374 EXOTIC .MICROLEPIDOPrERA. 



arched, slightl)' prominent at |, faintly sinuate beyond this, .pex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen concave, beneath apex, little oblique; crru- 

 gations faint ; brown-grey, irregularly tinged with light crinson- 

 rosy suffusion ; second discal stigma blackish : cilia light brwn- 

 grey, outer half dark red-browii round aj^ex and upper pat of 

 termen. Hindwings rosy-ochreous ; cilia whitish-oehreous, ater 

 half suffused with crimson-brownish. 



Queensland, Cairns ; one specimen. Broader - winged ^an 

 mythica, costal sinuation and corrugations much less mared, 

 and apex less prominent. 



Xylorycta ixeuta, n. sp. 



$ . 34 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi white, second pint 

 tinged with ochreous. Thorax grey-whitish. Abdomen wiite, 

 segmental margins ferruginous-brownish. Anterior legs ochroup. 

 Forewings elongate, coata gently arched, apex rounded, terven 

 rounded, somewhat oblique ; 8 to apex ; glossy very pale g'lS', 

 towards costa anteriorly and base suffused with w^hitish ; cost;! 

 edge yellow-ochreous ; an irregular blackish mark on apical edge : ' 

 cilia glossy whitish-grey tinged with ochreous, whitish at base 

 round apex. Hindwings with 7 to apex ; whitish-grey, veins 

 suffused with grey, costa, base, and dorsum suffused with whitish ; 

 cilia white, round apex somewhat suffused with greyish. 



Queensland, Townsville, in November (Dodd) ; two specimens. 



Xylorycta terenopis, u. sp. 



2 . 28 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 second joint with a broad fuscous band beneath apex, terminal 

 joint dark fuscous anteriorly on apical half. Thorax whitish, 

 anteriorly suffused with pale yellow-ochreous. Abdomen whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 almost straight, rather oblique ; 7 to termen, 8 to costa ; ochreous- 

 white ; costa narrowly suffused with pale yellow-ochreous : cilia 

 pale yellow-ochreous. Hindwings grey, towards dorsum broadly 

 suffused with whitish-oehreous ; cilia pale yellow-ochreous. 



Victoria, Melbourne [Kershaw) ; one specimen. Closely allied 

 to arr/entella and assimilis. 



Xylorycta thrasycosma, n. sp. 



c? 2 . 18-24 ram. Head white. Palpi white, basal half of 

 second joint dark ochreous-browu. Antennaj of cj" flat-dentate, 

 ciliations ^. Thorax white, a mark on shoulders and a longi- 

 tudinal bar on each side of back ochreous-browu. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; 7 to just below 

 apex ; shining white ; markings ochreous-brown ; costal edge 

 ochreous-brown antei'iorly ; a fascia from base of costa along 

 dorsum to g; a thick streak rising from this near costa and 

 running to costa at ^, then along costa to |, extremity pointed ; an 



