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excurved from | to |, apical area beyond this forming a dark 
fuscous blotch ; some slight whitish suffusion towards termen on 
dorsal half: cilia brownish, somewhat barred grey. Hindwings 
orange-yellow ; a dark fuscous apical blotch ; cilia yellowish, more 
or less barred grey, especially towards apex and tornus. 
Queensland, Townsville ; 2 ex. (F. P. Dodd). 
PEPLOCHORA, n. g. 
Tongue very long. Antennge <3 fasciculate-ciliated, scape simple. 
Labial palpi very long, strongly recurved, second joint reaching 
thorax, thickened with appressed scales, appressed and enclosing 
penicillate maxillary palpi. Fore wings with scaletufts on basal 
area ; 3 from angle, 4 and 5 closely appressed on basal third, 6 out 
of 9 near base, 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 nearly approximated. Hind- 
wings ( <S ) with dorsal fold, tornus strongly prominent; lower 
angle of cell forming a very acute projection, 3 from before angle, 
4 and 5 connate from angle, 7 out of 6 near origin, appressed to 
8 to about 
Peplochora zalalges, n. sp. 
3. 27 mm. Head, thorax grey-whitish mixed light olive- 
greenish. Palpi light greyish mixed light greenish. Antennal 
ciliations nearly 2. Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, 
costa almost straight, termen obliquely rounded, dorsum rather 
convex; grey-whitish, basal fourth, costa, and a broad terminal 
band suffused irregular grey and dark grey irroration; a small 
round blackish diseal spot on end of cell, and smaller less distinct 
dark grey spot near before it; a rather downcurved streak of dark 
grey suffusion from costa at |- to termen above middle; some 
slight greenish irroration near base and forming a faint direct 
antemedian fascia : cilia grey obscurely barred darker. Hindwings 
triangular, tornal area prominent; whitish, dorsum and termen 
narrowly suffused grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Ceylon, Gampola, bred October from larva feeding on leaves of 
Psidium guajava (Dr . J. C. Hutson) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Stericta callibrya, n. sp. 
cf. 22-24 mm. Head light greenish-ochreous. Palpi greenish, 
terminal joint short, with a black mark. Maxillary palpi short, 
loosely scaled. Antennae ciliated (1), scape with long densely 
tufted recurved process, fuscous sprinkled black and mixed green 
towards base. Thorax light greenish, suffused reddish-fuscous, 
especially on tegulse. Forewings with glandular costal swelling 
beyond middle ; pale moss-green suffused darker in disc beyond 
middle ; a black subbasal dot in middle ; first line at f, straight, 
direct, pale greenish, edged posteriorly by blackish marks at 
extremities, and anteriorly by a triangular dark reddish-fuscous 
patch on costa reaching to near base, its apex touching dorsum ; 
