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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
Blastobasis phaeopasta n.sp. 
<l>aL07TaGTos, darkly sprinkled. 
, 17 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi stout, obtuse ; fuscous. 
Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male minute. Abdomen grey. Legs 
fuscous with whitish rings. Fore wings with costa straight to near apex, 
apex obtuse, termen oblique ; grey sprinkled with fuscous ; markings 
fuscous, a spot on base of costa ; a transverse suffusion at two-fifths ; a 
transverse subapical line ; minute elongate marginal dots around apex ; 
cilia pale grey. Hind wing and cilia grey- whitish. 
North Queensland : Mackay in October ; one specimen. 
Blastobasis pentasticta n.sp. 
TTevTacrTiKTos, five-spotted. 
(J , 10 mm. Head ochreous- whitish. Palpi stout, obtuse, whitish. 
Antennae grey ; in male simple. Thorax fuscous ; tegulae ochreous- 
whitish. (Abdomen missing). Forewings with costa straight, apex 
obtuse, termen extremely oblique ; ochreous -whitish slightly sprinkled 
with fuscous and with fuscous dots ; a dot on base of costa, a discal dot 
at one-fifth, and another just before it on fold ; a dot on four-fifths costa ; 
a median dot, and a third on termen in a fine with the preceding ; cilia 
whitish. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 
New South Wales : Sydney in February ; one specimen. 
Gen. EXAPATETER nov. 
i£a7TaT7)T7)p, deceitful. 
Palpi moderately long, ascending, recurved ; second joint reaching 
base of antennae, moderately stout, rough-scaled anteriorly ; terminal 
joint stout, acute. Antennae without basal pecten ; in male shortly 
ciliated. Anterior tibiae smooth, short, and broad. Fore wings with 
2, 3, 4 approximated from angle, 7 separate, 8 to termen, approximated 
at origin to 9, 9 and 10 stalked from end of cell, 11 from well before middle. 
Hindwings elongate- ovate ; cell long and produced at lower angle ; 3 
and 4 approximated, 5 from middle, 6 and 7 remote, paralell. Very 
different from any other genus. 
Exapateter epierana n.sp. 
i7nr)pavos, pleasing. 
$ , 17-19 mm. $ 21-24 mm. Head and thorax purple-brown. Palpi 
with terminal joint three-fifths ; whitish sprinkled with brown. Antennae 
brown ; ciliations in male one-half. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs pale 
ochreous ; anterior tibiae and tarsi sprinkled with brown. Forewings 
suboblong ; costa slightly arched, apex rectangular, termen straight, 
not oblique ; reddish-brown ; a pale dot in disc at one-third ; in male a 
broad defined white costal crescent extending almost from base to 
apex ; in female this area is pale orange-brown, undefined, and only its 
costal edge is white ; terminal edge except extremities narrowly white. 
Hindwings and cilia grey-brown. 
North Queensland : Cape York in June, October, and November ; 
eight specimens received from Mr. W. B. Barnard. Type in Queensland 
Museum. 
