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apex, and before termen, more distinct in male ; cilia fuscous, 

 on termen ochreous. Hindwings and cilia dark-grey. 



Very similar to basiplaga and proximella, but smaller 

 with narrower forewings. 



H«b. — Queensland: Eumundi, near Nambour, in Novem- 

 ber ; three specimens. 



Philobota lochitis, n. sp. (A.o;(m.?, a comrade"). 



9, 17 mm. [Head and thorax rubbed.] Face white. 

 Palpi white ; base of second joint pale-fuscous. Antennae 

 fuscous. Abdomen greyish. Legs fuscous, annulated with 

 ochreous-whitish ; posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

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

 pointed, termen oblique, scarcely rounded ; snow-white, mark- 

 ings dark-fuscous ; a narrow basal fascia ; a broad fascia from 

 middle of costa, expanding on dorsum from I to tornus ; a 

 large somewhat triangular spot in apical part of disc, not 

 touching either margin ; two small dots between this and 

 tornus ; cilia whitish, on costa and anal angle dark-fuscous. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Certainly allied to P. ah/ pa, Turn. 



Hob. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (1,800 feet); 

 one specimen, in February. 



Philobota eucrita, n. sp. (evKpiros, distinct). 



9,19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish ; base 

 of second joint and anterior surface of terminal joint fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous. Thorax dark-fuscous. Abdomen with 

 basal third grey ; remainder pale-ochreous but bases of seg- 

 ments on dorsum ochreous-brown. Legs fuscous ; posterior 

 pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings not dilated, costa gently 

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

 with four transverse brown fuscous fasciae ; first sub-basal, 

 joined by a costal streak to remaining three fasciae ; second 

 before middle, slightly inwardly oblique, connected on 

 dorsum with third fascia ; third beyond middle, transverse, 

 outwardly curved; fourth from costa before apex to tornus, 

 strongly inwardly curved, confluent in middle with third 

 fascia ; a suffused triangular spot on termen ; cilia fuscous, 

 bases partly white. Hindwings pale-ochreous suffused with 

 pale reddish-brown towards margins ; cilia grey. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, in October; one specimen. 



Philobota delosema, n. sp. (St/Aoo-^/xos, plainly marked). 

 d , 21 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous, apex of second 

 joint and posterior surface of terminal joint white. Antennae 

 fuscous; ciliations in male H. Thorax white, anterior margin 



