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Bab. — Northern Territory: Port Darwin, in February; 

 Queensland: Cairns, in August; Townsville, in August and 

 October : Eidsvold ; nine specimens. 



Coesyra silacea, ii. sp. fsilaceus, ochreoup). 



9, 15-16 mm. Head pale-yellow. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous ; second joint pale-fuscous on external surface 

 except towards apex. Antennae whitish-ochreous annulated 

 with pale-fuscous. Thorax pale ochreous-yellow, anterior 

 edge fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish-ochreous ; 

 anterior pair fuscous. Forewings rather narrow : pale 

 ochreous-yellow ; a pale fuscous-brown line from % costa to 

 tornus, beyond which disc is more or less suffused with fus- 

 cous ; cilia pale fuscous-brown. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Similar to the preceding, but the forewings are narrower 

 and the thorax mostly yellow. 



Bab.— Queensland : Brisbane, in November and Decem- 

 ber ; three specimens. 



Coesyra zanclotypa, n. sp. (£ay k\6tv7to<;, sickle-marked). 



S , 9 } 19-24 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi fus- 

 cous. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male 1|. Thorax 

 fuscous with a yellow posterior spot. Abdomen pale-ochreous. 

 Legs fuscous ; posterior pair ochreous. Forewings pale-yellow ; 

 markings purple-fuscous ; a narrow basal fascia, produced 

 along costa to j or more ; a broad oblique bar from dorsum 

 before tornus, connected with a moderate terminal fascia, 

 narrowing to a point at apex, and leaving a small pale-yellow 

 tornal spot ; cilia fuscous, on costa and tornus pale-yellow. 

 Hindwings pale-ochreous suffused with pale-fuscous except 

 at base ; cilia pale-ochreous sometimes suffused with grey. 



Bab. — Queensland: Adavale, in April and May; Wes- 

 tern Australia : Cunderdin, in December ; three specimens. 

 This species probably inhabits the plains of the interior right 

 across the continent. 



Coesyra gilvella, n. sp. (gilvtis, pale-yellow). 



<$ , 24 mm. Head pale-yellow. [Palpi broken.] Antennae 

 grey ; ciliations in male 1^. Thorax fuscous with a pale- 

 yellow posterior spot. Abdomen pale-ochreous. Legs pale- 

 fuscous* posterior pair pale-ochreous. Forewings pale-yellow; 

 markings fuscous-brown : a large triangular spot on tornus, 

 its apex in middle of disc; a terminal line; cilia fuscous- 

 brown, on costa and' apex pale-yellow. Hindwings and cilia 

 pale-ochreous. 



