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Queensland: National Park (1,500 to 3,000 feet), in December and March, 

 three specimens. 



Gen. Azaleodes, nov. 



d^aX60)8r/s, of dry, withered appearance. 



Head and face rough-haired. Palpi rather long, ascending, exceeding 

 vertex, stout but laterally compressed, shortly rough-scaled; terminal joint about 

 ^, as stout as second joint. Maxillary palpi long, slender, folded. Posterior 

 tibiae smooth above, shortly hairy beneath. P'orewings with all veins present 

 and separate, 2 from near angle, 3 and 4 approximated from angle, 7 to termen, 

 11 from near base. Hindwings with all veins present and separate, 2 from -§,, 

 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 approximately equidistant, a forked median vein in cell. 



Probably related to Ardiostcres, but more primitive. 



Azaleodes micronipha, n. sp. 



fjiLKpovL(f>o<;, minutely snow-white. 



9 , 26 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax brown. Abdomen fuscous ; 

 brown towards base. Legs brown ; anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi fuscous. 

 Forewings suboblong, costa strongly arched to -3-, thence nearly straight, apex 

 rectangular, termen straight, scarcely oblique ; brown with scattered fuscous 

 irroration ; a snow-white, median, discal dot at -3-, and another at § ; cilia brown. 

 Hindwings slightly over 1 ; pale grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Queensland: National Park (3,000 feet), in December, one specimen. 



Gen. Tanymita, nov. 



ravv/xLTos, with long threads. 



Head and face densely rough haired. Tongue absent. Labial palpi long, 

 ascending, recurved; second joint very long, expanded towards apex, rough 

 haired anteriorly towards apex; terminal joint short, stout, acute, rough haired 

 anteriorly and posteriorly. Maxillary palpi rather stout, three-jointed, slightly 

 expanded with rough hairs at apex. Antennae' about ^, in male slightly serrate. 

 Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs. Forewings with 2 from well before 

 angle, 4 and 5 coincident in male, in female connate, remaining veins separate. 

 Hindwings with 4, 5, 6 equidistant, parallel, 6 from upper angle, 7 from well 

 before upper angle of cell. 



Tanymita hypomacra, n. sp. 

 v7rojxaKpo<i, rather long. 

 6 , 24-27 mm. ; 9 . 32-36 mm. Head ochreous-whitish with some fuscous 

 hairs on crown. Palpi ochreous-whitish with some dark-fuscous irroration. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish. Thorax ochreous-whitish with five longitudinal 

 fuscous-brown lines. Abdomen grey. Legs ochreous-whitish ; posterior tibiae 

 grey on dorsum. Forewings rather long, suboval, apex rounded; ochreous- 

 whitish with numerous fine longitudinal fuscous lines ; in posterior area these 

 run in pairs, the space betw^een them being pale ochreous ; cilia ochreous-whitish 

 with a few fuscous points. Hindwings as broad as forewings ; grey ; cilia grey. 

 North Queensland : Thursday Island ; Kuranda, in April ; Cairns; Innisfail, 

 in November ; five specimens. 



Ptychoxena tephrantha, Meyr. 

 Meyr., Exot. Micro., i., p. 616 (1916). 



Mr. Meyrick identified this for me. My examples do not agree with all 

 the details of his description, and doubtless the species is variable. 



North Queensland : Kuranda, in October ; Queensland : Brisbane ; Coolan- 

 gatta, in April ; also from Ceylon, India, Africa, and South America. 



