BY OSWALD IJ. LOWER. 667 



Tetraprosopus paracycla, n.sp. 



9. 14 mm. Hecad, paljDi, anteiinpe and thorax cinereous-fuscous, 

 palpi whitish at base beneath. Legs whitish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 greyish, anterior segments oclireous. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rately dilated posteriorly, termen gently rounded, oblique; ashy- 

 grey-whitish; lines fine, black, well marked; first nearly straight; 

 second from costa at | strongly curved inwards on lower half and 

 ending on inner margin at |; a fuscous dot near base in middle; 

 a moderate, roundish, whitish spot in end of cell, edged anteriorly 

 with blackish ; a row of fine black terminal spots; a row of similar 

 spots along base of cilia: cilia fuscous- whitish, with a fuscous 

 median line. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; one specimen, in October. 

 Very distinct by the clearness of markings. 



Pyraustinse. 



Sylepta crocophaxes, n.sp. 



9. 32 mm. Head, antenna3 and thorax ochreous, collar yellow. 

 Palpi fuscous, basal § beneath white. Abdomen ochreous, whitish 

 on sides Legs whitish, anterior tibiae and tarsi banded with 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated posteriorly, 

 termen faintly bowed, oblique; dull yellowish, with fuscous mark- 

 ings; a moderately thick streak along costa, from close to base to 

 apex; first line narrow, faint, gently curved outwards; second 

 thick, from | of costa, strongly angulated outwards in middle, 

 sinuate below middle, and ending on costa at f ; a quadrate spot 

 touching lower edge of costal streak just beyond first line; a 

 second similar but larger spot in posterior extremity of cell ; 

 terminal area of wing, including apical portion, fuscous : cilia 

 ochreous, with a row of blackish marks at base. Hindw^ings with 

 termen rounded; colour, cellular spot, and second line as in fore- 

 wings; first line absent; basal third of wing whitish; a fuscous 

 apical spot; cilia and terminal dots as in forewings. 



Mackay, Q.; two specimens, in November. 



