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Opostega nubifera, n. sp. 



Male, 8 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae greyish ; 

 basal joint white. Thorax white. Abdomen dark-grey. Legs 

 whitish ; anterior pair grey. Forewings elongate ; white ; 

 markings suffused greyish ; two rather broadly suffused acutely 

 angulated fasciae, first before middle, second beyond middle, in- 

 terrupted in disc ; a rather broad grey line around apex and 

 hindmargin ; cilia grey-whitish, at apex with basal half white, 

 interrupted by a narrow oblique blackish bar. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. 



Resembles 0. chalinias, Meyr., but distinguished by the wholly 

 white head, and the rather broadly suffused markings without 

 golden-fuscous-tinge. 



Toowoomba, Queensland ; one specimen in September. 



ELACHISTIJ)^. 



Stathmopoda mannophora, n. sp. 



Male, 14 mm. Head dark -fuscous ; face white. Palpi, 

 external surface dark-fuscous, internal surface white. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous. Thorax white, with a moderate posterior dark- 

 fuscous spot. Abdomen grey ; edges of segments and tuft 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs pale-ochreous ; anterior pair fuscous. 

 Forewings white ; a moderate dark -fuscous basal fascia ; a 

 moderate fuscous-brown fascia from costa at two-thirds to anal 

 angle ; cilia on costa whitish-ochreous, at apex fuscous, thence 

 grey, becoming whitish-ochreous again on inner-margin. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia grey, towards base of inner-margin whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Allied to S. pantarches, Meyr., but at once distinguished by 

 the dark-fuscous head. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen in November, taken by 

 Mr. H. Tryon. 



LOZOSTOMA ASEMA, 11. Sp. 



Female, 10-11 mm. Head dark-fuscous, narrowly edged pos- 

 teriorly with yellow ; face and fillet whitish. Palpi whitish. 

 Antennae whitish. Thorax bright-yellow. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 whitish ; anterior pair fuscous. Forewings bright-yellow ; some- 

 times a minute dark-fuscous dot in disc beyond middle ; cilia 

 bright yellow. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Distinguished by the absence of marking. 



Brisbane and Mt. Tambourine, Queensland ; four specimens in 

 October and November. 



