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Narycia ischnomorpha, n. sp. 



l(rxvofxop(fio<;, of narrow shape. 



6, 14-16 mm. Head white; face and palpi fuscous. Antennae fuscous; 

 ciliations in male ^. Thorax fuscous with a white transverse line behind 

 middle. Abdomen fuscous ; tuft whitish. Legs fuscous ; posterior pair 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings narrow, oval, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 very shortly stalked ; 

 whitish ; numerous costal and dorsal fuscous strigulae ; a large central roundish 

 spot, connected by a bar with f costa, fuscous ; a smaller discal spot at | ; 

 a subapical spot, sometimes white-centred ; cilia whitish. Hindwings narrow- 

 ovate; 4 and 5 approximated or stalked (in one example 5 absent on one side) ; 

 grey; cilia -^-, grey. 



Queensland : Adavale, in April, four specimens. 



Narycia leucochroa, n. sp. 



XevKoxpoo's, white. 



6 , 26 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous. Antennae grey ; ciliations in 

 male ^. Thorax white ; anterior edge fuscous. Abdomen grey ; tuft whitish. 

 Legs grey ; posterior pair whitish. Forewings posteriorly dilated, costa strongly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 coincident ; 

 white with general, scanty, pale-grey irroration ; a pale-grey spot in disc above 

 tornus, and another opposite beneath § costa ; cilia white. Hindwings and cilia 

 pale grey. 



Queensland : .Stradbroke Island, in January, one specimen. 



Narycia conioptila, n. sp. 



Koi'ioTTTtAos, dusty winged. 



d , $ , 15-20 mm. Head whitish; face and palpi fuscous. Antennae fuscous, 

 basal joint whitish ; in male slightly serrate, minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen 

 fuscous. Legs fuscous ; tarsi with fine whitish annulations ; posterior pair ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings suboval, costa strongly arched, apex pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 coincident ; whitish ; numerous fuscous strigulae tend- 

 ing to form fine interrupted transverse lines ; two fuscous transverse fasciae ; first 

 from 3 costa to dorsum before middle, constricted or interrupted beneath costa; 

 second from § costa to tornus, sometimes dilated in disc, constricted on tornus ; 

 cilia whitish. Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



North Queensland : Kuranda, in August, three specimens received from Mr. 

 F. P. Dodd.~ 



Narycia lechriotypa, n. sp. 

 AexptoTWTTos, obliquely marked. 



d, 10-11 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous. Antennae fuscous; ciliations 

 in male 1. Thorax and abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous; posterior pair paler. 

 Forewings elongate-oval, costa strongly arched, apex rounded ; 7 and 8 coincident ; 

 white with fuscous markings and strigulae ; an elongate spot on base of costa ; 

 an outwardly-oblique bar from |- dorsum to beyond middle of disc; a tornal spot; 

 an outwardly-oblique bar from § costa towards but not reaching lower end of 

 termen ; cilia whitish. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 



North Queensland : Townsville, in September and October, two specimens. 



Narycia acropolia, n. sp. 

 ctK-poTroAtos, grey at apex. 



d , 14 mm. Head ochreous-whitish ; face and palpi fuscous. Antennae 

 fuscous ; ciliations in male ^. Thorax grey ; tegulae ochreous-whitish. Abdomen 

 pale grey. Legs fuscous ; tarsi annulated with whitish ; posterior pair ochreou'i- 

 whitish. Forewings moderate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa rather strongly 



