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SCORPIOPSIS PYROBOLA. 



Gonionota pyrobola, Meyr. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 1886, p. 1041. 



Scorpiopsis superba, Turn. : ante, 1894, p. 133. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, Mount Tambourine, Rose- 

 wood ; New South Wales : Newcastle. 



Octasphales eubrocha, n. sp. (evftpoxos, well knit). 



o , 9 ; 12-15 mm. Head whitish or whitish-grey. Palpi 

 whitish-grey; inner surface whitish. Antennae whitish-grey. 

 Thorax whitish-grey. Abdomen whitish. Lees whitish; 

 anterior pair grey anteriorly with white bars on tarsi. Fore- 

 wings broadly oval, costa strongly arched, apex very obtusely 

 rounded, termen not oblique, rounded beneath; whitish-grey; 

 veins finely dotted with fuscous : an outwardly-curved line, 

 suffused posteriorly, from ^ costa to ^ dorsum : costal edge 

 narrowly ochreous -whitish ; a fine interrupted dark-fuscous 

 line on apex and termen, rarely reaching as far as torn us ; 

 cilia whitish. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



In one female example the costal edge from near base to 

 apex is beautifully rosy. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane (Moggill Creek Scrubs, in 

 September, December, January, March, and April; twelve 

 specimens. 



Peritorneuta stigmatias, Turn. : ante, 1900, p. 14. 



Forewings pale-fuscous or grey without pinkish tinge, 

 dots better marked than in the next species, in particular a 

 larger dot beneath middle of fold. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, Mount Tambourine, Kil- 

 larney. 



Peritorneuta thyellia, Meyr. : ante, 1902, p. 162. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but I think they are 

 distinct. 



Hab. — Queensland: Rockhampton, Duaringa, Eidsvold, 

 Brisbane, Mount Tambourine, Coolangatta, Rosewood ; New 

 South Wales : Newcastle. 



