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Tortrix celatrix, ii. sp. (celatrioc, a concealer). 



<S , 9> 19-20 mm. Head and thorax fuscous-brown. 

 Palpi 2J ; fuscous-brown. Antennae fuscous-brown; cilia- 

 tions in male 1\. Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous; tarsi 

 annulated with ochreous-whitish ; posterior pair ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 

 rather strongly arched, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, 

 oblique; in male without costal fold; dark fuscous-brown, 

 finely strigulated with reddish-brown; costal edge strigulated 

 with fuscous; cilia fuscous-brown. Hindwings whitish, 

 strigulated with grey; cilia whitish, with a grey sub-basal line. 



This species nearly resembles T. ferrea, but the much 

 longer antennal ciliations show that it is distinct. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine and Toowoomba, 

 in September; three specimens. 



Tortrix oriotes, n. sp. ( o/oeiam^, a mountaineer). 



S , 14-20 mm. Head fuscous, irrorated with white. 

 Palpi 2h ; fuscous, with some white irroration; base white. 

 Antennae dark-fuscous with whitish annulations; ciliations 

 in male 1^. Thorax dark-fuscous, with some white scales 

 on margins. Abdomen grey; under-surface whitish. Legs 

 fuscous irrorated, and tarsi annulated, with whitish : posterior 

 pair mostly whitish. Forewings not dilated, costa gently 

 arched, beyond middle straight, apex rounded-rectangular, 

 termen straight, slightly oblique; in male without costal fold; 

 grey; basal patch faintly indicated, mixed with dark-fuscous, 

 pale-oehreous, and white; markings white, broadly edged, 

 with a mixture of dark-fuscous and pale-ochreous ; three 

 outwardly oblique fasciae from \, \, and §, reaching to and 

 the first slightly beyond middle of disc, the third fascia inter- 

 rupted ; a white costal dot beyond third fascia ; a white sub- 

 marginal line from apex; a dark-fuscous terminal line; cilia 

 whitish, with a fuscous sub-basal line, on tornus fuscous. 

 Hindwings fuscous; cilia whitish, with a grey sub-basal line, 

 towards tornus wholly grey. 



Hab.—Nevj South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (5,000 ft.), 

 in January and March; six specimens. 



Meritastis anisocausta, n. sp. 

 (arto-oKttuo-Tos, unevenly scorched). 



d,9' H-12 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish ; external surface of second joint fuscous. 

 Antennae grey-whitish; ciliations in mate 1. Abdomen pale- 

 grey. Legs grey-whitish. Forewings not dilated, costa 

 strongly and evenly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 



