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COSSIDAE. 

 o. Xyleutes boisduvali Kothsch. sp. nov. 

 This insect is found in collections under a manuscript name of Boisduval's, but 

 has never been described. 



Fm-eiuings : uniform silvery grey, densely powdered with browTiish scales, giving 

 it an ash-grey tinge. On the disc of the wing and between the median nervules are 

 some ill-defined dark brown blotches, varying much in size and shape in individual 

 specimens. 



Hindioings : co.stal margin whitish silvery grey; rest of wing black-brown, 

 powdered with grey between the submedian and first median nervures. 



Head, shoulders, and thorax silver-grey; centre of thorax black, powdered slightly 

 with grey ; first segment and anal segment of abdomen whitish grey ; rest of abdomen 

 black, each segment bordered with greyish white. 



Underside: all four wings blackish brown, powdered with grey and broadly 

 bordered all round with grey. Coxae, thorax, head, and abdomen greyish wliite ; legs 

 banded grey and black. 



Expanse : S forewing AM ()8 mm. ; EM 28 mm. ; PM oO mm. 

 ? ., „ 85 „ ; „ 37 „ ; „ .59 „ 



S liin.bving „ 47 „ ; „ 40 „ ; „ 22 „ 

 ? „ „ 59 „ ; „ 51 „ ; „ 32 „ 



Hab. Burdekin River, Queensland; 5 c?, 6 ?. 



4. Xyleutes magnifica Rothsch. sp. nov. 

 Forevjings: uniform pale grey in the ? , one of my two specimens sliowing some 

 indistinct dark patches between the median nervules ; in my two 6 i these spots are 

 distinct. 



Hindwings : costal margin wliito; rest of wings chestnut-red. 

 Head and thorax gi-ey ; abdomen of ? chestnut-red, with anal segment grey ; in 

 S chestnut-red, with dorsal stripe and two last segments grey. 



Expanse : S forewing AM 64 mm. ; EM 21 mm. ; TM 38 mm. 



Hah. 



5. Xyleutes pulchra Rothsch. sp. nov. 

 Female. — Fcyrevnngs ; pale grey, spotted with black dots along costa and outer 

 margin ; from apex to the second median nervule there is an oblique black streak. 

 On the disc is a group of six large black jialches. Between the submedian vein and 

 the inner margin the foi-ewings are clouded with black. 



Hindwings : blackish grey ; fringe white, with black dots at apices of veins. 

 Head, middle of thorax, and upperside of abdomen black, the latter grey at 

 bases of .segments ; ajiical segment grey. Tarsi witli black and white rings. 

 Expanse : forewing AM 39 mm. ; EM 17 mm. ; PM 20 mm. 

 ,, hindwing „ 27 „ ; „ 22 „ ; „ 12 „ 



Hab. Toowoomba, Brisbane district. (Queensland : 1 ?. 



