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broken.) Abdomen fuscous, mixed with metallic coppery, 
beneath whitish. Legs whitish, banded with fuscous. Fore- 
wings blackish-fuscous; markings white; a broad basal 
patch, occupying basal third of wing, posteriorly limited by 
a nearly straight, blackish line; in the middle of patch is an 
obseure narrow fuscous transverse streak, obscure on lower 
half; an obscure outwardly oblique fascia on costa at two- 
fifths, reaching nearly half across wing; a somewhat quad- 
rate spot on costa at three-quarters, reaching half across 
wing, more or less connected with lower edge of previous 
fascia, and enclosing an elongate-triangular spot of ground 
colour on costa: scale tufts metallic; three equidistant just 
above inner margin, between one-third and two-thirds; a 
whitish one at anal angle; two small ones above fold between 
first and second ; second subcostal, on lower edge of fuscous 
triangular patch; cilia fuscous, mixed with ferruginous at 
base, and with an obscure whitish spot at apex; costal cilia 
blackish. Hindwings blackish-fuscous; cilia greyish-fus- 
cous. 
Melbourne, Victoria. One specimen; in December. 
SYNTOMACTIS MELAMYDRA, n. Sp. 
Male, 8 mm. Head, palpi, antennæ, and thorax black. 
Abdomen grey, beneath with white segmental bands. Legs 
greyish, posterior pair blackish. Forewings elongate-lanceo 
late; dark fuscous, mixed with and some metallic scales: 
tufts black, anteriorly metallic; cilia dark fuscous. Hind- 
wings narrow-lanceolate; pale fuscous; cilia fuscous. An 
obscure species. 
Melbourne, Victoria. One specimen: in September. 
TRACHYDORA LEUCOBATHRA, n. Sp. 
Male, 10 mm. Head fuscous, face snow-white. Palpi 
white, basal half of second joint black, terminal joint fus- 
cous. Antenne dentate, fuscous, anterior half white. Ab- 
domen and legs black, abdomen more or less ringed with sil- 
very white, more prominent beneath, legs banded with 
silvery-white, posterior coxæ silvery white. Forewings. elon- 
gate-lanceolate; seven to costa; black with snow-white mark- 
ings; four costal spots, first at one-eighth moderate; second 
largest at one-quarter ; third and fourth close together, some- 
what raised, at three-quarters; three minute subapical spots, 
arranged longitudinally; two large spots on inner margin, 
reaching nearly half across wing at one-quarter and beyond 
middle; tufts white anteriorly, black posteriorly, one below 
last two costal spots and nearly resting on inner margin, and 
two close together, transversely placed on middle of inner 
margin; cilia white, becoming black at apex and anal angle. 
Hindwings narrow-lanceolate; dark fuscous; cilia rather 
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