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Philobota diaereta, n. sp. (Siaipcros, divided). 

 d" , 28-30 mm.; 9, 22-24 mm. Head white; sides of 

 face fuscous. Palpi white ; external surface of second joint, 

 except apex, fuscous. Antennae whitish-grey, towards base 

 whitish ; ciliations in male H. Thorax white ; patagia, except 

 apex, fuscous. Abdomen whitish, bases of segments fuscous. 

 Legs fuscous ; posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, in 

 male somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa straight in basal §, 

 then arched, apex round-pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 white ; costal edge at base fuscous ; a subcostal fuscous streak 

 from base of costa to apex; cilia white. Hindwings and cilia 

 white. 



One of the agnesella group; it is nearest physaula, but 

 the forewings are whiter, the subcostal streak darker and 

 sharply defined throughout, without any tendency to forking. 



Bub. — Queensland : Toowoomba, in October ; Warwick, 

 in October ; four specimens. 



Philobota agnesella. 



Oecophora agnesella, Newra. : Tr. E. S., iii. (n. s.), p. 297; 

 nee Meyr. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1883, p. 493. 



d, 21-30 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous; extreme 

 base and apex of second joint and terminal joint, except 

 anterior surface, white. Antennae whitish ; ciliations in 

 male J . Thorax white ; tegulae mixed with pale-fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey ; bases of segments ochreous-fuscous ; 

 tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs dark-fuscous; posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-oval, not 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; white : with pale ochreous-fuscous 

 streak : extreme base of costal edge blackish ; a broad streak 

 from base to apex, bifurcating in disc at f , the upper branch 

 running to costa at | ; a fine streak from base beneath fold, 

 lost before tornus ; a series of short fine streaks near termen, 

 parallel to veins; cilia white. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish. 

 Hah. — Queensland : Killarney, in October and November ; 

 New South Wales : Glen Innes, in October ; Victoria,. 

 Melbourne. 



Philobota agrapha, n. sp. (aypa^os, without markings). 

 d , 23-25 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi grey r 

 inner surface paler. Antennae grey- whitish : ciliations in 

 male 2h- Thorax ochreous-grey- whitish, bases of patagia 

 pale-fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs grey ; posterior 

 pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded; ochreous-grey- whitish ; costal 



