BY A. .(KFl'-KKIS TURNER. 339 



^ moderated). Forewings elongate, not dilated; veiu 7 to 

 costa. Hind wings elongate-ovate. 



Readily distinguished by the tufted palpi. 



Palimmeces ithysticha, n.sp. 

 ldva-Ti\os, straight-lined. 



(J9. 20-23 mm. Head pale fuscous, side-tufts white. Palpi 

 white, tuft and base of second joint pale fuscous. Antenn;e 

 fuscous: ciliations in (J 1. Thorax white, tegulre and patagia 

 pale fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, apices of segments and tuft 

 whiti.sh. Legs fuscous; external surface of anterior pair white; 

 posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, not dilated; 

 pale fuscous; a white, median streak from base to apex; more or 

 less white irroration on termen, better marked in $; cilia pale 

 fuscous. Hindwings ovate-lanceolate; grey ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitisli. 



N.S.W.: Glen Innes; in March; five specimens. 



Gen. CoPRiODES, n.g. 

 K07rpuo8y]'i, resembling excrement. 



Palpi moderate; second joint somewhat dilated with loose 

 scales anteriorly towards apex; terminal joint moderately stout. 

 Antennce of ^ with moderately long ciliations. Thorax smooth. 

 Anterior tibiae and tarsi strongly dilated with scales. Forewings 

 with a tuft of scales on costa at or befoi'e middle; vein 7 to costa. 



Type, PUoprepes aristocratica Meyr. In this species, the 

 antennal pecten is strongly developed; in C. lophojitcra, it is 

 absent; but the two species are certainly nearly related. Per- 

 haps C. anassa Meyr., also belongs to this genus. 



COPRIODES ARISTOCRATICA. 



Filoprepes aristocratica Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales, 

 1888, p.l598. 



Q.: Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine, Coolangatta. — N.S.W.: Sydney. 

 — Vic: Fernshaw. 



COPRIODES LOPHOPTERA. 



Pi/oprepes lophojytera Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1894, 

 p.96. 



Q.: Namboui', Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine, Coolangatta. 



