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2. Xyleutes striga spec. uov. 



tS f . Body above and forewing olivaceous white-gre\'. Anteuua wood-brown 

 beneath, pectinations nearly black above. Mesouotum of both sexes with two 

 black lines, anteriorly converging. Abdominal tergites shaded with mouse-grey 

 in (?. Midtibia and midtarsal segments black, slightly tipped with grey, the other 

 tarsi rather paler and more extended grey. Breast shaded with brown, darker 

 than nota. 



Wings, upperside. Forewing : basal two-fifths of costal margin shaded 



with black in (?, marked with six to eight black bars, which partly extend into cell ; 

 apical half of costal margin with five or six black dots ; a conspicuous black streak 

 in front of SM-, curved forward to M" or M', and continued costad by a nebulous 

 band ; the streak narrows slightly proximally and does uot reach the base of the 

 wing ; the area between this streak and M rather paler than the rest of the wing, 

 especially in c? ; there are traces of a postdiscal series of spots, but there is no 



network of lines in the outer half of the wing ; black marginal dots conspicuous. 



Hiudwing : creamy-grey in c?, more olivaceous grey in ?, without markings iu 

 either sex, excepting the black marginal dots. 



Underside of both wings olivaceous grey. Forewing : costal spots black, 



conspicaous, small, restricted to the edge of wing. 



Neiiration : R' of forewing from the cellule, II- and R^ close together. D^ of 

 hiudwing about half the length of D^ 



Length of forewing : c?, 30—33 mm. ; ¥, 31 — 41 mm. 



IJab. Townsville, Queensland, September and October. 



Two pairs. 



Type : S, October. 



3. Xyleutes molitor spec. uov. 



cJ?. Body and wings greyish white, distinctly creamy. Paljjus blackish or 

 brown at the sides. Antenna buff, scaling white. Mesothorax of c? marked on the 

 back with two narrow black lines, which converge in front. Abdominal tergites 

 and metauotnm with very faint traces of interrupted black bands in <?. Tarsi 

 slightly ringed with brown. 



Wings, upperside. Forewing : markings mouse-grey, far less conspicuous 



than in pulc/ira and livkenea, appiearing washed out ; there are about sixteen costal 

 dots between base and apex, the distal ones more widely ajmrt than the proximal 

 ones, especially in ? ; a subbasal patch situated between C and SM^ mouse-grey, 

 connected in front and at M with an irregular patch which expands between the 

 same veins and which is distally produced costad and apicad to near the subcostal 

 veins; these mouse-grey patches include between themselves a creamy grey patch 

 devoid of dark markings situated between M and SM- a little proximally of the 

 middle of SM^, and one or two similar but less co}ispicuous patches in tlie cell ; 

 a mouse-grey jiostdiscal spot or a macular band from SC'' oliliquoly backwards ; 

 outer half of wing with a faint network of lines, scarcely noticeable in ? ; a stripe 

 of more distinct network before hinder margin from uear base beyond middle ; 



dark mouse-grey fringe-dots distinct. Hiudwing : nearly pure white iu S, grey 



in ? ; there are no markings, except a series of mouse-grey or blackish fringe-spots, 

 which extend a little along the veins. 



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