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Narycia myriospila, n. sp. 

 /Auptoo-TTiAos, with countless spots. 



9 , 30-32 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey ; tuft 

 ochreous tinged. Legs grey ; anterior pair fuscous. Forewings suboblong, 

 costa gently arched, more strongly towards base, and there fringed with longer 

 scales, apex round-pointed ; 7 and 8 stalked ; pale grey speckled with very 

 numerous, minute, fuscous dots; a s4iort, broad, fuscous bar from ^ costa, 

 outwardly oblique to middle of disc ; cilia pale grey, apices grey-whitish. Hind- 

 wings and cilia grey. 



Queensland : Brisbane, in May and June, two specimens. 



Narycia phaeostola, n. sp. 

 (^atocTToAos, dusky clothed. 



d, 15 mm. Head pale ochreous; face and palpi fuscous. Antennae fus- 

 cous; ciliations in male 1. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, beneath pale 

 ochreous. Legs fuscous, suffused, and tarsi annulated, with pale ochreous. 

 Forewings oval-oblong, costa strongly arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 oblique ; 7 and 8 coincident ; fuscous slightly tinged with brown ; an irregular 

 whitish-ochreous spot at about -3- on fold ; whitish-ochreous costal dots shortly 

 before and after middle ; cilia concolourous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



$ . 20-21 mm. Forewings more elongate, apex more acute ; fuscous without 

 brownish tinge ; markings of male very obscurely indicated. 



At first sight the sexes appear so different that I would not have placed 

 them together if they had not been taken in the same locality. 



Queensland: National Park (3,000 feet), in December and January, one 

 male (type) and three female specimens. 



Narycia sinuosa, n. sp. 



SiiiuosHS, with many curves. 



6 , 16-20 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi fuscous. Antennae fuscous ; 

 ciliations in male 1. Thorax and abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous; tarsi 

 annulated with whitish ; posterior pair except tarsi whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 oval, costa bisinuate, being moderately arched with slight median excavation, 

 apex round-pointed ; termen very oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked ; grey-whitish with 

 numerous transverse fuscous strigulae ; four or five fine interrupted transverse 

 lines in basal third; sometimes a broader fascia at -^-, its edges very irregular; 

 a tornal fuscous spot, sometimes connected with a similar or larger spot on § 

 costa, and sometimes one or more costal spots beyond this ; cilia grey. Hind- 

 wings and cilia grey. 



Queensland : Brisbane, in April and May, four specimens. 



Narycia melanospora, n. sp. 



MeXavoo-TTopos, black spotted. 



d, 17 mm. Head whitish. Palpi fuscous. Antennae fuscous; ciliations 

 in male -§-. Thorax and abdomen fuscous ; tuft whitish-grey. Legs fuscous ; 

 posterior pair grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 more strongly towards apex, apex round-pointed ; 7 and 8 stalked ; whitish with 

 scanty fuscous irroration and fuscous markings ; dorsal spots at -^ and §, each 

 preceded by a discal spot ; numerous costal dots with a larger spot at -| ; a 

 straight, irregularly edged fascia from | costa to tornus ; a subterminal series of 

 dots ; cilia whitish. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 



New South Wales: Cooma (2,000 feet), in October, one specimen. 



