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Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine, in November 

 and February ; two specimens, of which one is in coll. Meyrick. 



Ocystola xantholoma, u. sp. ($avOoX<o/xo<s, yellow bordered). 



S , 9 : H-16 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae 

 white. Antennal ciliations in male 5. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs grev annulated with white ; posterior pair 

 white. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 acute, termen oblique, sinuate beneath apex; pale brownish- 

 grey ; towards base suffused with whitish ; faintly darker 

 discal dots at -?.-, before §, and on fold obliquely beyond first ; 

 hindmarginal edge purplish-fuscous : cilia bright-yellow, at 

 apex and tornus pale brownish-grey. Hindwings elongate- 

 ovate; ochreous-wbitisb ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



In Meyrick's tabulation this falls with 0. anthera, which 

 has pale ochreous-yellow forewings. 



II ah. — Queensland : Innisfail, in November : three 

 specimens. 



Ocystola phaulopis, n. sp. (^avA.a>7rts, of mean appearance). 



d , 9 ; 16-18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish mixed with dark-fuscous ; second joint with 

 loose projecting scales at apex. Antennae ochreous-whitish ; 

 in male with long ciliations (6). Thorax pale-brownish. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish : anterior 

 and middle pairs mixed with fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa slightly arched, apex acute, termen nearly straight, very 

 oblique ; pale-brownish with a few scattered fuscous scales ; 

 a faint fuscous dot in disc at 3, a second larger in disc at §, 

 and a third on fold obliquely beyond first ; cilia pale-brownish. 

 Hindwings elongate-ovate ; ochreous-whitish ; at apex greyish ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish- 



An obscure species. In Meyrick's tabulation it falls with 

 0. coniatd, which has, however, lanceolate hindwings, and is 

 much smaller. 



II ah. — Queensland: Brisbane, from January to May; 

 four specimens. 



Ocystola euchaera, n. sp. (evKpatpos, well horned). 



S , 14 mm. Head dark-fuscous ; side-tufts and face pale 

 ochreous-yellow. Palpi pale ochreous-yellow ; terminal joint 

 and apex of second joint mixed with dark-fuscous. Antennae 

 dark-fuscous : unusually stout ; ciliations in tufts, long (3). 

 Thorax pale ochreous-yellow, anteriorly mixed with dark- 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark-fuscous; apices of segments whitish- 

 ochreous ; tuft ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous ; anterior 

 and middle pairs mixed with dark-fuscous. Forewings 



