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anterior pair dull -reddish, tibia and tarsi obscurely annulated 

 with fuscous. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtusely rectangular, termen rounded, slightly 

 oblique ; uniformly dull reddish irrorated with whitish scales ; 

 costal edge pinkish, tips of scales whitish ; markings fuscous ; 

 a dot in disc before middle, a second beyond middle, a third 

 on fold obliquely beyond first : a slight fuscous suffusion on 

 middle of inner margin, usually obsolete ; a faintly-marked 

 line of dots from costa at ^ very obliquely outwards, bent in 

 disc parallel to termen, ending at tornus ; a faintly-marked 

 series of terminal dots ; cilia whitish, basal half reddish. 

 Hindwings whitish-ochreous, towards apex and hindmargin 

 pale-fuscous ; cilia fuscous with a pale basal line, towards 

 tornus whitish-ochreous. 



Variety. Hindwings wholly fuscous except near costa. 



Allied to H. triphaenatella, Wlk., of which Mr. G. Lyell 

 has sent me a fine series of bred specimens. The present 

 species is smaller, and differs in the uniform reddish coloration 

 of forewings. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, rather common; the 

 variety from Sandgate, near Brisbane ; from September to 

 November: New South Wales: Sydney, in January. 



Heliocausta xanthisma, n. sp. (^dvOur/jLa, yellow). 

 d , 9 ') 18-20 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi vellow. 

 Antennae grey: ciliations in male 2. Abdomen grey; apices 

 of segments grey- whitish ; tuft whitish -brown. Legs grey ; 

 posterior pair ochreous- whitish. Forewings dilated posteriorly, 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, 

 oblique ; yellow ; a finely-waved, straight, transverse, purple 

 line from § costa to mid-dorsum, sometimes interrupted, some- 

 times completely absent ; cilia yellow. Hindwings rather dark- 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Not related to any other species of the genus, and more 

 like a Philobofa. Specimens with the transverse line deve- 

 loped are easily recognized, but those with unicolorous 

 forewings are very like unicolorous examples of Philobofa 

 euxantha. They may be distinguished by the absence of a 

 pecten, and by vein 5 of hindwings being curved and nearly 

 approximated to 4 at base. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Ben Lomond (4,500 feet) and 

 Ebor (4,000 feet), in December and January; taken abund- 

 antly among Lepfospermum-. 



Machetis plagiozona, n. sp. (7rAayio£o>ro<;, obliquely girt). 



<3 , 14-20 mm. Head snow-white. Palpi white with some 

 blackish scales, basal half of second joint blackish. Antennae 



