144 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALID^). 



DiCHOCROCIS XANTHIAS, 71. Sp. 



tavOo's, yellow. 



9 27 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, and thorax 

 ochreous. Abdomen ochreoiis ; apices of segments and 

 underside white. Legs whitish-ochreous ; posterior pair 

 white. Forewings triangular, costa straight for J, then 

 stronsly arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, obhque ; 

 yellow ; basal \ ochreous ; markings pale-fuscous ; an 

 irregularly dentate transverse line from \ costa to J dorsum 

 limiting basal ochreous patch ; a large transversely oval 

 discal spot beneath mid-costa ; a broad fascia from 'j costa 

 to I dorsu]n, attenuated at each end ; a more suffused 

 terminal band connected with preceding in juiddle ; cilia 

 ochreous, apices whitish. Hindwings with termen slightly 

 sinuate ; whitish-yellow : an indistinct pale-fuscous trans- 

 verse median discal mark at |, a terminal band from apex 

 narrowing to a point at mid-termen ; cilia as forewings. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



X.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in March ; two specimens 

 receiv^ed from Mr. F. P. Dodd, of which one is in the British 

 Museum. 



DiCHOCROCIS LEPTOPHAES. n sp 



Xe7rr()(f>ai]<;, slightly shining. 



O 28 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae fuscous-whitish. 

 Thorax pale-fuscous with slight purple lustre. Abdomen 

 pale-fuscous : apices of segments and underside whitish. 

 Legs white ; anterior femora and tibiae and basal part of 

 middle tibiae grey. Forewings triangular, costa straight 

 for |. theji strongly arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, 

 oblique ; pale-fuscous with slight purple lustre ; a roundish 

 whitish spot beneath origin of vein 2, and another in end 

 of cell beneath mid-costa ; a suffused whitish spot on mid- 

 costa close to preceding ; a small whitish spot in disc beneath 

 J costa ; cilia whitish interrupted with fuscous. Hindwings 

 fuscous-whitish with slight purple lustre ; cilia as forewings. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



Q. Stradbroke Island ,ni February ; one specimen 

 unfortunately in poor condition taken among tropical 

 scrub'. 



