BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 127 



apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish densely 

 suffused with fuscous ; costal area except basal fourth and 

 ;apex mostly whitish ; a suffused oblique line from ^ costa 

 to mid-dorsum ; a pair of median discal dots placed trans- 

 versely, sometimes obsolete ; a finely dentate transverse 

 line at f ; a terminal series of fuscous dots ; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish. Hind wings with cell | or rather less, 2 from well 

 before angle 3 and 4 separate but closely approximated 

 ^t origin ; fuscous-whitish or fuscous ; cilia fuscous- whitish. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q. Kuranda near Cairns, in August, October and 

 April ; five specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Phycita olivalis. 



Phycita olivalis, Hmps., Moths. Ind., iv., p. 92. 



N.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in August, December and 

 April ; five specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Besides the following I have many unnamed species 

 of Phycita and Nephoptcryx, which I think it wiser not to 

 name at present. 



Phycita cryptadia, n. sp. 



KfjvTTTaSio?, hidden. 



$ 25 mm. Head and thorax dark brownish- grey. 

 Palpi ' brownish-grey, second joint irrorated with whitish. 

 Antennae whitish-grey. Abdomen grey tinged with brown. 

 Legs fuscous with obscure whitish irroration and annula- 

 tions. Fore wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 moderatelj^ arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; 

 grey tinged with brown and mixed with whitish ; a 

 whitish transverse line from mid- costa to dorsum beyond 

 middle, indented inwards above middle and again above 

 dorsum ; beyond this are two rather large brown suffused 

 spots placed transversely ; a finely dentate whitish line 

 from costa at | obliquely outwards, then bent parallel to 

 termen, and ending in dorsum near tornus ; a terminal 

 series of dark-fuscous dots ; cilia grey with whitish points. 

 Hindwings thinly scaled ; pale-grey, darker towards apex ; 

 cilia whitish with a grey sub-basal line. 



