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dilated on dorsum ; a large brassy tornal spot ; a short, outwardly-oblique, 

 fuscous streak from f costa; a similar but broader streak at apex; cilia 

 white, on costa and a fine apical hook fuscous. Hindwings narrow-lanceolate; 

 white; cilia white. 



Queensland: Brisbane, in September; Toowoomba, in September and 

 October; Bunya Mountains (3,500 feet), in October; six specimens. 



Leucoptera chalcopleura, n. sp. 



^aX;)(07rA€vpos, with sides of brass. 



9 , 6 mm. Head and thorax white ; crown smooth. Antennae grey ; basal 

 joint white. Abdomen and legs white. Forewings shining white ; an outwardly- 

 oblique, suboblong, coppery-fuscous spot on costa at -^-; two short converging 

 lines from costa beyond f , with intervening irroration, fuscous ; a large silvery 

 tornal spot narrowly edged anteriorly and posteriorly with blackish ; cilia white, 

 on tornus fuscous tinged, with tAvo fine fuscous lines from costa. Hindwings 

 narrow-lanceolate ; white ; cilia white. 



Queensland : Brisbane, in October, one specimen. 



Leucoptera melanolitha, n. sp. 



/i,€A.ai'oAt^o9, black jewelled. 



$ , 5 mm. Head and thorax snow-white ; crown smooth. Antennae 

 whitish-grey ; basal joint white. Abdomen pale grey. Legs whitish. Fore- 

 wings snow-white ; a large, quadrangular, blackish spot on ^ costa, reaching 

 fold ; two fine, parallel, outwardly-oblique, fuscous streaks from costa at -| and 

 before apex ; a large, quadrangular, silvery, tornal spot, edged anteriorly and 

 posteriorly with blackish ; cilia white with a short, oblique, fuscous streak above 

 apex, and two blackish dots, longitudinally placed beneath apex. Hindwings 

 and cilia whitish. 



Resembles L. chalcopleura, but the costal spot is black and not oblique, the 

 costal streaks are not converging, and the cilia are different. 



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



Leucoptera argyroptera, n. sp. 



dpyvpoTrTepo<;, silvery winged. 



9 , 5 mm.. Head white ; crown smooth, silvery -grey. Antennae grey ; 

 basal joint white. Thorax silvery-grey. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish. 

 Forewings silvery-grey ; an outwardly-oblique, ochreous streak, edged with 

 fuscous from midcosta, and a similar streak from middorsum, the two meeting 

 at an acute angle ; an ochreous spot on costa at f ; a narrow subterminal 

 ochreous fascia, preceded by a blackish dot on dorsum, and followed by a 

 blackish spot in disc ; a large grey spot slightly above tornus ; cilia whitish, 

 an outwardly-oblique fuscous line from costa, nearly meeting another from 

 apex in a wide V. Hindwings narrow-lanceolate ; whitish-grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey. 



North Queensland : Bowen, in June, one specimen. 



Leucoptera iolitha, n. sp. 



IoXlOo?, with violet jewel. 



9 , 6 mm. Head and thorax white. Antennae fuscous ; basal joint white. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs white ; tarsi partly fuscous. Forewings shining white ; 

 a fine, fuscous, outwardly-oblique line from midcosta, meeting a curved line 

 from f dorsum ; beyond these the disc is wholly brownish-ochreous, except for 

 three white costal spots, a metallic tornal spot with violet reflections, and a 



