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sinuate, very oblique ; white ; markings dark-fuscous ; a 

 slender transverse fascia from costa at J> to dorsum before 

 middle, with a median posterior projection • a discal dot at § ; 

 closely followed by a second fascia from costa at f to tornus ; 

 costal and terminal edge narrowly dark-fuscous ; cilia dark- 

 fuscous with some whitish scales. Hindwings lanceolate ; 

 whitish ; apices tinged with grey ; cilia whitish. 



Nearest to 0. niphodesma, from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by the longer antenna! ciliations and wholly white 

 thorax. 



Hab. — Queensland : Warwick and Killarney,, in October ; 

 four specimens. 



Ocystola auchmeea, n. sp. (auyju-^/oos, squalid). 



d 1 , 9 I 11-13 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennae pale-fuscous; ciliations in male very long (7). 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes suffused with fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous ; anterior 

 pair fuscous, tarsi annul ated with whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oval, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish more or less 

 irrorated with fuscous ; markings fuscous ; a spot on base of 

 costa sometimes reaching dorsum ; a discal dot at \, a second 

 beyond middle, and a third on fold below first; a suffused 

 spot, more or less developed, on costa at § ; a line from costa 

 before apex, sharply indented inwards beneath costa, and 

 continued close to termen to tornus (this is not always dis- 

 tinctly traceable) ; cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings ovate- 

 lanceolate ; pale-grey ; cilia pale-grey. 



A somewhat variable but very obscure species, easily 

 overlooked. 



Hab.— Queensland : Kurarcla, Brisbane, Toowoomba, 

 from September to November ; seven specimens. 



Ocystola chrysoides, n. sp. (xpvo-oetSrjs, golden). 



d, 16-17 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi yellow. 

 Antennae grey-whitish; ciliations in male very long (6). 

 Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, apices of segments and tuft 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous; anterior pair fuscous on 

 inner aspect. Forewings oval, costa rather strongly arched, 

 apex rounded ; termen obliquely rounded : ochreous-whitish ; 

 base suffused with yellow ; costal edge orange from \ to apex ; 

 two broad orange-ochreous fasciae ; first from mid-costa 

 narrowing to mid-doTSum ; second subterminal, angled 

 anteriorly, touching apex and tornus, but leaving a narrow 

 strip of ground-colour on termen ; cilia ochreous. Hindwings 

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