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terminal area; a brown spot on mid-termen, with some brown 

 terminal dots above and below it; a series of dark-fuscous 

 dots on dorsum ; cilia whitish, three brown dots on apices 

 above middle of termen. Hindwings dark-grey; cilia grey, 

 apices whitish, except towards termen. 



Hab. — Northern Queensland: Herberton, in January; 

 one specimen received from F. P. Dodd. 



Argyroploce tenebrosa, n. sp. (tenebrosus, dark). 



9 , 16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, mixed with 

 brownish. Palpi 3; fuscous mixed with brownish, lower 

 edge ochreous-whitish. Antennae grey. Abdomen grey, 

 dorsum of third and fourth segments whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 dark fuscous; posterior pair grey; all tarsi annulated with 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings strongly dilated posteriorly, 

 costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded-rectangular, ter- 

 men sinuate, scarcely oblique; pale brown with patchy 

 fuscous suffusion and dark-fuscous broken transverse lines; 

 several leaden-grey transverse broken lines in basal half ; a 

 similar broader line from ^ costa to termen above tornus, 

 interrupted in disc ; another from 4- costa to termen above 

 middle; a leaden-grey subapical dot; cilia leaden-grey, with 

 a dark-fuscous basal line. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia fuscous, 

 apices whitish, except towards tornus. 



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

 June; one specimen. 



Argyroploce siderea, n. sp. ((TLSypeos, steely). 



9, 17 mm. Head fuscous-brown. Palpi 1|; brown, 

 upper part of sceond joint fuscous. Antennae fuscous. 

 Thorax fuscous-brown, anterior edge brown. Abdomen 

 ochreous-brown, towards apex darker. Legs fuscous; pos- 

 terior pair pale-grey; all tarsi annulated with whitish. Fore- 

 wings dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, termen rounded, scarcely oblique; brown, with 

 dark-fuscous transverse broken lines ; some whitish costal 

 strigulae ; several leaden-grey or steely-grey transverse lines 

 or fasciae ; several basal lines ; a fascia from ^ costa to mid- 

 dorsum, a second from § costa to f dorsum, and a sub- 

 terminal fascia from tornus not reaching costa ; the ocellus 

 between these contains three or four longitudinal blackish 

 striae; cilia fuscous, towards dorsum pale-brownish, with a 

 fuscous basal line. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Hab. — Queensland: Stradbroke Island, in February; 

 one specimen. 



