Australia)} Lepidoptera. 



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Type in British Museum. Sir Geo. Hainpson kindly examined 

 the neuration of the type at my request. 

 Q., Duaringa, Brisbane. 



Genus 12. Eucymatoge. 



Eucymatoge, Hb. Verz. 



Face with short cone of scales. Palpi moderate, porrected, 

 rough-scaled. Antennae in <? ciliated. Thorax glabrous be- 

 neath. Abdomen more or less distinctly crested throughout. 

 Posterior tibiae with all spurs present. Fore wings with areole 

 double. Hind wings with 8 anastomosing with cell from near 

 base to beyond middle (Meyrick). 



Closely allied to Hydriomena, differing in the abdominal 

 crests. 



1. Thorax with a posterior crest . . . - 2 

 Thorax smooth ------- 5 



2. Fore wings with posterior edge of median band 



angled ------- 3 



Fore wings with posterior edge of median band not 



angled ------ leucophanes 



3. Hind wings with many fine transverse lines - - 4 

 Hind wings with few lines becoming obsolete 



towards costa ------ 



4. Fore wings with posterior edge of median band 



forming a single acute angle. Palpi 1J> 

 Fore wings with posterior edge of median band 

 forming a double obtuse angle. Palpi 2^ 



5. Fore wings with whitish spots, discal dot obscure 

 Fore wings without whitish spots, discal dot very 



distinct ------- 



Section I. — Vein 5 of hind wings approximated , to 6. 

 zvith a posterior crest. 



peplodes 



scotodes 



mortuata 

 callizona 



ghosha 

 Thorax 



47. Eucymatoge peplodes, n. sp. 

 [TreTrAwSr;?, like a robe or cloak]. 



(? ?, 16-22 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen brown-whitish 

 mixed with daik fuscous. Thorax with a well-marked, bifid, 

 posterior crest. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male \. Legs 



