(ECOPHOEID^. 367 



^ NOCHELODES, n. g. 



Head with appressod scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Atateniia) |, in <S serrulate, evenly ciliated, basal joint elongate, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, slender, 

 second joint smooth-scaled, terminal hardly as long as second, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, a])pressed to tongue. Forewings 

 1 h furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 

 from middle, llindwings |, lanceolate, cilia 2; 2-4 parallel, 5 and 

 short-stalked, 7 parallel. 



Presumably a derivative of Promalactis. 



Nochelodes xenicopa, n, sp. 



c? . 16 mm. Head dark fuscous, sidetufts mixed fulvous-ochreous. 

 Pali)i fulvous-ochreous, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennal 

 ciliations 1. Thorax dark grey mixed fulvous-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate ; dark grey suff'usedly overlaid light fulvous- 

 oolireous : cilia light grey, basal half overlaid light fulvous-ochreous. 

 Uindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, 



Palestine, JS^azareth, April {Barraud) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



Borkhausenia comarclia, n. sp. 



J'. 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark purplish-fuscous speckled 

 w'hitish. Forewings elongate, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 grey irregularly mixed whitish and irrorated dark purplish-fuscous ; 

 stigmata represented by cloudy roundish spots of dark fuscous 

 sutfusion, discal widely remote, second transverse, plical rather 

 beyond first discal, two additional spots between and above discal, 

 indenting margin of a streak of whitish suffusion joining t\vo diseal: 

 cilia grey, mixed dark fuscous and whitish towards base. Hind- 

 wings ochreous-yellow, apex suffused dark grey ; cilia grey. 



South Axtsxralia, Piunaroo ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). Allied to 

 dlchroa. 



Borkhausenia liacta, n. sp. 



(S . 17-18 mm. Head, thorax whitish. Palpi whitish, second 

 joint dark fuscous except apex, terminal infuscated anteriorly. 

 Antennal ciliations hardly 1. Forewings rather narrow, apex 

 pointed, termen faintly sinuate, very oblique ; light fuscoua 

 suff'usedly overlaid with whitish ; a fuscous streak with only a few 

 whitish scales occupying costal third throughout ; stigmata in one 

 example fuscous, discal remote, plical rather before first discal, au 

 additional dot beyond plical, and a dash beneath middle of disc, in 

 the other example tlieso all absent : cilia whitish-fuscous. Hind- 

 wings gtey ; cilia pale grey. 



CiUKENSLAND, Brisbane, (October, November {Dodd) ; 2 ex. Type 

 AVals. Coll. (2y776). 



Leptocroca granimocentra, n. sp. 



(S . 22 mm. Head, thorax white sprinkled dark fuscous, thorax 

 with dark fuscous posterior sp'ot. Palpi white, second joint dark 



