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Legs ochreous-whitish ; anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi 

 fuscous, the latter annulated with ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings strongly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen nearly straight, moderately oblique; whitish, 

 closely irrorated with fuscous; a small dark-fuscous crest of 

 scales on mid-dorsum ; posterior half of costa barred with 

 fuscous ; an indistinct fuscous line from § costa to tornus ; 

 cilia fuscous, with whitish points and a whitish basal line. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked; grey-whitish; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane, in November; Rosewood,, 

 in September. Two specimens. 



Argyroploce eurypolia, n. sp. (evpvTroXtos, broadly grey). 



9,19 mm. Head fuscous-brown ; face upper half purple- 

 fuscous, lower half ochreous-whitish. Palpi purple-fuscous, 

 inner surface whitish. Antennae' fuscous. Thorax reddish- 

 brown. Abdomen fuscous. Legs whitish ; anterior pair ex- 

 cept coxae fuscous, tibiae and tarsi annulated with reddish- 

 brown ; middle tibiae expanded with scales towards apex, pale 

 ochreous, base and a subterminal bar purple-fuscous ; middle 

 tarsi blackish with ochreous-whitish annulations ; posterior- 

 tarsi grey with whitish annulations. Forewings strongly 

 dilated, costa at first straight, very strongly arched in middle, 

 apex rectangular, termen bowed, not oblique ; pale ochreous- 

 grey ; a large basal patch, reddish-brown mixed with purple- 

 fuscous, its outer edge nearly straight, but produced along 

 costa to middle, where it joins a triangular apical patch of 

 similar colour ; six very oblique leaden-metallic striae from 

 costa beyond middle, the last two longer and reaching termen;. 

 cilia fuscous, towards tornus ochreous-grey. Hindwings and 

 cilia fuscous. 



flab. — Queensland: Brisbane, in March: one specimen 

 received from R. Illidge. Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Argyroploce euryphaea, n. sp. Uvpv<J>ai.o<;, broadly dusky). 



9 , 18 mm. Head and thorax brown-whitish. Palpi 

 3] ; brown-whitish, basal half of external surface brown, 

 lower edge towards base whitish. Antennae grey. Abdomen 

 grey, dorsum of third and fourth segments whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs brown ; tarsi annulated with whitish ; middle femora 

 whitish ; posterior pair wholly whitish. Forewings dilated 

 posteriorly, costa strongly arched, apex rectangular, termen 

 sinuate, not oblique; fuscous-brown; some darker costal 

 strigulae ; a broad sharply-defined brown-whitish dorsal 

 streak, above tornus its outline becomes irregular, it then 

 extends sharply-defined to apex, so as to include the whole 



