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oblujue fascia rising from this at |, posterior edge obtusely angu- 

 lated, expanded on dorsum so as to extend nearly from middle to 

 tornus ; an irregular fascia running from costal streak beyond 

 middle almost or quite to touch this at tornus, thence abruptly 

 angulated upwards and running near termen to apex, with a more 

 or less distinct prominence touching termen in middle: cilia 

 wliite, -with brown bars at apex and middle of termen, towards 

 tornus more or less tinged with oehreous and sometimes brownish 

 at base. Hindwings light grey tinged with whitish-ochreous ; 

 ci.iia Tvhitish-ochreous. 



Queensland, Townsville, bred in September (Dodd) ; six spe- 

 cimens. Allied to electella. 



Xylorycta maeandria, n. sp. 



S . 17 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint blackish 

 except towards base and apex, Antennal ciliatious ■!■. Thorax 

 blackish, lateral and posterior margins white. Abdomen fuscous, 

 segmental margins oclireous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather 

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

 7 to apex ; white ; costal edge tinged with pale greyish-ochreous, 

 towards base blackish ; fo\ir dark fuscous fascise, first from middle 

 of costa to ^ of dorsum, acutely angulated inwards on fold, second 

 from costa beyond middle to f of dorsum, connected with first at 

 both extremities, third from 4 of costa to dorsum before torniis, 

 ■where it is connected with second, fourth terminal, connected with 

 tliird on costa : cilia white, tinged with grey on costa and tornus. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, greyer towards base. 



New South Wales, Parramatta, in October {Raynov) ; one 

 specimen. 



Xylorycta eeratospila, n. sp. 



O . 14 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, terminal 

 joint dark fuscous except towards base. Abdomen whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed (?), termen 

 faintly sinuate, oblique ; 7 to termen, 8 to costa ; white ; markings 

 rather dark fuscous ; a blotch occupying basal half of dorsum and 

 reaching half across wing, with a long wedgeshaped posterior pro- 

 jection reaching in disc to | ; a smaller semicircular blotch extending 

 on dorsum from near beyond this to tornus, connected with it on 

 dorsum ; a very oblique straight streak from costa beyond middle 

 to termen beneath apex ; a browner streak along apical fourth of 

 costa : cilia light greyish, with some slender dark fuscous bars at 

 base, round apex suffused with white (imperfect), on costa white 

 with two rather dark fuscous bars, Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey- 



Queensland, Cairns, in November {Dodd) ; one specimen. 



Xylorycta sciastis, n, sp, 



S . 32 mm. Head wliitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 second joint slightly sprinkled with fuscous. Antennae slender, 



