■86 LBPlDOrTEROLOGICAL GLEANINGS. 



STATHMOPODA TRITOPHAEA, n. Sp. 



TQiTO(paioQ, three times fuscous. 



(J 8-10 mm. Head whitish-ochreous ; face and palpi 

 whitish. Antennae whitish-ochreous sharply annulated with 

 blackish ; ciliations in $ extremely long (8). Thorax pale- 

 ochreous. Abdomen pale-fuscous, apices of segments and 

 tuft whitish ; beneath whitish. Legs ochreous- whitish ; apex 

 of middle tibiae and whorls of hairs on posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi fuscous ; apical joint of posterior tarsi white. Fore- 

 wings whitish-ochreous ; three fuscous fasciae, at base, | 

 and §, the second fascia broader ; cilia dark-grey. Hind- 

 wings and cilia dark-grey. 



N.Q. Kuranda near Cairns in September ; Cairns in 

 August ; five specimens. 



STATHMOPODA ARACHNOPHORA, 71. sp. 



ULQaxvocpBoQOQ, destructive to spiders. 



$ 9 9-13 mm. Head yellow. Palpi fuscous externally) 

 whitish internally. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in $ 3. 

 Thorax shining dark jDurple-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, 

 ■apices of segments sometimes narrowly ochreous. Legs 

 fuscous ; posterior tibiae annulated with ochreous. Fore- 

 wings shining purple-fuscous ; a broad orange-yellow trans- 

 verse fascia extending from \ nearlj' to middle, its edges 

 ■straight ; cilia grey. Hindwings brassy ; cilia grey with 

 brassy lustre. 



Q. Eidsvold in September, October and November. 

 There is an interesting history attached to this species. On 

 September 2nd, 1913, Dr. Thomas Bancroft wrote to me 

 from Eidsvold — " I found some months ago lepidopterous 

 larvae in a spider's nest ; it occurred to me that it might be 

 a new discovery. I cannot say whether they Avere in the 

 nests as parasites or messmates. It happened thus : I 

 am endeavouring to exhaust this place for spiders ; it was 

 rather late May, June, and July, but Mr. Rainbow of the 

 Sydney Museum was anxious to get several particular 

 spiders. There is one in the Brigalow scrub that has a 

 long hanging egg-nest in the web ; it was noticed (June) 

 that the spider was absent in every web. Attempts to find 

 him by tearing open the egg bag revealed the lepidopterous 

 larvae. 1 collected a few nests, and placed them in a glass 

 jar, and succeeded in hatching out several moths, apparently 



