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Philobota parasema, n. sp. 



(S , 20-22 mm. Head, tliorax, palpi, and antennae dull 

 greyish-fuscous, antennal ciliations H, palpi externally fuscous 

 with a whitish subapical spot on basal joint. Abdomen silvery- 

 grey. Legs grey, posterior pair grey-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex hardly pointed, termen 

 oblique; pale fuscous-grey, with fuscous markings; costal 

 edge slenderly whitish from near base to near apex ; some 

 scattered fuscous marks in middle of wing, some of which 

 coalesce to form an obscure mark on fold at one-third from 

 base, and another, larger, at posterior end of cell ; a curved 

 row of small dots, from costa at termination of whitish streak, 

 obliquely outwards to beneath aj^ex, thence direct to tornus ; 

 cilia greyish, with some fuscous scales. Hindwings and cilia 

 whitish -grey. 



Hob. — Highbury, South Australia; three specimens in 

 October. 



Philobota diphracta, n. sp. 



c?,20mm. Head, palpi, and antennae ochreous- whitish, 

 basal joint of palpi strongly infuscat-ed, antennal ciliations 1. 

 Thorax fuscous, posterior half ochreous-white. Abdomen 

 ochreous- white, segmental margins pale fuscous, anal tuft 

 ochreous-white. Legs ochreous-white, posterior pair slightly 

 infuscated. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, termen 

 faintly sinuate beneath apex, thence obliquely rounded; 

 ochreous-white, with light-fuscous markings; a small, some- 

 what quadrate spot on costa at base : a transverse fascia from 

 costa just beyond one-third to dorsum at about one-third, 

 edges irregular, posterior edge indented above middle ; a 

 similar fascia, but somewhat broader, from costa near apex 

 to tornus, broadest at apex, where it contains a few spots of 

 ground-colour on costa ; a small dot in disc, just before anterior 

 edge of second fascia ; an elongate streak on middle of termen ; 

 cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings pale ochreous-whitish, 

 terminal half faintly tinged with fuscous ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. 



f/ab. — Cairns district, Nortji Queensland: two specimens 

 in October. 



Philobota picraula. n. sp. 



d and 9 > 20-22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale 

 whitish-ochreous, basal joint of palpi externally fuscous. 

 Antennae and legs whitish-ochreous, antennal ciliations 1, 

 p6sterior legs mixed with pale fuscous. Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex pointed, termen oblique: pale ochreous-whitish: 

 a narrow longitudinal subcostal streak from base to apex, 

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