by a. jefferis turner, m.d., f.e.s. 121 



Gen. CRYPTADIA, nov. 



KpiTTTaStosj hidden. 



Tongue well- developed. Palpi ascending, appressed 

 to frons, reaching vertex ; terminal joint well- developed, 

 tolerably pointed. Fore wings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 

 absent, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 separate. Hindwings with cell 

 very short (|) ; 2 from well before angle of cell, 3 and 4 

 short-stalked, o absent, 7 running into 8. 



Best distinguished from Euzopherodes by the extreme 

 ^shortness of cell of hindwing. 



Cryptadia xuthobela, n. sp. 



$ov6()ft€\<><;) with tawny weapons (palpi). 



9 18-20 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Face and 

 palpi orange- ochreous. Abdomen and legs fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa strongly arched, 

 ^pex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; fuscous, with 

 -dark-fuscous dots ; a dot on costa at ^, another above dorsum 

 -at f , and a third between but slightly posterior to these ; 

 a, median discal dot ; a dot on dorsum before tornus, 

 another above thjs, and two in disc placed transverselj'', 

 sUglitly posterior to the preceding ; cilia fuscous. Hind- 

 wings grey- whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Tyipe in Coll.; Turner. 



^.Q. Kuranda, in September, October and March ; 

 iive specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Euzopherodes spodoptila, n. sp. 



(r7ro8o7rrt/\o?, ashen- winged. 



^ 14 mm. Head and thorax whitish-gre}^ Palpi 

 fuscous ; apices of second and terminal joints whitish. 

 Antennae whitish ; ciliations in ^ J. Abdomen grey ; basal 

 segments and tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish-grey 

 with fine fuscous irroration. Forewings narrow, costa 

 rather strongh^ arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 Tounded ; whitish-grey with some fuscous irroration ; a 

 suffused sub- basal fuscous spot from costa, not reaching 

 dorsum ; a similar suffused transverse fascia at | ; a fine 

 fuscous line at ;; angled into a prominent posterior tooth 

 in mid-disc ; an obscure terminal serj'^'* of fuscous dots ; 



