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Geometrites vein 5 of forewings arises from the middle, or 

 above the middle of cell, with the exception of Microdes, 

 in which it arises from below the middle, apparently in conse- 

 quence of the development of some secondary sexual characters 

 in the male. The stalking of 4 and 5 is an extraordinary 

 anomaly in this family; possibly the discovery of the male 

 may suggest some explanation. 



Antimimistis illaudata, n. sp. 



illaudatus, obscure. 



9, 20-22 mm. Head grey. Palpi 1\; whitish-ochreous 

 sometimes greenish tinged. Antennae grey. Thorax grey. 

 Abdomen grey; dorsum of second segment pale greenish- 

 ochreous. Legs grey ; anterior pair fuscous with whitish 

 annulations on tarsi. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, gently arched towards apex, apex rounded, termen 

 bowed, oblique; fuscous-grey with obscure whitish lines; first 

 from \ costa to \ dorsum, indistinct, wavy; second from 

 I costa to |- dorsum, slender, outwardly bowed, irregularly 

 dentate; a fine parallel fuscous line succeeds this, and then a 

 pale sufltused line; a fine dentate subterminal line; cilia 

 fuscous-grey. Hindwings with termen rounded, wavy; as 

 forewings. Underside similar but more suffused. 



North Queensland : Kuranda, near Cairns, in November 

 and April; two specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Symmimetis muscosa. Turn. 



North Queensland: Kuranda, near Cairns, in October; 

 Evelyn Scrub, near Herberton, in December. Queensland : 

 Brisbane, in April. 



Symmimetis sylvatica, n. sp. 

 sylvaticus, of the woods. 



(5 , 9 > 18-21 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi fuscous, towards 

 base ochreous-whitish. Antennae fuscous; ciliations in 

 male 2|. Thorax grey mixed with fuscous. Abdomen pale 

 greenish-ochreous with some fuscous scales; tuft in male 

 whitish. Legs whitish-ochreous; anterior pair fuscous with 

 whitish-ochreous annulations on tibiae and tarsi. Forewings 

 broadly triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen 

 bowed, oblique; whitish-ochreous suffused with fuscous, which 

 forms indistinct markings; a large fuscous basal patch; a 

 dark-fuscous discal dot at \ on end of cell, and near posterior 

 edge of basal patch; immediately following this a broad, 

 dentate, transverse, whitish-ochreous line, indistinct towards 

 dorsum; a broad median fuscous fascia containing some 



