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dark-fuscous. Abdomen pale-grey ; tuft pale-ochreous. Legs 

 dark-fuscous ; posterior pair pale-ochreous. Forewings rather 

 narrow, not dilated, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; white ; markings dark-fuscous ; 

 costal edge at base dark-fuscous ; a fine short subcostal streak 

 at base ; a transverse fascia before middle, dilated on both 

 margins but especially on costa ; a large transverse oval spot 

 at f, connected with a sinuous fascia from apex to tornus ; 

 a fine terminal line ; cilia white, on costa fuscous, at tornus 

 grey. Hindwings and cilia pale-grey. 



I Jab. — Queensland : Stanthorpe, in November ; one 

 specimen. 



Philobota orthomita, n. sp. (op66/xLTos, with straight thread). 



J, 17-21 mm. Head white; face more or less suffused 

 with pale-fuscous. Palpi white ; anterior surface pale-fuscous. 

 Antennae grey with scattered whitish scales. Thorax white. 

 Abdomen ochreous-fuscous ; apices of segments, tuft, and 

 scattered scales whitish. Legs fuscous, posterior pair whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, not dilated, costa moderately arched, 

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

 costal edge near base fuscous ; a pale-fuscous line from base 

 near costa to costa at f ; cilia white. Hindwings and cilia 

 white. 



In Meyrick's tabulation falls with P. monogramma, 

 Meyr., distinguished by the basal streak being longer, and 

 the absence of a discal streak. 



TIab. — Victoria: Gisborne, in October; six specimens. 

 Type in coll. Lyell. 



Philobota orthotoma, n. sp. (opdorojxos, straightly divided). 



c? , 21-25 mm. Head white. Palpi white ; second joint 

 with external and apical half of anterior surface fuscous. 

 Antennae whitish ; ciliations in male 2. Thorax white ; collar 

 and tegulae pale-fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous ; bases 

 of segments ochreous-fuscous. Legs whitish-ochreous; anterior 

 and middle pairs fuscous anteriorly. Forewings elongate- 

 oval, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; white ; 

 base of costal edge fuscous ; a pale ochreous-fuscous streak 

 along costa almost to apex ; a second similar streak through 

 disc from base to apex ; a fine inwardly-oblique line connect- 

 ing streaks at f ; cilia white. Hindwings pale-grey ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



Hah. — Queensland: Goodna, near Brisbane, in April; 

 Warwick, in March and April ; twelve specimens. 



