( 308 ) 



Underside paler than upper ; the markings of the forewing miu:h less distinct 

 than above. 



Keuration : R' of forewing well separated from cellnle. D^ of hiudwing nearly 

 as long as D'. 



Length of forewing : c?, 25—27 mm. ; ? , 30 — 3.5 mm. 



JJad. Townsville, Queensland, September and October. 



Four pairs. 



Type : S, October. 



4. Xyleutes eluta spec. uov. 



c?. Similar to A', molitor. Upperside of body white-grey, slightly cinereous, 

 not creamy. Antenna dark wood-brown. Black lines of mesouotnm distinct. 

 Markings of forewing greyish black, dee))er in tint than in moUtor, bnt less deep 

 than in pulchra ; four costal bars in basal two-fifths, followed in distal half of 

 costal margin by a number of small dots ; an angulate transverse spot between 

 M- and SM- conspicuous, deeper black than the other markings ; in front of this 

 spot there is an elongate spot M' — M-, jircceded by some indistinct spots situated 

 between 11' and K', and by an indistinct elongate patch in the cell ; a postdiscal 



nebulous band extends from near apex to discal spots ; marginal dots distinct. 



Hindwing olivaceous white-grey, with vestigial marginal dots. 



Underside Y)&\e. olivaceous grey, without markings, except in faint costal dots 

 on forewing, and the marginal dots. 



Neuration : R' of forewing close to cellule ; R'' and R' shortly stalked 

 together. D' of hindwing less than one-third of D' ; D' less than one-fourth of D*. 



Length of forewing : ¥ , 36 mm. 



Hab. Brisbane district. 



One ?. 



