132 EXOTIC MICEOLKPIDOPTEEA. 



becomins: pale fuscous pos(-eriorly ; cilia whitisli-fuscous, with 

 faint fuscous autemedian shade. 



Queensland, Cairns, in September and October (Dodd) : two 

 specimens. 



Nephogenes profuga. n. sp. 



(^ . 25 mm. Head whitish-fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 ■ second joint suffused with dark fuscous except towards base and 

 at apex, terminal joint infuscated towards apex. Antennal 

 ciliations 2i. Thorax whitish-fuscous, shoulders suffused with 

 fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-whitish, anal tuft pale yellowish. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa anteriorly moderately, 

 posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 pale brownish, with scattered darker scales ; a blackish dot at base 

 in middle ; a dark fuscous subtriangular patch on costa from 

 base to near i, reaching half across wing, followed by some 

 whitish suffusion towards costa; some slight dark fuscous suffusion 

 towards dorsum at ^; stigmata small, black, partially edged w fh 

 a few white scales, ])lical hardly beyond first discal, a small dot 

 beyond and above first discal, a larger one midway between and 

 above first and second discal, and one beneath second discal ; a 

 curved subterminal line obscurely indicated by scattered dark 

 fuscous scales, indented beneath costa ; a series of blackish 

 triangular dots round apex and termen : cilia whitish-fuscous, 

 with median series of obscure fuscous s])ots. Hind wings pale 

 greyish-ochreous, becoming pale fuscous posteriorly ; cilia pale 

 greyish-ochreous. 



QcTKENSLAND, Caims, in October (Dodd); one specimen. Type 

 in Coll. Lyell. Extremely like E'ahchria hanjptera in form of 

 wing and markings, yet differs in minute detail ; distinguished by 

 neuration and longer ciliations of antennce. 



Nephogenes aquaria, n. sp. 



5 . 28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous sprinkled with 

 whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous and 

 white ; a moderate undefined streak of white suffusion running 

 beneath costa from base just above discal stigmata to costa at | ; 

 stigmata cloudy, blackish, first discal rather large, plical slightly 

 beyond first discal, an additional dot on white streak between and 

 above first and second discal, and another beneath second discal ; 

 a curved darl^er subterminal shade faintly indicated, indented 

 towards costa : cilia light fuscous sprinkled with whitish. Hind- 

 wings pale fuscous, rather darker posteriorly ; cilia pale fuscous. 



New South Wales, Woodford, in jNlarch (Zv/c//) ; one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



