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A very distinct but rather variable species. Type in 

 British Museum. The larvae form spiral cases of leaf- 

 fragments, feeding on eucalyptus saplings. 



Hob.- -Northern Territory: Port Darwin, in February; 

 Queensland : Herberton, in January ; Townsville, in January ; 

 Brisbane, in November. 



Pleurota chrysopepla, ii. sp. (xpvcro7r€7rXo5, in golden robe). 



cf , 17 mm. Head yellow. Palpi yellow, lower half of 

 second joint fuscous. Antennae fuscous; ciliations in male 1. 

 Thorax fuscous, tegulae and patagia yellow. Abdomen fus- 

 cous. Legs fuscous; posterior pair paler; tarsi with whitish 

 annulations. Forewings dilated posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen straight, oblique; yellow 

 with lustrous-golden reflections ; a fuscous costal streak from 

 base to +, on costal edge mixed with white : a fine white 

 median streak from near base to median fasciae ; a similar 

 streak on fold ; a fuscous streak on dorsum from base to 

 median fasciae ; two narrow dark-fuscous fasciae mixed with 

 some white scales, inwardly oblique and roughly parallel, first 

 from mid-costa to mid-dorsum, second from f costa to beyond 

 | dorsum ; a white subterminal line, edged posteriorly with 

 dark-fuscous, ending rather below middle of disc ; cilia fus- 

 cous. Hind wings and cilia fuscous. 



Hob. — Queensland: Stanthorpe, in October; one 

 specimen. 



Pleurota leucogramma, n. sp. 

 (XtvKoypafjifxos, inscribed with white). 



d , $ ; 17-18 mm. Head and thorax grey, more or less 

 mixed with whitish. Palpi dark-grey mixed with white, 

 more so on internal surface ; external surface of terminal joint 

 white. Antennae grey; ciliations in male 1. Abdomen grey; 

 bases of segments ferruginous-brown. Legs fuscous ; posterior 

 pair pale-grey. Forewings grey with more or less whitish 

 irroration or suffusion, often forming longitudinal streaks ; 

 some dark-fuscous scales in posterior part of disc, sometimes 

 forming short longitudinal streaks ; cilia grey more or less 

 mixed with whitish. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Variable in the extent of whitish suffusion. 



Hab. — Queensland: Nambour, in November; Brisbane, 

 in December; Southport, in December; Stanthorpe, in 

 February ; five specimens. 



Pleurota gypsosema, n. sp. (yvij/oa-rj/ixos, chalk-marked). 



9 , 14-15 mm. Head white. Palpi white, anterior edge 

 of terminal joint and basal half of second joint fuscous. 



