BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 119' 



veins outlined in white which is edged by interneural pale- 

 fuscous streaks ; submedian vein edged with pink and 

 interrupted by a pale-fuscous dot at J ; a pale-fuscous 

 longitudinal streak through cell ; cilia whitish. Hindwings 

 grey- whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.A. Port Darwin, in March ; one specimen receivedi 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Gen. DIALEPTA, nov. 



8taA€7rT()?, very small. 



Tongue present. Palpi recurved, ascending, reaching 

 vertex, tolerably pointed. Fore wings with nine veins, 

 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 8 and 9 coincident, 10 separate. 

 Hindwings with six veins, cell closed, 4 absent, 5 absent,. 

 7 running into 8. 



DiALEPTA MICROPOLIA, Tl. Sp. 



/xfA-poTToAtos, small grey. 



9 8 mm. Head and thorax grey. Palpi fuscous ; 

 bases of joints whitish. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs 

 grey with obscure whitish annulations. Fore wings narrow, 

 somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; grey mixed with, 

 whitish ; a transverse grey line at J ; succeeded by a squarish 

 grey subcostal spot ; an obscure sinuate grey subterminal, 

 line ; an interrupted fuscous terminal line ; cilia grey withi 

 whitish dots. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in November : one- 

 specimen received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Gen. ECBLETODES. 

 EcbUtodes, Turn., P.R.S.Q., 1903, p. 124. 



Tongue well-developed. Antennae in ^ slightly serrate- 

 towards apex, ciliations minute. Palpi erect, appressed 

 to frons, exceeding vertex, tolerably acute. Forewings 

 with 4 and 5 connate or short stalked, 9 absent, 8 and 10 

 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate or stalked,. 

 5 absent, 7 running into 8. 



Allied to Ephesfia and Homoeosoma, but with very 

 distinct neuration. The neuration is given erroneously 

 in my original description. 



