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Depressaria xyleuta, n. sp. 



S . 23 ram. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, irroraied Avith 

 Avhilisli and somewhat mixed with ferruginous, sidetufts erect and 

 meeting ahove crown, palpi with apex of second joint and apical 

 half of terminal joint whitish, thorax with posterior crest. 

 Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated 

 with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arclied, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked ; 

 brown mixed with paler and darkei", indistinctly strigulated with 

 fuj^cous, especially along veins, all scales extremely finely tipped 

 with whitish ; a small basal patch dark fuscous on costa, becoming 

 Avhitish and containing a black dot towards dorsum, edged by a 

 sinuate black lino obsolete on costa and dorsum, followed towaids 

 costa bj^ a spot of whitish-ochreous suffusion ; costa spotted with 

 dark fuscous ; discal stigmata whitish surrounded with ferruginous- 

 brown, first preceded by a minute similar dot obliquely above it ; 

 l)lical stigma black, beneath first discal : cilia brownish, sprinkled 

 with whitish. Hindwings light grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, with two fuscous shades. 



Asia Minor, Taurus Mts. ; one specimen. Not very near any 

 species known to me. 



Ocystola phseodesma, n. sp. 



d. 13-15 mm. Head ochreous-white, collar and back of 

 crown fuscous. Palpi fuscous, terminal joint and apex of second 

 whitish. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax white, towards anterior 

 margin and posterior extremity fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termea 

 very obliquely rounded ; white, more or less sprinkled with 

 fuscous ; four fuscous transverse fasciae sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, first rather broad, basal, second rather broad, ante- 

 raedian, margins subconcave, third at |, narrower, somewhat 

 incurved, fourth forming a triangular apical patch ; discal stigmata 

 rather large, dark fuscous, first resting on posterior margin of 

 second fascia, second on anterior margin of third : cilia whitish, 

 towards base sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings fascous, veins 

 darker ; cilia whitish- fuscous. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October and November (Dodd) ; two 

 specimens. Allied to ni]^)liodesma. 



Ocystola galbaaea, n. sp. 



c? . 12 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous. Palpi 

 brownish-whitish. Antennal ciliations 3, with some longer ones 

 towards base (7). Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 ochreous-fuacous ; stigmata rather large, cloudy, dark fuscous, 



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