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(J. Fore wings snow-white, hind wings as type. 



9, Forewings snow-white with three small dots, hindwings pure 

 white. 



Brisbane ; reared by Mr. Illidge from larvae taken on Tristania 



suaveolens. 



Crypto PH AG A flavicosta, sp.no v. 



(J9. 28-38 mm. Head ashy-grey. Palpi whitish-grey. An- 

 tennie fuscous, becoming ashy-grey at base. Thorax slaty-grey, 

 becoming ashy-grey anteriorly. Abdomen slaty-grey, posterior 

 segments in ^ copper-red bordered with rich velvety-black, in 9 

 slaty-grey banded with narrow lines of black and fuscous-red. 

 Legs orange-red inclining to ferrous. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa scarcely arched in ^, slightly arched in 9, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin slightly rounded, somewhat oblique, rich slaty- 

 grey, becoming ashy-grey toward basal portion of costa ; an 

 orange-red costal band, more brown-red in 9 and with a rich 

 black velvety patch in apical angle : cilia slaty-grey, with 

 indistinct fuscous bands. Hindwings fuscous-grey; cilia as 

 forewings. 



Brisbane ; bred by Mr. Illidge in Nov., 1892, from Eucalyptus 

 eugenioides and E. corymbosa. 



Cryptophaga porphyrinella. Walk. 

 Brisbane ; bred from Exocarpus Cunniiighami (?) 



Cryptophaga ecclesiastis, Meyr. 

 Brisbane ; bred by Mr. Illidge from Eucalyptus corymhosa. 



Xyloricta tinctoria, sp.nov. 



(J9. 24-26 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen creamy-grey ; 

 thorax darker posteriorly. Palpi and antennae light ochreous- 

 fiiscous. Forewings creamy-white, costa light, a patch near base 

 reddish-grey, a patch on inner margin in 2nd and 3rd fourth 

 ferruginous-red, more or less suffused or tinted into groundcolour 



