BY A. J. TURNER. 185 



Phrixoscelks LITHOGRAPHA. 

 Meyr., Gen. Insect., Graeilariadae, p. 13. 

 N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in October (Dodd). 



PHRIXOSCELES LECHRIOTOMA, n.Sp. [kexptOTOfXO^ obliquely divided]. 



£. 6 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae white, towards apex 

 grey. Thorax white. Abdomen whitish. Legs white; middle and 

 posterior tibiae and proximal tarsal joints with long loose hairs on 

 upper surface. Forewings white; markings very pale ochreous 

 mixed with pale fuscous; an ill-defined suffusion along dorsum 

 nearly to middle, connected by some irroration with midcosta, an 

 inwardly oblique fascia from 4 costa to dorsum, sharply denned 

 anteriorly by a pale fuscous line; beyond this, disc is more suf- 

 fused; cilia white, on dorsum grey-whitish. Hindwings and cilia 

 grey-whitish. Type in Coll. Turner. 



X.Q.: Cardwell, in August; one specimen. 



Phi;IXOSCELKS ZOPIIOPASTA, n.sp. [£o<£o7r<«rTO^ dusky-sprinkled] 

 g. 8 mm. Head white. Palpi white; apex of second joint dark 

 fuscous. Antennae white, with fuscous annulations. Thorax white, 

 mixed with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs fuscous, with 

 white annulations; posterior pair mostly white; middle tibiae and 

 proximal tarsal joints much thickened with long hairs; posterior 

 tibiae and first two tarsal joints with rather long hairs on upper 

 surface. Forewings white, thinly irrorated with fuscous scales ; the 

 irroration is denser on dorsum, where it forms a series of ill-defined 

 spots and dots ; cilia on costa white, on dorsum pale grey. Hind- 

 wings and cilia pale grey. Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q. : Brisbane, in September; one specimen. 



PHRIXOSCELES HOLOTELES, n.sp. [oAoreA?/?, perfect]. 



go. 6-8 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae much longer 

 than forewings; fuscous, towards base whitish. Thorax whitish. 

 Abdomen grey, beneath whitish. Legs whitish, with fuscous annu- 

 lations; middle and posterior tibiae and proximal tarsal joints with 

 rather long loose hairs on upper surface. Forewings with basal 

 half white, with three inwardly oblique dark fuscous fasciae con- 

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