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Capua acrographa, n. sp. - aKpoypa<j>o$, marked at the apex). 



9 • 12 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-wliitish. Palpi 

 2; ochreous-whitish. Antennae greyish, towards base ochre- 

 ous-wliitish. Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous; posterior pair 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings not dilated; costa nearly 

 straight, apex round-pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; 

 ochreous-whitish; basal third of costa narrowly fuscous; an 

 ochreous-brown, moderate, inwardly oblique fascia from costa 

 before middle to A dorsum, becoming- fuscous on dorsum; 

 disc beyond this coarsely reticulated with ochreous-brown ; a 

 blackish dot in disc beyond middle ; two or three blackish dots 

 before termen above middle; cilia ochreous-whitish, on apex 

 broadly dark-fuscous. Hindwings pale-grey; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. 



Allied to C. decolorana, Wlk. ; distinguished by the 

 inwardly oblique fascia and apical dark spot in cilia. 



Hah. — Queensland: Brisbane, in June; one specimen. 



Capua dasycerca, n. sp. (SacrvKepKos, bushy-tailed). 



d , 9 ■> 12-13 mm. Head and palpi pale-brown. 

 Antennae brownish, obscurely annulated with dark-fuscous; 

 ciliations in male 2. Thorax brown, posterior crest dark- 

 fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-grey ; tuft dark-fuscous, very 

 large in female. Legs pale-brownish; anterior pair fuscous, 

 with pale annulations on tarsi. Forewings strongly dilated 

 posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen 

 straight, slightly oblique; male with a slender costal fold 

 to \\ pale-brownish; a large basal patch outlined with dark- 

 fuscous, rather acutely angled outwards below middle ; a 

 dark-fuscous median fascia, indented anteriorly and slightly 

 projecting posteriorly in middle; a fuscous tornal spot; a 

 dark-fuscous fascia from costa near apex, broad on costa, 

 narrowing to its termination on termen above tornus ; a fine 

 fuscous transverse line between basal patch and median 

 fascia, and two fine lines between that and subterminal fascia ; 

 cilia pale-brownish. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Hah. — Queensland: Killarney, in November; five 

 specimens. 



Capua tetraplasia, n. sp. {rerpn-\<Kru^, fourfold). 



9, 11 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi 2; ochreous- 

 wliitish. Antennae ochreous-whitish. Thorax ochreous- 

 whitish tinged with ferruginous. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings not dilated, costa moderately 

 arched near base, thence straight, apex round-pointed, termen 

 straight, slightly oblique: whitish, with a small basal patch 



