1120 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALID.^). 



ECBLETODES -ENICTA^ n^ Sp^ 



uu'txTos, obscure. 



(^ 9 14 mm. Head, antennfe, thorax, and abdomen 

 ^ochreous-whitish. Palpi oehreous- whitish with some 

 iuscous scales. Legs oehreous- whitish ; anterior tibia? and 

 tarsi fuscous. Forewings narrow, eosta rather strongly 

 .arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; ochreous- 

 whitish with some fuscous suffusion ; a fuscous spot on base 

 -of dorsum ; a broadly-suffused fuscious fascia from ^' costa 

 to J dorsum ; followed by a pale line, beyond which terminal 

 part of disc is suffused with fuscous ; cilia grey. Hindwinga 

 and cilia grey. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



X.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in October, May and June '> 

 'Stannary Hills ; eight specimens. 



ECBLETODES OTOPTILA, U. sp. 



i0TO7rTLko<s, with eared ^\ing. 



^ 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brown-whitish 

 mixed Avith fuscous. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in ^ 

 imperceptible. Abdomen brown-whitish ; dorsum, except 

 a series of median spots, fuscous. Legs brown- whitish 

 Tmixed with fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa strongly 

 arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded : brown- 

 whitish : markings and a few scattered scales dark-fuscous ; 

 a very obscure sinuate line from ^ costa to ;: dorsum ; a 

 •short longitudinal streak above middle of disc running into 

 this ; a short oblique streak also running into it above 

 'dorsum ; a terminal series of interneural streaks ; cilia 

 grey with whitish dots. Hindwings with a basal costal 

 lobe formed by an abrupt excavation of costa at J, containing 

 .a curled tuft of long hairs, the costal portion of disc beyond 

 vein 7 being not developed ; dark-grey ; cilia grey. 



Very obscure, but easily recognised by the highly 

 ;peculiar hindwings, which are however probabty only a 

 sexual characteristic. 



N.A. Port Darw in, in September ; one specimen received 

 -from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



