541 



Hab. — Queensland: Warra, in September, several 

 specimens. 



PLUTELLIDAE. 



Sagalassa basichrysa, n. sp. 



d , 16 mm. Head, palpi, antenna©, and thorax fleshy- 

 brown. Abdomen dark fuscous, annulated with ochreous. 

 Legs fuscous, annulated with ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa hardly arched, nearly straight, 

 termen obliquely rounded; fleshy- white on basal half, 

 rest of wing fleshy-brown, more or less finely irrorated 

 with fuscous : a broad chocolate transverse band, edges 

 straight, from middle of costa to dorsum just before middle, 

 narrowest on costa ; a narrow line of fleshy-white, parallel and 

 immediately following ; an irregular fuscous blotch on costa 

 at three-quarters : a suffused inwardly oblique fuscous mark 

 from tornus, reaching to above fold, upper portion blackish, 

 and followed by two small flesh-coloured dots ; a suffused 

 fuscous patch along termen, obscurely separated from tornal 

 patch by ground-colour, and containing a small dull ochreous 

 spot near apex; cilia fuscous, with a blackish sub-basal line. 

 Hindwings dark-fuscous; a moderately broad median trans- 

 verse orange band, edges irregular, narrowed on termen ; cilia 

 dull orange. Underside of forewing with an orange trans- 

 verse fascia, from beyond middle of costa, where it is 

 narrowest, to fold, with a projection outwards in middle ; 

 an elongate orange streak along cell. 



Hab. — Queensland: Kuranda, seven specimens from F. 

 P. Dodd. 



TIXEIDAE. 



COMODICA DOCHMOGRAMMA, 11. Sp. 



<S , 12 mm. Head whitish-fuscous. Palpi and thorax 

 fuscous, palpi white internally. Antennae whitish. Abdomen 

 fuscous-grey. Legs whitish, posterior pair faintly tinged 

 with fuscous. Forewings elongate, apex pointed ; whitish, 

 with dull ochreous markings ; a tolerably thick longitudinal 

 streak, commencing at base of costa, continued along fold and 

 ending at anal angle, posterior half beneath edged with 

 fuscous ; two very outwardly oblique costal streaks, first from 

 just beyond one-third, somewhat suffused, hardly reaching 

 longitudinal streak ; second from three-fifths to anal angle, 

 followed on upper edge by a fine parallel line ; a well-marked 

 blackish dot at apex ; a thick irregular ochreous-fuscous dorsal 

 streak, interrupted by four nearly equidistant spots of 



