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arched, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; pale 

 reddish-brown ; a pale-fuscous discal dot at § ; cilia pale 

 reddish-brown. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Tlab. — New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (5,000 feet), 

 in January : two specimens. 



Philobota metria, n. sp. (fxerpLos, moderate, average). 



cf , 9 ' 18-19 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi 

 white : second joint sometimes fuscous anteriorly except at 

 apex ; terminal joint fuscous anteriorly. Antennae grey, 

 towards base white. Abdomen whitish ; ciliations in male h- 

 Legs fuscous : posterior pair whitish. Forewings narrow- 

 elongate ; costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; white, markings dark-fuscous ; a dot in 

 disc at i, a second in disc before §, a third on fold beneath 

 first, and a fourth between second, with which it is some- 

 times confluent, and tornus ; a well-marked line from costa 

 at f, abruptly bent beneath costa, and continued close to 

 termen to tornus ; a few fuscous scales, or a narrow fuscous 

 line along termen ; cilia white, with traces of a median 

 fuscous line. Hindwings whitish-grey : cilia white. 



Near P. hapala, Meyr., but Mr. Meyrick regards it as 

 distinct. It may be distinguished by the white thorax. 



Hob. — Victoria: Gisborne, in December and January. 

 Type in coll. Lyell. 



Philobota hilda, n. sp. 



d , 9 I 19-21 mm. Head yellow. Palpi fuscous mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi fuscous. Thorax dark-fuscous with a 

 few whitish scales ; a pair of postmedian spots and apices of 

 tegulae yellow. Abdomen dark-ochreous : apices of segments 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous ; anterior pair dark- 

 fuscous. Forewings oblong, costa moderately arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen oblique, scarcely rounded; whitish 

 tinged with yellowish towards costa, and with a yellow 

 suffusion at base of dorsum ; mixed with dark-fuscous, which 

 forms suffused markings : a short broad streak along basal 

 third of costa : discal dots indicated, first dot connected with 

 that on fold and with dorsum at j ; a broad inwardly-oblique 

 streak from costa beyond middle, and a second from apex, 

 both suffusedly connected with posterior discal dots and 

 tornus; cilia whitish, at apex and anal angle fuscous. Hind- 

 wings pale-ochreous ; a small grey suffusion at apex, cilia 

 pale-ochreous. 



Hob. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine, in November; 

 four specimens. 



