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purplish and slightly shining ; a narrow, oblique, white 
fascia, from costa at one-quarter to dorsum at one-quarter, 
more or less edged on either side with deep reddish ; a dark 
reddish waved line from costa at about two-thirds to just 
above dorsum at three-quarters, with a somewhat lunate 
white mark on anterior edge of lower extremity : an obscure 
narrow white sub-terminal line from five-sixths costa to four- 
fifths dorsum, attenuated on upper half ; a row of elongate, 
dull whitish spots along termen : cilia reddish-ferruginous. 
Hindwings dark fuscous, paler on basal half : cilia greyish, 
with a fuscous, sub-basal line. 
Townsville (Dodd) and Mackay, Queensland. Foor 
specimens ; in June. 
Cryptoblabes centroleuca, n. sp. 
Male, 12 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark 
reddish-fuscous, collar whitish. Abdomen greyish. Legs 
fuscous, strongly irrorated with whitish. Forewings elon- 
gate, rather nari\ow, reddish-fuscous, purplish tinged ; a 
moderate, oblique, white fascia from costa at one-third to 
beyond one-third of dorsum, edged posteriorly by twice its 
own width of deeper ground colour ; a somewhat waved, 
oblique, whitish line from costa at five-sixths to dorsum at 
four-fifths ; sp«xce between this and first fascia finely irrorated 
with white, and with an obscure fuscous dot in middle, nearer 
to posterior fascia : a fine, obscure whitish line before termen ; 
a waved fuscous line along termen ; cilia reddish-purple 
mixed with whitish. Hindwings greyish, sliglitly fuscous- 
tinged ; cilia greyish, with a fuscous line. 
Broken Hill, New South Wales. One specimen ; in No- 
vember. 
Ephestiopsis poliella, n. sp. 
Male, 14 mm. Head and thorax ashy-grey-whitish. 
Antennae and palpi fuscous, palpi beneath mixed with whit- 
ish. Abdomen silvery-grey. Legs suffusedly white, tarsi 
banded with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow ; 
ashy-grey-whitish, costal half broadly suffused with white ; a 
rather obscure, oblique, fuscous fascia, from beneath one- 
third of costa to just beyond one- third dorsum, but not 
reaching it ; an obscure, waved, fine, fuscous line from five- 
sixths costa to just before anal angle, followed by a narrow, 
parallel reddish shade, not entire : a fine, interrupted black 
line along termen ; cilia greyish, with a fuscous, sub-termiiip.l 
line Hindwings greyish, slightly infuscated along termen ; 
cilia greyish, with a fine, fuscous, sub-basal line. 
Townsville, Queensland. One specimen ; received from 
Mr. F. P. Dodd. I have also seen specimens from Cooktown, 
Queensland. Taken in December. 
