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Ocystola idiosticha, n. sp. ((8ioctti;(o?, with peculiar line). 



d 1 , 14-15 mm. Head and palpi pale-ochreous ; side-tufts 

 fuscous. Antennae pale-ochreous, towards base fuscous ; cili- 

 ations in male 3. Thorax and abdomen pale-ochreous. Legs 

 pale-ochreous; anterior pair slightly infuscated. Forewings 

 rather narrow, costa nearly straight , apex acute, termen 

 oblique ; pale-ochreous ; a short basal costal fuscous streak ; a 

 fuscous line from f costa to § termen, edged posteriorly by a 

 whitish line ; a broad fuscous terminal line from apex nearly 

 to tornus ; cilia pale-ochreous. Hindwings rather broadly 

 lanceolate ; pale-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous or grey, at apex 

 darker. 



Bab. — Queensland: Brisbane, in November; two 

 specimens. 



Ocystola ptochodes, n. sp. (TTTiox^^, shabby). 



cf , Q ; 11-18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish mixed with fuscous. Antennae grey-whitish ; 

 ciliations in male 4. Thorax pale-fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish ; anterior and middle pairs 

 mixed with fuscous. Forewings narrow-elongate, costa 

 scarcely arched, apex acute, termen straight, oblique ; pale 

 ochreous-f uscous ; a faintly suffused darker spot in disc at § ; 

 and a greyish suffusion along termen ; cilia ochreous-yellow, 

 at apex and anal angle pale ochreous-fuscous. Hindwings 

 elongate-ovate ; ochreous-whitish or pale-greyish ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish . 



Allied to 0. acroxantha, Meyr., but a duller species, 

 readily distinguished by the ochreous head. 



Bab. — Queensland: Brisbane, from September to March; 

 rather common. 



Ocystola acrocosma, n. sp. 

 (aKpoKoaiiJLos, with apical ornament). 



9, 12 mm. Head whitish-grey; face whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous; terminal joint dark-fuscous. 

 Antennae whitish-grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 grey, sides and apex ochreous-whitish. Legs grey mixed with 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa scarcely 

 ■arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish - 

 brown-ochreous ; a faintly darker discal dot in middle, a 

 second at f, and a third on fold below and anterior to first; 

 a broad dark-fuscous band at apex, not reaching tornus : 

 cilia orange-ochreous, on tornus grey. Hindwings lanceolate; 

 pale-grey; cilia grey. 



Somewhat like 0. acroxantha, but forewings are pale in 

 colour, and less acute at apex, and the orange cilia extend 

 round the apex. 



