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surface near base. Thorax bright-yellow, anterior margin and 

 posterior extremity dark-fuscous ; patagia wholly yellow. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Legs whitish ; anterior pair infuscated. 

 Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; bright golden-yellow ; a 

 basal fascia from base of costa along inner-margin to one-sixth ; 

 an erect purple-fuscous mark from anal angle, reaching two-thirds 

 across disc ; a subtertninal and a hiiidmarginal band of reddish- 

 violet, containing a few scattered purple-fuscous scales ; cilia 

 yellow, at anal angle reddish-violet, with fuscous apices. Hind- 

 wings dark-grey ; cilia grey. 



A distinct species. In Meyrick's tabulation it falls with 

 C. philoxe7ia, Meyr., being distinguished from this by the absence 

 of costal streak, and from most other species by the dark-fuscous 

 sidetufts of head. 



Brisbane ; one specimen in October. 



Crossophora nephelella, n. sp. 



Male, 13 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Palpi whitish, 

 terminal joint sparsely irrorated with blackish scales. Antennae 

 whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish ; anterior pair 

 somewhat infuscated. Forewings narrow-elongate, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 

 whitish, very sparsely irrorated with isolated blackish scales, 

 especially towards margins ; discal dots obscurely indicated by 

 clusters of these scales, the first two often completely obsolete ; 

 cilia white. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



An inconspicuous little species easily overlooked. It comes 

 nearest C. thetias, Meyr., but may be distinguished by the general 

 irroration and obolescence of the discal dots. 



Sandgate near Brisbane ; three specimens beaten from 

 Melaleuca leucodeyidron in August. 



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PsECADiA, Hilhner. 



Head with appressed scales, side tufts small. Tongue 

 developed. Antennae three-fourths, in male thickened, sometimes 

 serrate, with very short ciliations (one-fifth), pecten absent or 

 represented by a few fugitive scales. Labial palpi moderate 

 or rather short (sometimes long, Meyrick), second joint with 

 appressed scales, terminal shorter. Forewings with 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa or apex. Hindwings rather broader than 

 forewings, elongate-ovate, cilia less than one-fourth, 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 approximated to 6, 6 and 7 parallel. Posterior tibiae 

 hairy. 



This genus was omitted from Meyrick's descriptions of Aus- 

 tralian (Ecophoridse, but will be found defined in his work on 



