BY THOS. P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S. 159 



XYLORICTA AUSTERA. LUCAS. 

 (Tr. Roy. Soc. Dec. 11, 1898.) 



^ '^ 24-35 1^1. 1)^. As I have this year obtained better 

 specimens of this moth, I here append a fuller description. The 

 thorax is creamy white, with three arrow triangles of ochreous 

 fuscous ; the dorsal one is narrow, the lateral ones broader at 

 base and bordered outwardly with fine blackish chocolate line. 

 The segments of abdomen are creamy, shaded with ochreous 

 along base, and a broad blotch of coppery ochreous on second 

 segment. The forewings are cream colour, with chocolate 

 fuscous longitudinal bifurcating bands, 1st along costa, 2nd from 

 centre of base of wing, bifurcating at ]., the inner branch to 

 anal angle of hindmargin, the other toward costa ; this again 

 bifurcates beyond middle of wing, the one branch to costa before 

 and along apex, the other to hindmargin before middle ; 3rd, a 

 border band from near base along inner margin, thinning out to 

 anal angle ; a discoidal spot at jf and touching band to hind- 

 margin ; a row of fine lines beyond and below this to hind- 

 margin. May Orchard, Brisbane, at light, and bred. 



TELECRATES TESSELATA, NOV. SP. 



20 nun- Head black, forehead and face creamy white. 

 Palpi ochreous fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax deep black, 

 with a round white dot on either side and a larger one poster- 

 iorly. Abdomen ochreous yellow, faintly dusted with fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently rounded, hindmargin almost 

 straight, black, with creamy white markings. Forewings with 

 a large pear shape blotch of white from costa at base widening 

 to inner margin ; a second cream white blotch from ^ to :[ costa 

 obliquely outward to middle of wing ; a third blotch from before 

 middle to ^ costa as a band across wing, widening out beyond 

 middle, and filling inner margin from h to ^, inner margin, edge 

 rounded and finely dentate ; a fourth blotch to if costa 

 reaches half across the wing, posterior border twice dentate ; a 

 hindmarginal narrow band drawn to a line to anal angle. 

 Cilia cream colour, base shaded with fuscous. Hindwings 

 ochreous yellow diffused with fuscous along hindmargin chiefly 

 over apex. Cilia ochreous diffused with fuscous. Brisbane, 

 one specimen at light. 



PHYLOMICTIS AKCTAHS NOV. SP. 



J $ 14-1611^1)]. Head, palpi, and antennte blackish fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey, with fuscous bands at base of segments. Fore- 



