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Xyrosaris acroxutha, n. sp. 



dKpo$ov6o<;, tawny at the apex. 



d, 15 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous, inner surface whitish; second 

 joint slender, not tufted ; terminal joint dilated with long hairs obscuring apex. 

 Antennae grey. Thorax whitish with some grey irroration. Abdomen grey; 

 tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs fuscous ; posterior pair whitish. Forewings 

 narrow, costa nearly straight, apex pointed, termen and dorsum continuous, 

 straight ; grey with some fuscous irroration ; towards dorsum sufifused with 

 whitish ; 4 or 5 fuscous dots on basal third of costa and two subcostal dots 

 beyond this ; an interrupted blackish line on apical end of costa, and some 

 blackish scales on terminal edge ; cilia orange-brown with two postmedian 

 fuscous lines, on dorsum grey. Hindwings broadly lanceolate ; grey ; cilia 1-^, 

 grey. 



Not unlike X. dryopa, Meyr., but palpi not tufted on second joint. 



Queensland: National Park (2,500 feet), in December, one specimen. 



Prays parilis, n. sp. 



Parilis, similar. 



6 , 9» 11-13 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae grey. Thorax white; 

 anterior edge fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs grey ; posterior pair whitish. 

 Forewings rather narrow, costa nearly straight, apex rounded, termen very 

 oblique ; white ; markings fuscous ; a series of strigulae on basal third of costa, 

 and another on basal third of dorsum, some dot-like, others produced into disc; 

 a moderate fascia from ^ costa to f dorsum, sometimes divided on costa into 

 strigulae separated by white dots, constricted in middle; a subapical costal 

 spot, and a large spot on termen above tornus, sometimes connected ; cilia grey. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Nearest P. in script a, Meyr., but with white thorax and only one fascia on 

 forewing. 



Queensland : Brisbane, in November and December, three specimens. 



Prays amblystola, n. sp. 



dyu./3/\vo-ToA.o?, in dull clothing. 



d , 14 mm. Plead and thorax fuscous-brown. Palpi and antennae fuscous. 

 Abdomen and legs fuscous. Forewings narrow, dilated posteriorly, costa nearly 

 straight, apex rounded, termen very oblique ; fuscous-brown ; a median whitish 

 streak from ^ to f , sufifusedly connected with middorsum, and again with tornus ; 

 some patchy whitish suffusion on apical portion of disc ; cilia brown. Hind- 

 wings grey, thinly scaled ; cilia grey. 



New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (3,500 feet), in January, two 

 specimens. 



Charicrata sericoleuca, n. sp. 



crr]pLKo\€VKo<;, silky-whiie. 



9 , 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax white. Abdomen pale 

 grey. Legs white ; tarsi with fine fuscous annulations. Forewings narrow- 

 oval, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 shining white faintly tinged with ochreous and sparsely irrorated with pale 

 fuscous, which forms fine transverse strigulae. near apex and termen this is 

 replaced by dark fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, sometimes with fuscous apical 

 dots. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Queensland: National Park (2.500 feet), in January; New South Wales: 

 Lismore, in October, two specimens. 



