CECOPHORID^. 391 



obliquely rounded; grey, speckled whitish, -with irregular dark 

 grey irroratien ; undefined markings of dark grey sufliision, viz., 

 an oblique blotch from base of costa confluent beneath with a 

 transverse blotch from costa at |, transverse blotches from costa 

 at middle and |, and indications of a subterminal shade: cilia light 

 grey, some dark irroration towards base. Hindwings and cilia 

 pale grey. 



Socrrn Atjstualia, Adelaide; I ox, (Coll. Lower). 



Peritorneuta minans, n. sp. 



9 . 21 mm. Head,thoraxpalebrownish-ochreou8. Palpi ochreous- 

 wlutish, terminal joint infuscated anteriorly. Forewings oblong, 

 termen rounded, little oblique; pale pinkish-ochreous, with violet 

 gloss ; three series of small dark fuscous dots on veins posteriorly : 

 cilia rosy-whitish. Hindwings pale ochreous, faintly pinkish- 

 tinged ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Queensland, Brisbane ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). Pupa (case sent) 

 erect on truncate abdomen, pale ochreous reticulated crimson, very 

 stout, with ventral knobs, two long prominences on head, and two 

 projections on each wing-case, posterior longer ; this quaint object 

 presumably imitates something, but I do not perceive what, 

 possibly a Doratifera larva. 



Depressaria liodryas, n, sp. 



tS . 25 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides slightly brownish- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous, scales of second joint rounded- 

 prominent anteriorly, terminal joint loosely scaled towards base. 

 Thorax pale ochreous, Forewings elongate, apex rounded-obtuse, 

 termen rather obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked ; browuish- 

 ochreous, veins posteriorly faintly infuscated, a very few scattered 

 dark fuscous or black scales ; a black subdorsal dot near base ; 

 discal stigmata moderate, black, rather remote ; faint indications 

 of submarginal dots round apex and termen : cilia pale ochreous. 

 Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, somewhat greyer posteriorly ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, 



Palestine, Nazareth, April {B.arraud) ; 1 ex, (Brit, Mas.). 



Depressaria occaecata, n. sp. 



(S . 21 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of crown dark grey. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with scales roughly prominent 

 towards apex beneath, a few grey scales towards apex, terminal 

 joint with indistinct greyish basal and supramedian rings. Thorax 

 dark grey. Forewings apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked ; pale ochreous, partially faintly pinkish- 

 tinged ; first discal stigma blackish, an additional dot obliquely 

 before and above it, second discal indicated only by faint partial 

 grey margin, on one wing a small ff^iiit greyish cloud beyond and 

 above first discal ; three or four indistinct dark grey terminal dots : 

 cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Sykia, Beirut ; 1 ex. Probably, as in suhirroinnquella (to which 

 it is allied), the dark thorax may not be constant. 



