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the quadrangle formed by these funr eyes about as long as its anterior width, which 

 greatly exceeds the posterior width ; posterior row of eyes straight, the median 

 eyes almost round, their distance apart at least double their distance from the lateral 

 eyes, which are obliquely oval and a little smaller than the anterior laterals. 



Tibia of tliird leg much shorter than the patella and provided on each side 

 above with a group of stout spinules, that on the posterior side broadly triangular 

 and occupying more than the distal third of the segment. Patella with five to six 

 stout distal spinules above on posterior side ; the anterior side with a row of 

 them, expanding into a rastellum at distal end. 



Labium with five distal teeth. 



Abdomen too shrivelled for description. 



Length of carapace, 9J mm. ; width of ocular area, 2 mm. 



SOME NEW COSSIDAE FROM QUEENSLAND, BEED BY 



MR. F. P. DODD. 



By THE Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. 



1. Xyleutes doddi spec, no v. 



(??. Body above and forewing olive grey. Antenna wood-brown, pectinations 

 nearly black on the npperside. Mesonotum of c? with two narrow black lines 

 converging in front. Abdominal tergites (except distal ones) with ill-defined, 

 broad, hair-brown bands, which in ¥ occupy nearly the whole tergites. Underside 

 of body olivaceous grey. Tarsi brown, segments tipped with white. 



Wings, uppertside. Forewing : very densely irrorated with a network of 



mouse-grey lines all over ; a conical spot before SM-, abont 5 mm. long, situated 

 beyond the middle of SM- ; an indistinct spot or patch in front of the conical spot, 

 but a little more proximal, contiguous with it ; a third spot at lower angle of cell ; 

 an indication of a postdiscal series of spots ; blackish mouse-grey marginal dots 

 distinct ; the lines in proximal half of wing partly more prominent and longer than 



those in outer half. Hindwing : white in S, dark drab-grey in ? ; fringe with 



indistinct browu dots, longer scales of fringe white. 



Underside. Forewing : ground-colour ratlier darker than above ; conical 



spot absent. Hindwing of S as above, but costal edge grey ; fringe white, 



with distinct dots ; of ? similar to forewing, irrorated with mouse-grey in outer 

 half 



Neurution : R' of forewing close to cellule ; 1|- and R' from a point. D' of 

 hindwing one-half (or less) longer than D- ; D'' less than half the length of D^ 



Length of forewing : c?, 33 mm. ; ? , 55 mm. 



I/al>. Townsville, Queensland, September and October. 



One pair. 



Type : d, October. 



