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tarsi with whitish apical rings, posterior tibiae with whitish cen- 

 tral and apical rings. Forewings moderate, slightly dilated, 

 shining-ochreous-bronze ; markings white, margined with black, 

 a longitudinal streak from base to two-thirds, separated from 

 inner margin by its own width of ground-colour ; an oblique 

 streak from costa before middle, reaching about half -across wing ; 

 a similar streak hardly beyond middle, and a streak from ana[ 

 angle, extremities meeting, latter portion metallic-purple ; a 

 streak from two-thirds of costa to anal angle, lower two-thirds 

 purplish-metallic ; a triangular tooth immediately before apex 

 containing two wedge-shaped streaks of ground-colour, broader 

 beneath ; a round black spot immediately below apex, its lower 

 edge containing a few purple-metallic scales ; a patch of purple- 

 metallic scales near anal angle, almost confluent with third costal 

 streak ; cilia dark-fuscous, tips white ; a white tooth immediately 

 below apex, and another below the round black spot. Hind- 

 wings fuscous ; cilia fuscous, paler towards base. 



Common at Glenelg, S.A., in September, frequenting Lepido- 

 spenna gladiatutn. In markings allied to Phiygonostola euthy- 

 belemna, Meyrick, but differs in position and breadth of markings, 

 besides being a smaller insect. 



DEPRESSARID.^. 



PaCHYCERA CATORYCTOPSIS, U. Sp. 



Male and female, 23-27. Head and antennae white, antennae 

 beneath annulated with fuscous, palpi, thorax and legs ashy- 

 grey-whitish, hairs of posterior legs yellowish-tinged, abdomen 

 grey. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; fuscous, suffusedly mixed Avith whitish ; a 

 white streak along costa from base to beyond middle, attenuated 

 posteriorly and continued to near apex, the anterior portion con- 

 taining a fine grey line, lower portion edged with a fine black 

 line ; an elongate white mark in middle of wing, outlined with 

 black ; a thick white streak from base along fold, suffusedly con- 

 tinued to near anal angle, partially edged below with a fine 

 black line ; all veins towards hindmargin sharply defined by 

 black lines, interspaces filled with white ; a hindmarginal row of 

 black dots ; cilia ashy-grey-whitish, tips darker. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia white, with a darker line. 



Highbury and Blackwood in March ; four specimens. Re- 

 sembles greatly Catoryctis tricrena, Meyr., one of the Xyloryctidae. 



ELACHISTID^. 

 Stathmopoda callichrysa, n. sp. 

 Female, 12 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-yellow, thorax 



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