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except at apex. Antennae grey ; ciliations in male 1 . Thorax 

 white. Abdomen pale-grey. Legs fuscous ; posterior pair 

 whitish. Forewings white; costal edge at base dark-fuscous 

 in male ; cilia white. Hind wings and cilia grey-whitish. 



Hab. — Queensland: Coolangatta, in August (male type); 

 Brisbane, in November ; two specimens. 



Machaeretis polycapna, n. sp. ( TroXvKawvos, smoky). 



$ , 9 .; 11 mm. Head fuscous; face whitish. Palpi fus- 

 cous; second joint with median and apical, terminal joint 

 with sub-basal and subapical whitish rings. Antennae fus- 

 cous ; ciliations in male 1. Thorax fuscous; apices of patagia 

 whitish. Abdomen dark-grey. Legs fuscous; tarsi with 

 whitish annulations. Forewings whitish with much dark- 

 fuscous irroration ; markings dark-fuscous ; an ill-defined basal 

 patch ; a discal spot at i, a second slightly beyond it on 

 fold, a third in middle, and a fourth at §, all more or less 

 connected by irroration with each other and with adjacent 

 costal and dorsal spots; an ill-defined apical blotch; cilia 

 whitish with dark-fuscous basal and median lines. Hind- 

 wings and cilia pale-grey. 



Hah. --Queensland : Brisbane, in December; Stradbroke 

 Island, in September : two specimens. 



Ocystola oxytona, Turn. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 



1916, p. 257. 

 Hab. — New South Wales: Ebor. 



Ocystola symbleta, Turn.: I.e., 1914, p. 556. 

 Hab. — New South Wales: Ebor. 



Ocystola tanythrix, Turn.: I.e., p. 557. 

 Hab. — New South Wales: Ebor. 



Ocystola pyrochrysa, Meyr. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, 1888, p. 1663. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, in October; one specimen, 

 bred from a larva living in a case formed in a hollow twig. 

 The larval habit given by Mr. Meyrick (apparently not on 

 his own authority) must be erroneous. 



Ocystola innumera. 



Coesyra innumera, Meyr. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 1888, p. 1660. 



Antennal ciliations in male 3. Hind wings lanceolate. 

 Hab. — Queensland: Duaringa, Gladstone, Brisbane. 



