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Hindwings &emi-Iiyaline. basal two-thirds black ; cilia whitish 

 becoming fuscous around anal angle. Underside of both wings 

 with basal two-thirds densely black. 



Nearest halteata. Walk., but veiy distinct by the curious 

 semi-hyaline hindwings. I received this species from the late 

 Mr. G. Barnard as sarcinota, Meyr., but having now received 

 that species I find that there is a very great difference between 

 the two. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; one specimen in October. 



Cryptophaga panleuca, n. sp. 



Male, 34 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, legs, thorax, and 

 abdomen white, antennae pectinations 4, second segment of ab- 

 domen oi'ange red, remainder of segment narrowly orange. 

 Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently arched, termen 

 rounded, oblique ; 2 from considerably before the angle ; 

 w^hite, without markings; cilia shining white. Hindwings 

 shining snow white ; a row of black dots along tennen ; cilia 

 snow white. 



Similar in appearance to epadel'pha, Meyr., but the while 

 hindwings separate it at once from that species. 



Cooktown, Queensland; one specimen (? taken in October). 



Xylorycta pentachroa, n. sp. 



Male, 34 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax whitish, 

 thorax with a broad black longitudinal stripe. Antennal 

 ciliations 1. Palpi and legs ochreoiLS. Palpi very- 

 short.. Abdomen blackish, segmental margins dull 

 Gchreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; 2 from three-fourths ; fleshy-ochre- 

 ous, markings orange suffusedly edged with blackish scales; a 

 moderate spot in disc at one-third from base ; a second, elon- 

 gate, obliquely below and beyond, and 2 others moderately, 

 obliquely j^laced beyond posterior extremity of cell ; some fine 

 blackish scales on area of makings ; 3 and 4 sitalked ; 6 and 

 7 sta.lked ; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings yellow, becoming 

 darker towards termen ; cilia dark fuscous. 



The markings of this species are similai' to those on Blach 

 burnii. Lower, but the coloring is very different. The very 

 short palpi recalls tieoinorplia, Turner. 



Broken Hill, New South Wales ; one specimen in December. 



Xylorycta cephalochra, Lower. 



I have received a specimen from Cooktown, Queensland, in 

 which veins 7 and 8 of forewings are coincident, a curious 

 variation. 



