• 60 



yellow ; markings purple-fuscous ; a narrow outwardly-curved 

 fascia from ^ costa to -g- dorsum, not quite reaching dorsal 

 edge : a similar but complete fascia at i; a third fascia, 

 broader and nearly straight, from § costa to dorsum before 

 tornus ; an apical spot extending to mid-termen ; cilia yellow 

 with slight purple-fuscous irroration at tornus. Hindwings 

 and cilia pale-grey. 



Hah. — Queensland : Caloundra, in August ; one specimen. 



Machaeretis dulcicula, n. sp. (dulciculus, somewhat 



sweet) . 



S , 9 ; 11-12 mm. Head and palpi pale-yellow. 

 Antennae grey : ciliations in male h. Thorax pale-yellow. 

 Abdomen pale-grey. Legs fuscous : posterior pair ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings pale-yellow; markings fuscous: a costal 

 streak to I : a narrow outwardly-curved fascia from ^ costa 

 to | dorsum : a similar slightly broader fascia from costa beyond 

 middle to f dorsum ; a narrow fascia from f costa obliquely 

 inwards, then acutely angled and produced longitudinally 

 nearly to termen, bent parallel to termen, but before tornus 

 bent inwards and running into second fascia ; cilia pale-yellow. 

 Hindwings pale-grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Ilab.—New South Wales: Ebor (4,000 feet), in Decem- 

 ber and January ; eight specimens. 



Machaeritis hylobita, n. sp. 

 (v\o/3lto<;, living in the woods). 



c? , 9 : H-12 mm. Head pale-ochreous. Palpi dark- 

 fuscous, internal surface whitish-ochreous. Antennae grey : cili- 

 ations in male 1. Thorax and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 fuscous : posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate- 

 oval, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely 

 rounded : white with general fuscous irroration : costa and 

 termen ochreous-tinged : a triangular dark-fuscous spot on 

 base of costa : four fuscous discal dots, first in disc at ^, 

 second in disc above middle, third on fold obliquely below 

 and posterior to first, fourth in disc at f : a suffused fuscous 

 spot on costa beyond middle : cilia whitish-ochreous irrorated 

 with fuscous, apices whitish. Hindwings lanceolate : whitish- 

 grey ; cilia whitish, bases ochreous tinged. 



Rah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine; a series, in 

 October. 



Machaeretis chalicrata, n. sp. 

 (xaAtK/oaros, pure, unmixed). 



c , 9:13 mm. Head white : lower part of face in male 

 fuscous. Palpi white ; outer surface of second joint fuscous 



