

 wards base : a quadrangular spot in cell at J, and another 

 oval spot on dorsal side of it below cell ; a quadrangular spot 

 beneath f costa, bisected by vein 6 : a smaller spot obliquely 

 below this bisected by vein 4 ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with 

 termen sinuate; vein 8 in d" bowed and clothed beneath with 

 long scales ; colour and cilia as f orewings ; one translucent spot 

 only, towards base on dorsal side of cell, elongate-ovoid, nar- 

 Tower towards base. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



N.Q., Kuranda; one specimen, received from Mr. F. 

 P. Dodd. Mulgrave River, near Cairns, in December; Mie 

 specimen. 



Archernis eucosma, n. sp. 



(Eukosmos^ well-adorned.) 



d 9 , 31-32 mm. Head pale-grey, face white except for 

 a pale-grey superior spot. Palpi fuscous, inner-surface and 

 base white. Antennae pale-grey. Thorax and abdomen pale- 

 grey. Legs white ; anterior femora and distal § of tibiae dark- 

 fuscous on internal surface. Forewings triangular, costa 

 straight for |, then rather strongly arched, apex rounded, 

 termen bowed, oblique ; pale-grey : a blackish crescentic 

 median discal spot; a fine fuscous line from | costa, wavy, out- 

 wardly curved, towards dorsum bent inwards, and then 

 downwards to j dorsum; an elongate suffused white spot on 

 posterior edge of this line beneath costa, and a smaller similar 

 spot above dorsum ; cilia whitish barred with fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded; jDale-grey; discal spot rather 

 large, blackish, angular; a postmedian fuscous line bent out- 

 wards towards termen in middle third; a fuscous terminal 

 line; cilia white, bases barred with fuscous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Townsville, in February; two specimens received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Archernis leucocosma, n. sp. 



{Leiikokosmos, with white ornament.) 



c 9 J 22-2G mm. Head greyish-brown, face white. Palpi 

 3J; fuscous-brown, base white. Antennae greyish-brown. 

 Thorax and abdomen greyish-brown. Legs white; anterior 

 femora and tibiae fuscous on internal surface. Forewinga 

 triangular, costa straight for |, then arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen bowed, oblique; greyish-brow^n ; a fine fuscous 

 transverse line at J; a snow-white median discal spot, edged 



