HYPOXOitEUTIDiE. 



CHARICRITA, n. 



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Head smooth, sidetufts loosely spreading ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antenna3 ^, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, somewhat rough-scaled 

 anteriorl}', terminal joint longer than second, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiie with appreased scales. Fore- 

 wings with 2 from -y, 3 from angle, 7 to termen, 11 from ^. 

 Hiiidwings under 1, elongate-ovate, pointed, cilia 1 ; 2-7 nearly 

 parallel, 3 from angle, transverse vein very oblique from 4 to 7. 



Charicrita citrozona, n. sp. 



2 . 12 mm. Head and thorax pale brassy-yellowish, patagia 

 silvery-white. Palpi white, towards base brassy-j-ellowish. Ab- 

 domen white. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 ohtuse, termen very ubliquely rounded ; white, with very indefinite 

 suhbasai band and antemodiau and postmedian fasciie of pale 

 brassj'-yellowish suffusion ; posterior half of wing sprinkled and 

 strigulated with fuscous, towards tornus with two indistinct dark 

 fuscous strigye : cilia whitish-brownish, with dark fuscous subapical 

 line and above apex subbasal line also, on tornus yellow-whitish. 

 Hiiidwings gre3'-whitish ; cilia white. 



Queensland, Cairns, in September (Dodd); one specimen. 



LITANEUTIS, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales; tongue short. Antennoe ^, in S 

 moderately ciliated, basal joint moderate, expanded witli dense 

 scales. Labial palpi rather long, curved, ascending, slender, 

 smooth, terminal joint as lono; as second, pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 r\idimentarj'. Posterior tibioc thickened with dense tolerably 

 ai)pressed scales. Forewings with 2-4 approximated from neac 

 angle, 7 to termen, 9 and 10 out of 8, 11 from before middle, 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, tolerably pointed, cilia | ; 2-7 nearly 

 parallel, 3 from angle, transverse vein angulated inwards between 

 4 and 5. 



Litaneutis sacrifica, n. sp. 



<S 13-16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore- 

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

 nearly straight, oblique ; shining white ; costal edge grey towards 

 base ; a transverse grey line at i, not reaching margins, sometimes 

 apparently obsolete ; a rather broad indeterminate incurved post- 

 median fascia made up of longitudinal cloudy gi'ey streaks partially 

 suffused together, and another from apical portion of costa and 

 termen to lower part of termen above tornus, leaving only niediau 



