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connected with preceding above tornus, leaving a yellow tornal 

 spot ; cilia on costa yellow, on apex and tornus fuscous, on 

 termen purple-fuscous with whitish-ochreous apices. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale-ochreous. 



The forewings resembles Heliocausta herniteles. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Cunderdin, in November and 

 December; two specimens, received from Mr. R. Illidge. 



Philobota polybotrya, n. sp. 

 (■n-oXvftoTpvs, with many clusters). 



S , 17-18 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male 2. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen pale-fuscous ; tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 fuscous; posterior pair paler. Forewings not dilated, costa 

 moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; ochreous-whitish ; markings dark-fuscous ; a 

 moderate basal fascia ; a triangular spot on costa at \ and 

 another larger on midcosta ; a discal dot before ^, a second 

 beneath it on fold, a third beyond and above first, a fourth 

 and fifth placed transversely before |, sometimes coalescing 

 to form a crescentic mark ; an inwardly oblique line from 

 % costa, bent outwards in disc, and continued as a fine inter- 

 rupted subterminal line to tornus ; some fine terminal dots ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, with a basal row of fuscous dots. 

 Hindwings pale-grey, darker towards apex ; cilia pale-grey. 



Hab. — Victoria: Upper Macedon, near Gisborne, in 

 November; three specimens, received from Mr. S. Lyell. 



Philobota oresteea, n. sp. 

 (ojoeVrcpos, dwelling in the mountains). 



d , 20 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi grey. Antennae 

 grey; ciliations in male 3. Abdomen grey; tuft grey- whitish. 

 Legs grey ; posterior pair grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen 

 very obliquelv rounded ; pale-grey with slight fuscous irrora- 

 tion ; a dark-fuscous dot in disc at J, a second slightly beyond 

 it on fold, and a third at § ; a subterminal series of fuscous 

 dots ; cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings and cilia whitish-grey. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Mount Koscuisko (7,000 feet), 

 in January ; two specimens. 



COMPSOTROPHA FLAVIT1NCTA, 11. Sp. (flavitinctUS, 



yellow tinged). 



d 1 , 9 '■> 14-16 mm. Head pale-yellow; face whitish. 

 Palpi whitish ; second joint with 'base and a subapical ring 



