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at about }, very minutely ciliated. Forewings with 4 and 5 
approximated at base, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with cell 
about +. 2 from before angle. 3 closely appressed to 4 for some 
distance, 4 and 5 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 
One of the Phycita group, The terminal joint of the palpi 
is bent forward as in T'ephris, but vein 2 of hindwings is from 
well before angle. The antennal structure is peculiar. 
PTYOBATHRA HYPOLEPIDOTA, 2. Sp. 
broXeriootos, scaled beneath; in allusion to the dark 
scales on under surface of forewings. 
f 227M 8©Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae ochreous- 
brown with a few fuscous scales. Abdomen ochreous-brown 
with three pairs of large squarish black spots on basal seg-— 
ments. Legs ochreous- brown mixed with dark fuscous, 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately 
and evenly arched, apex rounded rectangular, termen first 
straight and then obliquely rounded ; ochreous-brown with 
some fuscous scales ; a fuscous irroration of costal area from 
base to 4: a dot in cell and two others at end of cell with 
scattered fuscous scales in cell and on veins, these form an 
interrupted subterminal line; a terminal series of dots be- 
tween veins; cilia ochreous-brown. Hindwings with termen 
rounded ; translucent white: a fuscous terminal line obso- 
lete towards tornus: cilia white with a fuscous basal line 
obsolete towards tornus. Under side densely irrorated 
with black scales along costal veins to 3. 
Obscurely coloured above but easily recognised by the 
black irroration beneath. 
Type in Coll. Lyell. 
N.W.A., Roeburne, one specimen. 
PHYCITA EULEPIDELLA. 
Phycita eulepidella, Hmps., Moths Ind. iv. p. 94. 
Phycita recondita, Turn., P.R.S.Q., 1903, p. 143. 
N.Q., Townsville (Dodd). Also from Ceylon. 
PHYCITA CEROPREPIELLA. 
Salebria ceroprepiella, Hmps., Rom. Mem. vii, p. 550, 
ei ey en ine 0 
PHYCITA AUTOMORPHA. 
Conobathra automorpha, Meyr., Tr. E. 8. 1886, p. 271. 
Phycita corethropus, Turn., P.R.S.Q. 1903, p. 136. 
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