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OCYSTOLA GLYCYDORA, 11. sp. ( yXvKV&iDpOS, With Sweet gifts). 



J, 13-15 mm. Head white; face fuscous. Palpi fus- 

 cous; terminal joint whitish. Antennae pale-fuscous; cilia- 

 tions 5. Thorax white; posterior third and apex of patagia 

 dark-fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous; tuft pale-ochreous. 

 Legs fuscous ; posterior pair ochreous- whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, not dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen oblique, slightly rounded ; white ; base nar- 

 rowly dark-fuscous ; a broad inwardly-oblique median ochreous 

 fascia, narrower and tinged with fuscous towards dorsum ; an 

 erect fascia from tornus, first fuscous, then ochreous, not 

 reaching costa ; a fuscous apical spot connected by a reddish 

 suffusion with tornus ; cilia pale-ochreous, at tornus fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey; towards base thinly scaled, cilia grey. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Sydney; one specimen, in 

 October; from the collection of the late Dr. Dagnall Clarke. 

 Type in coll. Lyell. A second example from Queensland 

 (Brisbane), in March. 



OCYSTOLA CLETHROSEMA, 11. Sp. 



(KXrjOpocrrjfAos, marked with bars). 



9,17 mm. Head snow-white. Palpi dark-fuscous ; apex 

 of second joint white. Antennae dark-fuscous. Thorax dark- 

 fuscous ; a posterior spot and apices of tegulae white. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs dark-fuscous ; posterior pair ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings narrow-elongate; costa slightly arched, 

 apex acute, termen very obliquely rounded ; snow-white ; 

 markings fuscous ; costal edge at base dark-fuscous ; a streak 

 along costa from ^ to f ; a broad transverse fascia from costa 

 at i to middle of dorsum ; a second similar fascia from costa 

 at | to tornus ; a large apical spot continued to tornus, leaving 

 upper part of hindmargin white ; cilia whitish mixed with 

 fuscous. Hindwings ovate-lanceolate ; veins 3 and 4 con- 

 nate ; grey; cilia grey. 



Closely allied to 0. niphodesma, but thorax is mostly 

 dark-fuscous, the spot on base of costa is absent, and the 

 hindmarginal fuscous band is much more developed. 



Hab. — Queensland: Stanthorpe, in February; one 

 specimen. 



OCYSTOLA TRICHOPHORA, 11. Sp. 



(rptx o< ^opos, hairy, in allusion to the antennae). 



d , 13-14 mm. Head and thorax snow-white. Palpi 

 white ; second joint fuscous except at apex. Antennae white ; 

 towards apices greyish : ciliations very long (8). Abdomen 

 white. Legs whitish : anterior pair dark-fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, costa slightly arched, apex acute, termen slightly 



