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whitish -och re ou s ; a dull purplish-reddish band, occupying 

 posterior third of wing, anterior edge nearly straight, finely 

 edged with fuscous; cilia dull fuscous- reddish. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey-whitish. 



Hah. — Cairns district, North Queensland; three speci- 

 mens in October. 



Chrysonema adelosema, n. sp. 



(S , 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs pale ochreous, anterior edge of thorax and patagia 

 fuscous, antennal ciliations nearly 1, both joints of palpi 

 infuscated externally, anterior and middle legs infuscated. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly arched, t^rmen 

 obliquely rounded; pale ochreous-whitish, with some scattered 

 minute fuscous scales; costal edge slenderly fuscous through- 

 out; an inwardly oblique irregular fuscous mark on costa at 

 three-quarters, below which is a well-marked fuscous spot; 

 a fuscous spot in middle of disc at one-third and another just 

 below and beyond ; veins towards terminal half of wings some- 

 what outlined with fuscous and appearing to form a curved 

 line near termen ; cilia ochreous-grey, with a few fuscous 

 scales. Hindwings greyish, tinged with fuseous; cilia 

 ochreous-grey with a fuscous median line. 



Near maculifera, Low. 



Hab. — Cairns district. North Queensland; two specimens 

 in October. 



Machaeritis encrita, n. sp. 



9 , 10 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax shining 

 white , thorax tinged with ochreous post-eriorly. Abdomen 

 silvery-white, beneath white. Legs white. Forewings 

 elongate, apex pointed ; white, faintly tinged with ochreous ; 

 markings ochreous-f uscous ; a narrow transverse fascia close to 

 base; a moderately broad fascia, from just before middle of 

 costa to about middle of dorsum, edges tolerably straight, 

 anterior edge margined with dark fuscous; sometimes lower 

 half of fascia mixed with fuscous; a second similar fascia 

 from costa at two-thirds to dorsum before tornus, posterior 

 edge rather irregular, anterior edge nearly straight; a short 

 subapical streak; cilia fuscous, becoming darker at apex and 

 tornus. Hindwings lanceolate; pale fuscous; cilia pale fus- 

 cous, lighter at base. 



Hab. — Parkside, South Australia; two specimens in 

 January. 



GELECHIADAE. 

 Crocanthes thermobapta, n. sp. 



(S and 9 , 12-14 mm. Head ochreous-white. Antennae, 

 palpi, and thorax ochreous-white, strongly mixed with orange. 

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