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Subfamily PHALONIANAE. 



Gen. Phaulophara, nov. (<£auA.o<£a/>os, meanly clothed). 



Antennae of male ciliated. Palpi moderate, ascending, 

 second joint with loose spreading hairs anteriorly forming an 

 apical tuft ; terminal joint short. Thorax with a strong 

 posterior crest. Forewings with 2 from before angle, 7 and 8 

 long-stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings with 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 

 separate, parallel. 



Phaulophara belogramma, n. sp. 

 (/?eAoy/)tt//./zo<?, inscribed with darts). 



cf , 12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi 2; ochreous- 

 whitish. Antennae ochreous-whitish; ciliations in male 1. 

 Thorax fuscous; patagia, except bases, ochreous-whitish; pos- 

 terior crest very long, ochreous-whitish barred with fuscous at 

 and before apex. Abdomen dark-grey, beneath ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish; antennae, femora, and tibiae 

 fuscous. Forewings not dilated, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; ochreous-whitish, 

 with patchy fuscous irroration ; a large basal patch, its pos- 

 terior edge convex ; indications of a median fascia ; posterior 

 area of disc suffused with fuscous, except on four longitudinal 

 subterminal bars, and a small triangular spot on termen 

 shortly beneath apex; cilia ochreous-whitish, with a sub-basal 

 fuscous line, which is interrupted opposite terminal spot. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Hah. — Northern Queensland: Evelyn Scrub, near Her- 

 berton, in January; one specimen received from F. P. Dodd. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Gen. Tanymecica, nov. (rai'v/xr/KtKo?, elongate). 



Palpi very long, porrect ; second joint extremely long,, 

 thickened with roughly-appressed hairs above and beneath; 

 terminal joint short. Thorax with a posterior crest. Fore- 

 wings without raised scales ; 2 from shortly before angle, 

 3 and 4 stalked, 7 separate to termen, 8 and 9 stalked. Hind- 

 wings with 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 equidistant and remote at origin: 

 4, 5, 6, and 7 parallel. 



Tanymecica xanthoplaca, n. sp. (^avBo-rrXaKos, broadly yellow). 



9, 30 mm. Head whitish. Palpi 4J ; whitish, external 

 surface brownish-tinged. Antennae fuscous. Thorax fuscous. 

 Abdomen fuscous, tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs fuscous; all 

 tarsi annulated with ochreCus-whitish ; posterior femora and 

 tibiae mostly ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, not 



