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XYLORYCTID^. 



Xy lory eta prospicua, n. sp. 



J . 27 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey, thorax posteriorly 

 white. Palpi grey, posteriorly white. Antennal ciliations 2. 

 Abdomen ochreoiis-grey-whitish. Eorewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 

 oblique; 7 to termen ; white; two moderate rather dark fuscous 

 streaks, first from base of wing adjoining costa above middle to 

 apex, second along dorsum from near base to near tornus, its ex- 

 tremities attenuated : cilia white, with dark fuscous bar at apex, 

 on tornus grey. Hindwiiigs with 3 and 4 connate, 6 and 7 

 connate ; pale grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



West Australia, Perth, in October (BeHhoud) ; one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Xylorycta perfiua, n. sp. 



J . 30 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Pal[)i dark fuscous, pos- 

 teriorly ochreous - whitish. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax 

 ochreous-whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, anal tuft ochreous- 

 yellow. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 to termen ; ochreous- 

 white ; a narrow dark fuscous costal streak from base to near apex, 

 finely attenuated anteriorly ; a moderate dark fuscous streak along 

 dorsum from j to tornus, narrowed towards extremities : cilia 

 ochreous-white, on tornus fuscous. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 connate, 6 and 7 connate; whitish-ochreous, posteriorly infuscated; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with yellow. 



West Australia, Perth, in Decevaher (Berthoud) ; one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



HYPONOMEUTID.E. 



Argyresthia liparodes, n. sp. 



<5 . 9 mm. Head and thorax shining white. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex somewhat produced, acute, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; brown, with fine dark fuscous 

 striguloe, especiallj' on costa ; a broad suffusedly-edged snow-white 

 dorsal stripe, extending over 5 of wing towards base, attenuated to 



