40 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sylepta zophosticta, n. sp. 

 Co(poarixrog, dark-spotted. 



(J 24 mm. Head whitish-ochreous ; lower half of 

 face fuscous. Palpi white ; terminal joint and apices of 

 first and second joints dark-fuscous. Antennae whitish ; 

 ciliations in ^ 1. Thorax whitish-ochreous ; shoulders 

 narrowly dark-fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish with 

 a pair of dark-fuscous dots on apex of second segment. 

 Legs whitish, base and apex of anterior tibiae and terminal 

 joints of anterior tarsi dark-fuscous. Forewings triangular, 

 costa straight, arched towards apex, apex round-pointed, 

 termen slightly bowed, oblique ; whitish-ochreous ; a 

 fuscous streak along costa throughout ; dots dark-fuscous ; 

 one on dorsum near base ; one at J just beneath costal 

 streak ; another larger similarly placed at middle ; a line 

 of fine dots from | costa, bent outwards in disc, again bent 

 inwards, and ending in a dot above | dorsum ; cilia whitish. 

 Hindwings with termen gently rounded ; colour and cilia 

 as forewings ; a large median discal dot at J ; a line of 

 fine dots from costa at f, slightly bent outwards in disc, 

 obsolete towards dorsum, but represented by a dot on 

 dorsum at | ; a spot on apex. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.A., Port Darwin, in December ; one specimen 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Sylepta emmetris, n. sp. 



ifi/XETQig, measured, moderate. 



9 27 mm. Head whitish-ochreous ; face whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, towards apex greyish. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Legs whitish ; base and apex of anterior tibiae 

 pale-fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa straight, arched 

 towards apex, apex round-pointed, termen nearly straight, 

 oblique ; whitish-brown-ochreous ; markings fuscous ; a 

 line from ^ costa to ^ dorsum, slightly curved outwards ; 

 a transverse discal mark before middle ; a line from | costa, 

 slightly dentate at commencement, curved a little outwards 

 in disc, then bent inwards at a right angle to beneath 

 discal mark, bent again at a right angle, and ending on f 



