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costa before apex to anal angle, moderately broad, inwardly 

 curved, and enclosing a small white dot in disc ; three dots on 

 hindmargin beneath apex, tending to coalesce, and to be con- 

 nected with second fascia; cilia white, on markings dark-fuscous. 

 Hindwings reddish-orange, with an apical fuscous blotch : cilia 

 on apical portion fuscous, with a darker line at one-third, towards 

 anal angle reddish-orange. 



Gympie, Queensland ; three specimens taken by Mr. R. 

 Illidge. 



CALLITHAUMA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, slightly projecting anteriorly. 

 Palpi long ; second joint exceeding base of antennae, smooth 

 scaled, somewhat thickened towards apex ; terminal joint much 

 shorter than second, slender, acute. Antennae in male simple, 

 pecten absent. Thorax smooth. Forewings rather narrow, 1 b 

 furcate at base, 2 from four-fifths, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex. 

 Hindwings under 1, cilia two-thirds, veins 3 and 4 connate, 6 

 and 7 parallel. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Male genitalia 

 provided with a pair of long curved processes, arising from 

 inferior surface and projecting upwards. 



Callithauma basilica, n. sp. 



Male and Female, 12-13 mm. Head yellow, mixed with 

 reddish on crown. Palpi orange ; terminal joint whitish, with a' 

 broad subapical dark-fuscous ring. Antennae whitish, annulated 

 with blackish ; base of first joint reddish. Thorax reddish, 

 mixed with pale yellow. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish ; anterior 

 tibiae reddish. Forewings narrow elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 

 bright-red, mixed with purple-fuscous, markings clear yellow, 

 edges of markings mostly clear red ; an oblique bar from base of 

 costa ; a moderate fascia from costa at one fourth to inner 

 margin before middle, broadest on costa, somewhat curved in 

 disc j a dot on inner-margin beyond middle, a second dot in 

 disc external to this — these show a variable tendency to connec- 

 tion with a narrow fuscous-edged fascia from costa beyond middle 

 to anal angle ; a triangular spot on costa at four-fifths : cilia 

 yellow, at anal angle mixed with red. Hindwings whitish ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. 



Toowoomba and Killarney, Queensland ; five specimens in 

 September and October. 



PSEUDOTORTRIX, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, side tufts rather small. Palpi 

 short, recurved, not reaching base of antennae ; second joint 

 stout, with appressed scales ; terminal joint very short rather 



