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fuscous; ciliations in male 3. Thorax blackish. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous with some fuscous irroration. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous ; anterior pair fuscous, annulated with whitish. 

 Forewings moderate, scarcely dilated posteriorly, costa moder- 

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

 snow-white, markings blackish ; a broad streak along costa 

 from base to ^; an inwardly-oblique fascia from middle of 

 costa to before middle of dorsum ; constricted, below middle ; 

 a terminal band connected with median fascia below middle 

 of disc; terminal edge white; cilia white, basal half barred 

 with dark-fuscous, at apex and tornus dark-fuscous. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Hah. — Queensland: Brisbane, in February; Toowoomba, 

 in December; three specimens. 



Machetis laticincta, n. sp. (laticinctus, broadly girt). 



$ , 11-13 mm. Head white. Palpi white; second joint 

 dark-fuscous externally except at apex. Antennae dark- 

 fuscous. Thorax dark-fuscous. Abdomen pale-grey. Legs 

 dark-fuscous ; posterior pair whitish. Forewings narrow- 

 oblong, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen oblique, 

 scarcely rounded ; white ; markings dark-fuscous ; a narrow 

 basal fascia ; a broad outwardly-oblique fascia from middle 

 of costa, dilated on dorsum from middle to tornus, lower part 

 mixed with white ; an oblong blotch at apex, from which a 

 fine line proceeds to tornus : cilia whitish. Hindwings and 

 cilia whitish-grey. 



Hab. — Queensland : Mount Tambourine, in March : three 

 specimens. 



Machetis eudmeta, n. sp. (evfy^ros, well-fashioned). 



d , 12 mm. Head brown-whitish. Palpi whitish, basal 

 half of external surface of second joint dark-fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous ; in male slightly serrate and minutely 

 ciliated. Thorax dark-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous ; tuft 

 fuscous- whitish. Legs fuscous; tibiae and tarsi annulated 

 with whitish ; posterior pair paler. Forewings narrow, not 

 dilated, costa gently arched near base, thence straight, apex 

 round-pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; white ; markings 

 dark-fuscous; a broad basal fascia, outer edge straight with 

 a slight costal projection ; a broad transverse postmedian 

 fascia ; a terminal fascia confluent with preceding on tornus, 

 leaving only a costal spot at f, and part of terminal edge 

 white ; cilia grey, bases irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings 

 grey; cilia grey- whitish, at apex grey. 



The forewings are more dark-fuscous than white, but 

 it is more convenient to describe the latter as the 



