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apex ; a sub-terminal line of blackish dots outlined by red- 

 dish-brown ; a terminal series of reddish-brown dots; cilia 

 pale purplish, a basal line of reddish-brown interrupted by 

 white. Hindwings dark-fuscous; cilia fuscous, with some 

 whitish scales, which are absent towards apex and tornus. 



Type in Coll., Walsifir/ham. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in January ; one specimen received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Cryptophasa argyrias, n. sp. 

 ■ (Aryuron, silver.) 



Female, 60 mm. Head ochreous; face ochreous, whitish 

 in centre. Palpi dark-fuscous, with some pale ochreous 

 scales ; posteriorly pale ochreous. Antennse pale-grey ; j)ec- 

 tinations in male moderate (3J). Thorax silvery- white ; 

 tegulae pale-ochreous ; patagia forming loose spreading hair- 

 like tufts, pale ochreous, mixed with fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark-fuscous; first and second segments pale ochreous; third 

 segment suffused with reddish-ochreous ; terminal segment 

 ochreous. Legs dark-fuscous; coxse, small posterior tufts 

 on anterior tibi«, and obscure tarsal annulations ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 ed, termen rounded, scarcely oblique; shining silvery wliite; 

 a dark-fuscous line along costal and terminal edge, broader 

 on latter; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-whit- 

 ish-gre37-; terminal edge fuscous; cilia pale ochreous, with a 

 basal fuscous line. 



Type in Coll., Walsingham. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in January; one female and a muti- 

 lated male received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Cryptophasa pellopis, n. sj). 

 fPellopis, dusky.) 

 Male, 32 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish ; external 

 surface of second joint fuscous except at apex. Antennae 

 whitish-grey; pectinations in male 3. Thorax wdiitish, with 

 some fuscous scales. Abdomen fuscous; dorsum of third seg- 

 ment ochreous. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with whitish. 

 Forewings oblong, costa gently arched, apex rounded, ter- 

 men obliquely rounded ; whitish closely irrorated with brown- 

 ish and dark-fuscous: a blackish suffusion on base of costa 

 prolonged as a blotch, reaching fold at J, and connected 

 beneath costa with a roundish, blackish, sub-apical spot ; a 

 discal spot before § is also connected with this suffusion ; a 

 pale fuscous terminal line; cilia fuscous, bases whitish, con- 

 taining an interrupted dark-fuscous line at ^. Hindwings 



