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with a lighter ochreous-grey suftusion toward base ; cilia creamy- 

 grey. 



Geraldton (Messrs. Meek and Barnard). 



Group TINEIN.E, Family XYLORYCTID^. 



PiLOSTIBES TECTA, Sp.nOV. 



(J9. 25-28 mm. Head ashy-grey, irrorated with black, face 

 lighter grey. Palpi grey, 2nd joint thickened with dense grey 

 and black scales. Antennae grey, annul ated with black. Thorax 

 ashy-grey, finely irrorated with black, and with a tuft of white 

 hairs fuscous at the base posteriorly on either side. Abdomen light 

 fuscous, very finely irrorated with black. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin gently 

 rounded, slaty-grey, becoming ashy-grey toward base and basal 

 half of costa, finely and profusely pencilled with black, a row of 

 conspicuous black spots on median, 1st near base, 2nd at one-third, 

 and 3rd at two-thirds, a row of three inconspicuous black dots on 

 costa at f, f and | : cilia slaty-grey with base having a fuscous 

 tint. Hind wings fuscous-grey; cilia light fuscous-grey with darker 

 basal band. 



Duaringa (Mr. Barnard). 



PiLOSTIBES STiGMATius, Meyr. 

 Brisbane ; two specimens, beaten from trees. 



Cryptophaga nubila, sp.nov. 



(J9. 30-42 mm. Head, palpi and thorax white. Antennae 

 white, with fuscous pectinations in (J, ciliated in Q. Legs white, 

 posterior tarsi with base of joint black. Abdomen with a red 

 spot on second segment bordered with white ; first segment in ^ 

 grey, but covered with fringe, two tufts of white hairs ; in 9 

 segment white ; hind segments in ^ grey, thickly diffused with 

 black and ashy-grey; in 9 light grey bordered with white. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa very gently rounded, hindmargin rounded, 

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