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ochreous-whitish; a basal patch bounded by an inwardly 

 oblique line from \ costa to A dorsum ; a transversely oval 

 spot resting on mid-dorsum and reaching § across disc ; a large 

 apical blotch bounded by a strongly inwardly-curved line ; 

 cilia reddish-brown, on tornus ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Hah. — Queensland: Coolangatta, in March; one speci- 

 men. 



Hyperxena zirophora, n. sp. (^ei/xK^opos, loose-robecl). 

 9, 17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi 5; 

 whitish-grey. Antennae whitish-grey. Abdomen grey- 

 whitish. Legs pale-grey. Forewings elongate, slightly 

 dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, termen nearly straight, strongly oblique; pale-grey, 

 towards base grey-whitish; a pale-brownish subdorsal blotch, 

 undefined towards dorsum, sharply defined towards costa, 

 where it reaches beyond middle of disc as a bidentate process, 

 and is margined by a whitish suffusion ; an undefined pale 

 reddish-brown terminal suffusion ; cilia whitish, bases mixed 

 with pale-brownish. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



Hah. — Victoria: Beaconsfield, in June; one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Gen. Trychnostola, nov. (rpuyFoo-To/W, rough-robed). 



Palpi moderate, ascending, thickened with smoothly- 

 appressed scales; terminal joint moderate. Thorax with a 

 posterior crest. Forewings with numerous tufts of raised 

 scales; 2 from shortly before angle, 7 and 8 separate, 7 to 

 termen. Hindwings with basal pecten on median vein ; 3 and 

 4 connate, 5 closely approximated to 4 at origin, 6 and 7 

 remote, roughly parallel, converging somewhat after origin, 

 diverging somewhat towards termen, 7 to costa. 



The presence of a basal pecten on median vein of hind- 

 wings is exceptional in this family. Type, T. lichen it is. 



Trychnostola ltchenitis, n. sp. ( /Wy^vitis, mossy). 



9, 28 mm. Head whitish; face and palpi fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous. Thorax whitish, bases of tegulae and 

 patagia and posterior crest fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-grey- 

 whitish. Legs fuscous; tibiae and tarsi annulated with 

 •ochreous-whitish ; posterior pair mostly ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly sinuate, 

 arched at base and beyond middle, apex rounded, termen 

 bowed, slightly oblique; greenish, costa and central part of 

 ■disc suffused with whitish, generally strigulated with fuscous; 

 a small median tuft of scales near base and a larger tuft at ^, 



