BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 87 



two different kinds. The kind with the j^ellow wings I 

 am hoping may be of interest chiefly. The yellow-winged 

 kind is what 1 bred out first, but I have since introduced 

 a different spider's egg nest into the jar, and it is possible 

 the other species is from that nest." 



Dr. Bancroft sent me several bred specimens of the two 

 species of moths — the present species and Pyroderces 

 terminella Wlk. — and a number of globular spider's egg-cases 

 connected by web. I have seen very similar egg cases 

 about Brisbane, but cannot say whether they are of the 

 same species. On tearing some of these open I found 

 several adult larv^iDe and jjupse corresponding to the species 

 described above in size, and a number of that species emerged 

 during the months of September, October, and November. 

 How they got inside is a mystery as yet unsolved, but it 

 seems a fair inference that they feed on the spider's ova. 

 Very few young spiders emerged from this large number of 

 egg-sacs. I saw no trace of larva? of terminella, nor did I 

 breed any. The larval habits of the latter species are un- 

 known, but it is a ver}' common species in South-Eastern 

 Queensland, and 1 think it ma}^ have got accidentalh^ into Dr. 

 Bancroft's jar. The whole matter invites further research. 



CALICOTIS SIALOTA, 71. Sp. 



aialoTO-, greasy. 



$ 9 8-9 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, and thorax 

 whitish. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Legs whitish ; a grey 

 dot on outer aspect of apex of posterior tibiae. Forewings 

 whitish with oily lustre ; costal edge at base fu.scovis ; a 

 streak along fold, and a spot on mid-costa, pale-ochreous ; 

 •cilia Avhitish. Hindwings whitish-gre}^ ; cilia whitish. 



Q. Brisbane in August, April, May, and June ; Strad- 

 broke Island in August and January ; Southport and 

 Ooolangatta in March, April, and May ; Toowoomba in 

 April ; rather common. 



Fam. TINEID.^. 

 Subfam. Gracilarianae. 



PARECTOPA AGETA, W. Sp. 



ay tjXog, wondrous. 



9 9 mm. Head whitish. Palpi crimson ; terminal 

 joint and inner surface of labial palpi whitish. Antennae 



