BY THOMAS P. LUCAS, JI.R.C.S. 85 



Dae fuscous, pectinatious in $ 1-3. Thorax white. Abdomen 

 white with light smoky segmental bands. Forewings costa 

 gently rounded, hind margin nearly straight, oblique to broad 

 anal angle, silvery white, freely covered with grey scales, diffu- 

 sion of fuscous along veins, and markings darker fuscous. Fore- 

 wings, costa very finely edged with silver ; patch over costal half 

 of base snow white, bordered by tine black costal line, and one 

 or more short black lines posteriorly; diffusion from veins spread 

 to costa, darker toward apex ; an indistinct diffusion of fuscous 

 in disc, subtended from a dark spot in costa at Ji ; beyond 

 this a circular zone of fuscous at equal distance from all the 

 borders, marked with darker spots on the veins, three or four 

 dark fuscous spots beyond 1 of inner margin ; hindmarginal 

 fuscous line, with darker spots between veins. Cilia white 

 with a fuscous band dividing. Hindwings silvery white, with 

 smoky scales towards costa and hindmargin. Cilia as forewings. 

 May Orchard, Brisbane. 



CRYPTOPHAGA CANNEA, NOV. SP. 



5 2 18-24 ])i Ml- Head, palpi, and thorax rich ochreous 

 red. Antennae ochreous at base, shading to fuscous. Abdomen 

 ochreous, with broad ochreous fuscous bands on segments. 

 Forewings gently rounded, apical half straight, hind margin 

 obliquely rounded, ochreous red. Cilia lighter ochreous. Hind 

 wings smoky grey, with veins distinctly outlined. Cilia light 

 ochreous. One pair at Sunny Bank, Brisbane, feeding in a 

 species of Banksia. 



CLEEARCHA PROCELLOSA, NOV. SP. 



2 6 20-28 111^ in^. Head, ferruginous ochreous, in $ whitish 

 ochreous. Palpi, ferruginous, terminal joint long, ochreous 

 fuscous. Antennae, fuscous, finely annulated with ochreous. 

 Thorax, deep ferrous, in some specimens almost white, and with 

 every variation between ferrous and white, as either colour 

 spreads. Abdomen, ochreoue fuscous, with fuscous fringe to 

 segments. Forewings, costa rounded, hindmargin gently rounded, 

 light ochreous freely dusted and marked with ferrous diffusions, 

 and ferruginous scales deeper ferrous at their apex, and becoming 

 almost black on hindmargin. Forewings, costa, with fine 

 ferruginous line ; a subcostal band of ground colour divides this 

 from a band of ferruginous which runs parallel from base to 

 f of wing, and then turns inward to form a suffused cloud, 

 with a like modian band, originating from itself near the base 

 and enclosing an area of ground colour ; at ;^ of costa a 



