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Fam. HYPONOMEUTIDAE. 



Zelleria orthopleura, n. sp. 



6p6o7rXevpo<;, with straight costa. 



6, 9, 13-15 mm. Head grey. Palpi slender; whitish. Antennae grey. 

 Thorax grey. Abdomen pale grey. Legs grey; posterior pair and middle 

 tarsi whitish. Forewings narrow, costa straight, apex rounded, termen and 

 dorsum continuous, straight ; grey ; numerous fuscous dots, some on basal half 

 of costa, a subterminal and a subdorsal series in disc ; a suffused inwardly 

 oblique mark in disc before middle, and another on middorsum ; cilia grey 

 with some fuscous irroration around apex. Hindwings lanceolate ; pale grey ; 

 cilia 3 ; pale grey. 



Nearest Z. araeodes, Meyr. 



Queensland : Brisbane, in August ; Coolangatta, in September ; Charle- 

 ville, in September; four specimens. 



Zelleria euthysema, n. sp. 



evOvo-rjfios, with straight marking. 



6 . 16-18 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae grey, whitish towards 

 base. Thorax white ; patagia orange. Abdomen pale grey. Legs grey ; 

 posterior pair whitish. Forewings lanceolate, costa strongly arched, apex acute, 

 termen and dorsum continuous, straight ; white ; a slender yellow subcostal 

 line to f ; a yellow or orange median streak from base to above tornus, in 

 posterior half edged above with grey ; a suffused streak of grey irroration 

 from beyond middle of disc to apex, broadening posteriorly ; cilia white irrorated 

 with grey, sometimes tinged with yellow beneath apex, on dorsum grey-whitish. 

 Hindwings broadly lanceolate ; pale grey ; cilia 1^, grey-whitish. 



Queensland : Crow's Nest, near Toowoomba, in October ; Stanthorpe, in 

 February ; two specimens. 



Zelleria panceuthes, n. sp. 



Tray K€v6r]<;, well Concealed. 



c? , 12 mm. Head fuscous-brown. Palpi whitish, external surface mixed 

 M'ith fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax fuscous-brown. Abdomen grey. 

 Legs fuscous ; posterior pair grey. Forewings narrow, costa nearly straight, 

 apex pointed ; fuscous-brown with fuscous irroration ; a series of minute 

 fuscous dots on costa from base to middle; a paler donal streak suddenly 

 broadening at ^ so as to extend beyond middle of disc, this extension is bounded 

 anteriorly by a defined oblique line, posteriorly it is suffused and undefined ; 

 cilia grey, on and near apex fuscous. Hindwings lanceolate; grey; cilia 3^, 

 grey. 



Queensland: National Park (3,000 feet), in January, one specimen. 



Zelleria perimeces, n. sp. 



n-ept/xyjKT^?, elongate. 



d , 9 , 20-22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax grey. Abdomen 

 ochreous-grey. Legs fuscous ; posterior pair grey. Forewings moderately 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtusely pointed ; grey with a few fuscous 

 scales ; some scattered fuscous dots, more numerous towards base ; an inwardly- 

 oblique fuscous line from -3- costa to -3- dorsum more or less developed ; a 

 brownish-fuscous apical spot ; cilia grey, around apex fuscous. Hindwings 

 broadly lanceolate; grey; cilia 1, grey. 



Victoria : Mount Macedon, near Gisborne, in March, five specimens received 

 from Mr. Geo. Lyell, who found the pupae beneath the thin bark of smooth gum 

 (Eucalyptus) trunks. Type in Coll. Lyell. 



