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anteriorly with fuscous; a fine fuscous wavy line from J costa 

 to I dorsum, edged posteriorly with white in costal portion; 

 cilia fuscous, apices white except opposite mid-termen. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded; greyish-brown; a snow-whit€ 

 discal spot edged anteriorly with fuscous; a fuscous post- 

 median line, edged posteriorly with white throughout, and 

 produced towards termen in middle ; cilia white with a basal 

 fuscous line. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in October and May; two speci- 

 mens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Archernis metriodes, n. sp. 

 {Metriodes, of ordinary appearance.) 



d" , 29 mm. Head pale-brown, face white. Palpi 2; 

 fuscous-brown, base white. Antennae pale-brown. Thorax 

 and abdomen pale-brown. Legs white ; internal surface and 

 anterior femora and tibiae fuscous. Fore wings triangular, 

 costa straight for j, then arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 bowed, oblique ; pale-brown ; basal line obsolete ; a linear 

 crescentic fuscous median discal mark; a fine wavy fuscous 

 line from | costa towards tornus, abruptly bent inwards in 

 disc and then downwards to J dorsum; cilia brown-whitish 

 with a fuscous basal line. Hindwings with termen rounded ; 

 as forewings but discal mark straight, postmedian line with 

 middle third produced towards termen and dentate. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Townsville, in March; one specimen received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Metasia polytima, n. sp. 



(Polutimos, much-esteemed.) 



<S , 14-15 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, face fuscous. 

 Palpi 3; fuscous, beneath white. Antennae whitish with 

 incomplete fuscous annulations; ciliations in S J- Thorax 

 pale-reddish. Abdomen pale-reddish; apical segments fus- 

 cous. Legs whitish with some fuscous suffusion; anterior 

 pair mostly fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa straight, 

 slightly indented at § and thence gently arched, apex rounded, 

 termen bowed, oblique ; pale-reddish ; a broad dark-fuscous 

 costal streak to § ; a fine fuscous transverse line at J ; a 

 pale discal spot outlined with fuscous and connected by a fine 

 fuscous line with dorsum beyond middle; a wavy dark-fuscous 

 line from | costa to before tornus ; disc beyond this suffused 

 with fuscous; a dark-fuscous terminal line; cilia fuscous with 



