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part, not reaching tornus ; a terminal series of blackish dots; 

 cilia whitish, on apex blackish. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; white, cilia white. 



Tfah. — Northern Territory: Port Darwin, in August; one 

 specimen, received from Mr. G. F. Hill. 



Barasa orthosticha, n. sp. (op^oo-rtxos, straight-lined). 

 9 , 28 mm. Head whitish with some brownish scales on 

 face. Palpi whitish, irrorated and palely suffused with 

 brownish. Thorax whitish irrorated with pale grey. Abdomen 

 whitish-grey. Legs whitish-grey; anterior pair darker. Fore- 

 wings sub-oblong, costa strongly arched, near base, thence 

 nearly straight, apex rounded-rectangular, termen slightly 

 bowed, not oblique ; whitish irrorated with pale grey : mark- 

 ings fuscous; a line from base of costa along fold for a short 

 distance, then bent obliquely to rejoin costa at i ; a fine wavy 

 transverse median line, curved inwards beneath cell, angled 

 outwards on fold, and inwards on vein 1 ; a brownish sub- 

 costal discal dot; a second similar line not far from first, 

 curved outwards beneath cell, angled inwards on fold, out- 

 wards on vein 1 ; a thick line nearly straight from costa to 

 dorsum at f ; some terminal dots; cilia whitish, indistinctly 

 barred with pale grey. Hindwings with termen rounded ; 

 white ; a narrow fuscous terminal suffusion not extending to 

 tornus; cilia white, bases pale grey, on tornus and dorsum 

 wholly white. 



Hnh. — Northern QueensHnd : Chudie R'vpr. in 

 February; one speci .en, taken by Mr. J. A. Kershaw. Type 

 in National Museum, Melbourne. 



13. Gen. Ochrothripa, Hmps. 



Frons not projecting, but with an anterior tuft of scales. 

 Palpi long, ascending; second joint reaching vertex, rather 

 slender, nearly smooth ; terminal joint as long as second, 

 smooth, slightly dilated towards apex. Thorax with a large 

 rough erect posterior crest. Abdomen with small dorsal crests 

 on three basal segments. Posterior tibiae nearly smooth. 

 Forewings normal. Hindwings with 8 anastomosing with 

 ceil at \. 



leptochroma, Turn. 



14. Gen. Ochthophora, Turn. 



Frons not projecting, but with an anterior tuft of scales. 



Palpi very long, obliquely porrect; second joint fringed with 



hairs on upper edge towards apex ; terminal joint much 



longer than second, smooth, slightly dilated towards apex. 



* Thorax with a large erect posterior crest. Abdomen with 



