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 ELACHISTIDAE. 



Limnoecia loxoscia, n. sp. 



$ , 12 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, fuscous tinged. Antennae and 

 thorax fuscous. Abdomen greyish. Legs fuscous. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; dark fuscous, with creamy-white markings ; an ovoid basal spot ; a 

 moderately broad oblique fascia, from costa near base to near middle of wing, 

 not reaching dorsum, but attenuated posteriorly ; a similar fascia, from costa in 

 middle, extending to tornus ; a small triangular spot on costa, just above termina- 

 tion of last streak; cilia dark fuscous, becoming broadly creamy- white around 

 tornus and upper third of termen. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



In one specimen the second fascia is obsolete on costal portion, thus becoming 

 a short longitudinal streak. 



Hah. — Dorrigo, New South Wales ; three specimens in October and 

 November. 



Parectropa clethrata/n. sp. 



6 , 16 mm. Head snow-white. Thorax white, patagiae brownish-ochreous. 

 Antennae fuscous, whitish beneath. Palpi white. Abdomen fuscous. Legs 

 fuscous, anterior and middle pair suffused with white. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; white, with well-defined ochreous markings ; a thick streak above 

 fold, from base to indentation of first fascia, becoming costal anteriorly ; first 

 fascia from costa at one-third, outwardly oblique to middle of wing, thence 

 obliquely inwards to dorsum before middle, and continued more or less to base; 

 second fascia similar, from costa at about middle to dorsum at three-quarters, 

 mterrupted by a streak of ground-colour above angulation; a wedge-shaped 

 costal spot, directed towards termen, but not reaching it, at about five-sixths ; 

 a similar spot, almost at apex ; an irregular tornal spot ; cilia fuscous, with a 

 white tooth below middle. Hindwings narrow-lanceolate ; grey ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



Hah. — Wayville, South Australia ; three specimens, in September, at light. 



