BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 95 



XYLORYCTA THIOPHANES, 71. S})- 



deioq)avr]g, sulphur-coloured. 



^ 25 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous Palpi 

 rather long, slender ; second joint not quite reaching base 

 of antennae ; terminal joint very slender, nearly as long as 

 second ; whitish-ochreous with a few dark-fuscous 

 scales. Antenna ochreous-grey ; in ^ dentate with short 

 ciliations (|). Abdomen whitish-ochreous, posterior ends 

 of segments, but not fringes, reddish-ochreous on dorsum. 

 Legs ochreous. Forewings sub-oblong, costa gently arched, 

 apex pointed, termen sinuate, not oblique ; whitish-ochreous • 

 markings dark fuscous ; a large sub-basal spot on dorsum ; 

 a transverse line at ^, slightly curv^ed and outwardly oblique, 

 not extending to margins ; a very oblique broad line from f 

 costa to termen beneath apex ; a spot on costa beyond 

 this ; a broad terminal line ; cilia whitish-ochreous, on apex 

 and tornus dark fuscous. Hindwings whitish-ochreous ; 

 central part of disc and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Q. CJayndah ; one specimen received from Dr. 

 Hamilton Kenny. 



XYLORYCTA COSMETA, 71. Sp. 



xoa^DlTo^, neat. 



(J 2 22-26 mm. Head white. Palpi moderate ; 

 second joint reaching base of antennse ; terminal joint ^ ; 

 white, external surface of second joint fuscous except at 

 apex. Antennae white becoming grey towards apex ; in 

 (^ slightly dentate with long ciliations (H). Thorax white 

 with a large grey posterior spot. Abdomen white with some 

 ochreous-fuscous admixture on dorsum. Legs white ; 

 anterior pair fuscous ; anterior tarsi annulated with white. 

 Forewings with costa strongly arched, apex round- pointed, 

 termen nearly straight, scarcely oblique ; white with a 

 few fuscous-grey scales ; markings fuscous ; a semicircular 

 blotch on dorsum before middle not reaching middle of 

 disc ; a line from f costa to f dorsum, strongly angulated 

 outwards in middle, dilated on both margins ; cilia fuscous, 

 on apex and tornus white. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



N.Q. Herberton in December and January ; four 

 specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



