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Trachyzancla histrica, n. sp. fhistricus, like an 

 actor or imitator). 



£ , 20 mm. Head whitish. Palpi pale-reddish ; terminal 

 joint whitish with fuscous apex. Antennae pale-grey, at base 

 whitish; ciliations in male 3. Thorax whitish spotted with 

 pale-reddish. Abdomen grey, apices of segments and tuft 

 whitish. Legs whitish : anterior pair grey ; anterior coxae 

 and femora reddish. Forewings moderately elongate, not 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen slightly 

 sinuate, oblique; whitish with four fasciae, fuscous and well 

 defined posteriorly, reddish and suffused anteriorly ; first from 

 near base of costa, outwardly oblique, becoming indistinct 

 before dorsum ; second from ^ costa to f dorsum, nearly 

 straight ; third from § costa to tornus, more fuscous with 

 less reddish admixture ; fourth from § costa to termen above 

 tornus, reddish posteriorly as well as anteriorly ; a- reddish 

 subapical spot edged above and beneath with fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish, reddish tinged, at apex narrowly reddish-fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Hub. — Western Australia: Cunderdin, in December; one 

 specimen, from Mr. R. Iilidge. 



Chezala absona, n. sp. (absonus, out of tune). 



9 , 16 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi pale-ochreous, 

 lower | of external surface of second joint fuscous. Antennae 

 pale ochreous-grey. Thorax dark-fuscous ; a small posterior 

 pale-ochreous spot. Abdomen dark-fuscous. Legs pale- 

 ochreous; anterior pair slightly infuscated. Forewings rather 

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

 pointed, termen straight, oblique ; dark-fuscous with ochreous- 

 whitish markings ; a large quadrangular spot on dorsum near 

 base reaching f across disc ; a moderate fascia from mid- 

 costa to before tornus, expanded on costa, somewhat con- 

 stricted below middle ; a small subapical costal spot ; a larger 

 subterminal central spot ; cilia fuscous, apices grey. Hind- 

 wings and cilia grey. 



Very different in appearance from other species, but 

 agreeing structurally. 



Ilab . — Northern Territory: Daly River, in February; 

 one specimen, from Mr. G. F. Hill. 



Chezala aleurias, n. sp. (aXevpov, flour). 



d , 15-17 mm. Head white. Palpi whitish, some fuscous 

 scales on outer surface of second joint. Antennae grey, 

 towards bases white; ciliations in male 6. Thorax 

 white. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish ; 



