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series of spots; some small spots in cell; many narrow trans- 

 verse strigulae, more or less elongate, in dorsal and post- 

 median areas; cilia white, obscurely barred, with pale fus- 

 cous. Hindwings whitish; post-median area with numerous 

 closely-set and partly confluent fuscous strigulae; cilia white 

 barred with fuscous. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



Q., Cunnamulla (300 miles from coast) ; five specimens. 



Family, TINEID^. 

 Sub-family, XYLORYCTIN^. 

 Cryptophasa xylomima, n. sp. 

 (Xylomimos, imitating a stick.) 

 Male, female, 44-50 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi 

 pale ochreous; some fuscous irroration on outer surface of 

 second joint towards base. Antennae pale-ochreous ; pectina- 

 tions in male 2. Thorax whitish, with a few dark-fuscous 

 scales; tegulae anteriorly pale-ochreous, jDosteriorly dark- 

 fuscous, apices ochreous-brown. Abdomen pale ochreous; 

 dorsum of third segment, bright ochreous. Legs pale-ochre- 

 ous; middle and posterior tarsi fuscous. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa gently arched towards base, thence straight, 

 apex rounded, termen nearly straight, not oblique; whitish, 

 costal third suffused with ochreous-grey, with sparse general 

 irroration of blackish scales; a transverse discal blackish 

 mark before | ; a terminal series of dark-fuscous dots ; cilia 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen gently rounded ; pale-ochre- 

 ous; cilia pale-ochreous. 

 Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q., Mulgrave River, near Cairns; one specimen. Kur- 

 anda, in December; two specimens received from Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd. 



Cryptophasa porphyritis, n. sp. 



( P or 'phy rites, purple.) 



Male, 46 mm. Head and palpi white. Antennae fus- 

 cous; pectinations in male rather short (IJ). Thorax white, 

 with a posterior and two lateral purple-fuscous spots. Abdo- 

 men dark-fuscous. Legs fuscous, mixed with white. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oblong, costa very slightly arched, apex rect- 

 angular, termen slightly rounded, slightly opaque; pale 

 purple irrorated with reddish-broMm, whitish, and a few 

 blackish scales; costa from base to middle fuscous; base 

 from beneath costa and along dorsum to J broadly white; 

 a blackish discal dot beyond middle; a triangular white spot 

 on costa at f, succeeded by two minute white dots before 



