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Hindwings golden yellow, with ferrous red dots, three along 

 costa, each subtending a line of dots, first from ^^ costa to i of 

 inner margin consists of three dots, the last two diffused into a 

 line ; the second from just beyond holds four or five dots in a 

 circle to half across wing, nearly parallel with hindmargin ; and 

 the third from before apex of costa forms a submarginal line 

 of dots to anal angle. Cilia a^ forewings. In Mi-, Meyrick's 

 advice I tabled this as a variety of C punctiferalis. Dr. Turner 

 has taken a series which show no variation. The whole build 

 and habits of the insect are quite different from our common 

 peach devouring moth, the C punctiferalis. Brisbane, at light, 



GROUP TINEINA.— FAMILY XYLORICTID^. 



CRYPTOPHAGA EUGENIAE. NOV. SP. 



$ 32 — 34 71]^ 1)]^, $ 38 — 42 ]]\])i. Head and palpi snow 

 white. Antennte basal joint snow white, in J stalk 

 fuscous, pectinations rich ochreous fuscous, in J black, gradually 

 shading to white at base. Thorax snow white with prominent 

 lateral crests and petagia, with a ferrous band posteriorly narrow 

 on dorsum, but broadening on each side laterally. Abdomen in 

 J black, each segment bordered and fringed with white or grey 

 hairs, second segment with a dorsal semi-lunar patch of orange 

 red, in 5 the abdomen is snow white with orange red on second 

 segment. Legs white, with base of all tarsi black. Forewings 

 obovate oblong, costa gently rounded, hindmargin rounded, 

 snow white, with minute black dots. Forewings Avith a black 

 in disc at one third, and two others obliquely beyond at two 

 thirds, in 5 a fourth spot is indicated or faintly marked in a line 

 with and near first dot ; nine or ten black dots on apical fourth of 

 costa and along hind margin. Cilia snow white. Hindwings in $ 

 black, with grey and white scales toward inner margin, costa edged 

 with black line, with a wide costal space white. Hindwings in 

 5 , snow while, apex of costa and costal half of hind- 

 margin with seven triangular black dots, indicated in 5 • Cilia 

 in $ white with smoky black marks opposite veins, becoming grey 

 to black in anal third. Cilia in 2 white. Brisbane, feeding in 

 Eugenia. — This species differs considerably from C. Pultenea^, 

 Lw., with which it has been confounded. Many Avhite species 

 run very closely and only present fine differences to detection. 

 This insect is larger, the males are smaller uniformly than the 

 females ; the antennas in Pulteneae are stated to be white, in this 



