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dilated, costa moderately and evenly arched, apex round- 

 pointed, term en sinuate, scarcely oblique; pale fuscous, with 

 darker fuscous streaks parallel to veins ; a few whitish dots, 

 in terminal portion of disc; a dark fuscous terminal line; cilia 

 dark-fuscous, base whitish-ochreous. Hindwings with basal 

 half pale-yellow, terminal half dark-fuscous, the line of junc- 

 tion irregularly dentate; cilia dark-fuscous, on tornus and 

 dorsum pale-yellow. 



Rah. — Northern Queensland: Kuranda, near Cairns, in 

 February; one specimen received from F. P. Dodd. 



Gen. Eusthenica, nov. (evaOeviKos, stout). 

 Antennae of male very shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate,, 

 ascending, thickened with smoothly-appressed scales; terminal 

 joint short, bent forwards. Thorax with a posterior crest. 

 Forewings without raised scales ; 2 from shortly before angle,. 

 3 and 4 approximated at origin, 7 separate, to termen. Hind- 

 wings with 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 separate and parallel; forked 

 vein in cell well-developed. 



Eusthenica megalaucha, n. sp. (/xcyaXav^o?, arrogant). 



cf , 26 mm. 9 •> 36 mm. Head fuscous-brown, with 

 some whitish scales between antennae. Palpi fuscous-brown. 

 Antennae brown-whitish; ciliations in male \. Thorax 

 fuscous-brown, posterior | of patagia and posterior aspect of 

 crest brown -whitish. Abdomen brownish. Legs fuscous- 

 brown; posterior pair brown-whitish. Forewings not dilated, 

 costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen scarcely rounded, 

 slightly oblique ; whitish-brown, with numerous fine transverse 

 lines and three fasciae fuscous-brown; first fascia from \ costa 

 to \ dorsum, nearly straight; second fascia from f costa to § 

 dorsum, slightly outwardty curved; third fascia from f costa 

 to tornus, nearly straight, expanding towards tornus; cilia 

 brownish with whitish apices. Hindwings grey; cilia grey- 

 whitish, with a grey sub-basal line. 



Hab. — Northern Queensland : Kuranda, near Cairns, in 

 January; Coolangatta, in January. Two specimens. 



Heliocosma discotypa, n. sp. (8l<tkotv7tos, disc-marked). 

 <3 , 12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. (Palpi broken.) 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish; in male thickened, ciliations 

 imperceptible. Thorax reddish-brown. Abdomen grey, to- 

 wards base tinged with reddish-brown, tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Legs pale-fuscous; posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 dilated posteriorly, costa slightly , arched (apex broken), 

 termen obliquely rounded ; whitish-grey ; costa tinged with 

 reddish-brown ; markings reddish-brown, narrowly edged with 



