,148 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA (PYRALID^E). 



terminal dots on veins ; cilia fuscous. Hind wings fuscous 

 more or less suffused with ferruginous ; an oblique dark- 

 fuscous mark at J towards costa ; a postmedian line at |, 

 displaced outwards in middle, the projection with three 

 rounded dentations ; this line is edged posteriorly with 

 ochreous ; terminal dots and cilia as fore wings. 

 Type in Coll.. Turner. 



N.Q. Evelyn Scrub, near Herberton, in October and 

 November ; four specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd, 

 of which one is in the British Museum. 



SyLEPTA SPILOCROSSA, n. sp. 

 inriXoKpoarro^, with spotted border. 



(J 9 1^-20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous 

 mixed with whitish. Antennae grey, annulated with dark- 

 fuscous ; ciliations in $ 1. Abdomen fuscous : apices of 

 second, third, sixth, and seventh segments whit-e ; tuft 

 ochreous- whitish. Legs whitish annulated with dark- 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, ovate-triangular, costa 

 straight at base, moderately arched beyond middle, apex 

 obtusely rounded, termen slightly bowed, oblique ; whitish 

 suffused with brownish-fuscous ; markings dark-fuscous ; 

 sometimes a dark basal patch ; a transverse line at J ; a 

 rather broad reniform discal spot beneath mid-costa, its 

 centre brownish ; two or three brownish-centred costal 

 spots variably developed ; posterior line from j^ costa 

 towards tornus straight and finely dentate ; then obtusely 

 curved to below discal spot, again curved to end in dorsum 

 at |, a small posterior tooth above dorsum ; a terminal 

 , series of dots ; cilia whitish, bases brownish- tinged, with 

 . a median series of fuscous dots alternating with those on 

 termen. Hindwings as forewings but without discal mark ; 

 first line from \ costa to | dorsum ; second line from § 

 costa, bent outwards in middle and then dentate, towards 

 but not reaching tornus. 



Not closely allied to any other species known to me, 

 -and not quite certain in its generic position. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in June and October ; 

 three specimens. 



