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obtuse, tennen strongly indented ; white with fuscous markings ; a costal streak 

 from base to beyond middle with slight posterior projection in disc; two short 

 oblique costal streaks beyond this ; a broad-based sickle-shaped streak from 

 dorsum before middle ending in a fine point posteriorly ; a leaden-metallic 

 terminal spot preceded by a blackish dot ; cilia white with three fine costal bars 

 and a basal spot on apex blackish. Hindwings ovate-lanceolate; grey; cilia 1, 



Queensland : Mount Tambourine, in November, one specmien. 



Erechthias acroleuca, n. sp. 



d/cpoAeuKos, white at the apex. 



d , 13 mm. Head and palpi whitish. Antennae ochreous with two fuscous 

 rings before apex; basal joint whitish. Thorax whitish. Abdomen dark grey, 

 beneath ochreous. Legs ochreous mixed with fuscous. Forewings with costa 

 'nearly straight, but arched before apex ; apex round-pointed ; termen very oblique ; 

 whitish, but mostly occupied by broad orange-ochreous markings ; a basal patch ; 

 outwardly-oblique streaks from costa and dorsum at ^, meeting in middle at an 

 acute angle; similar streaks from middle of costa and dorsum; a large apical 

 patch nearly confluent with a large tornal spot ; a small snow-white apical spot; 

 cilia orange-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



Queensland : Charleville, in September ; I took one example of this fine 

 species on a fence after a storm. 



Erechthias polyplecta, n. sp. 



ttoAdttA-cktos, closely twined. 



d" , 9 , 9-11 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax grey-whitish. Abdomen 

 grey. Legs whitish ; tibiae and tarsi annulated with fuscous. Forewings rather 

 narrow, apex pointed ; whitish with dark-fuscous markings ; four outwardly- 

 oblique costal streaks reaching about half across wing; first basal, much ex- 

 panded on costa, second median, third from f , fourth subapical ; a subbasal dorsal 

 spot, and another at ^; an irregular dentate line from dorsum beyond middle 

 to apices of second and third costal streaks ; an apical spot and terminal line ; 

 cilia whitish, apices narrowly fuscous except on tornus. Hindwings broadly 

 lanceolate ; pale grey ; cilia pale grey. 



North Queensland : Townsville, in August and September, three specimens. 



Erechthias mesosticha, n. sp. 



/Accroo-Tixos, with median streak. 



$ , 8-9 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous ; face and palpi whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 grey.. Legs ochreous-whitish ; tibiae and tarsi annulated with dark fuscous ; 

 posterior pair grey. Forewings narrow, apex rounded ; whitish-ochreous 

 sufifused with brownish-ochreous ; a fuscous line on costa from ^ to beyond -f, 

 interrupted in middle ; a fine fuscous median longitudinal line from middle to 

 termen, its upper edge whitish towards apex ; a short marginal fuscous streak 

 at tornus ; cilia ochreous, on tornus and dorsum ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 lanceolate ; grey ; cilia grey. 



North Queensland : Kuranda, in June ; Cardwell. in August ; two specimens. 



Erechthias epixantha, n. sp. 



cTTt^av^os, tawny. 



d , 6-7 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous ; face and palpi whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Legs ochreous-whitish ; tarsi annulated with fuscous ; posterior pair 



