BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 93 



CRYPTOPHASA ARGYROCOLLA, W. Sp. 



dgyvgoxoXXog, inlaid with silver. 



(J 9 30-36 mni. Head brown-whitish. Palpi with 

 second joint reaching base of antennae, somewhat dilated 

 iio wards apex ; terminal joint rather short, f ; whitish, 

 external surface of second joint fuscous on basal f. 

 Antennae grey ; pectinations in $ 3, ochreous-tinged. 

 Thorax brown-whitish ; patagia grey. Abdomen dull 

 reddish-ochreous, apices of segments ochreous- whitish. 

 Legs^ grey ; anterior pair fuscous ; posterior tibise ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings with costa arched near base, thence 

 straight, apex rounded, termen straight, scarcely oblique ; 

 2 from near middle grey ; a broad silvery white costal 

 streak from | to apex, broadest at J from base, there 

 angled and gradually narrowing to a point at apex ; a broad 

 brownish suffusion beneath costal streak towards base ; 

 a transversely oval, black-edged, brownish spot at |, in- 

 denting costal streak ; some whitish suffusion before tornus ; 

 a blackish dentate subterminal line, edged posteriorly with 

 brownish ; cilia grey, bases and apices whitish. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia whitish with a grey sub- basal line. 



W.A. Cunderdin in November and December ; two 

 specimens received from Mr. R. lllidge. 



CRYPTOPHASA BALIOCOSMA, 71. Sp. 



j^a?uoxo<jjLiog, adorned with spots. 



1^ 26 mm. Head whitish. Palpi moderate, second 

 joint reaching base of antennae, thickened with loosely 

 spreading scales towards apex, terminal joint | ; whitish. 

 Antennae whitish ; pectinations in $ 3|, ochreous-tinged. 

 Thorax whitish-grey. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish ; 

 apices of anterior and middle tibiae fuscous ; anterior and 

 middle tarsi annulated with fuscous. Forewings with costa 

 moderately arched, apex rounded ; termen obliquely 

 rounded ; 2 from | whitish- grey sparsely irrorated with 

 grey ; base of costa dark-fuscous ; a dark-fuscous spot in 

 disc near base, a second at |, and a third at f ; three equi- 

 distant dark-fuscous costal dots beyond middle ; cilia 

 whitish-grey. Hindwings pale grey ; dorsal hairs whitish 

 cilia whitish with a pale grey sub-basal line. 



N.A. Port Darwin in November ; two specimens 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



