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whitish bases and a darker median line. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded, distinctly indented towards apex; colour, 

 antemedian, postmedian and terminal lines, and cilia as 

 forewings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Townsville, in September; two specimens. 



Metasia dactyliota, n. sp. 

 (DaktuliotoSy ringed; in allusion to discal spot of forewings.) 



9 . 16 mm. Head and antennas pale-fuscous. Palpi l^; 

 fuscous-whitish. Thorax ochreous-whitish mixed with fus- 

 cous. Abdomen whitish, bases of segments broadly fuscous. 

 Legs fuscous annulated with whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, 

 oblique; ochreous-whitish irrorated with fuscous; markings 

 fuscous; a broadly suffused sub-basal line; an irregularly 

 dentate transverse line at i; a similar line from mid-costa 

 to § termen, bifurcating to enclose a small whitish discal 

 spot; a third similar line from § costa to tornus; two fus- 

 oous dots on costa between this and apex; a fuscous terminal 

 line; cilia whitish, bases ochreous-whitish mixed with pale- 

 fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; whitish with 

 some fuscous irroration; a fuscous transverse line from tor- 

 nus, lost in mid-disc; a similar incomplete line from termen 

 beyond tornus ; an apical fuscous suffusion ; cilia as forewings, 

 but at tornus wholly whitish. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



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

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Metasia diplophragma, n. sp. 



{Diplophragmos, with double margin.) 



9, 14 mm. Head white. Palpi 3J; external surface 

 pale-fuscous. Antennae grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, bases of segments fus- 

 cous. Legs whitish-ochreous ; apices of anterior tibiae 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, apex rounded, termen bowed, strongly ob- 

 lique; whitish-ochreous; markings fuscous, distinct; some fus- 

 cous suffusion at base ; an outwardly curved line from \ costa 

 to f termen; an obliquely elongat-e median discal spot; a 

 sinuate line from § costa to | dorsum, succeeded by some 

 fuscous irroration; a fuscous terminal line; cilia whitish 

 w^ith a fuscous basal line. Hindwings with termen slightly 

 sinuate; colour, terminal line, and cilia as forewings; broadly 



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