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•^elongate, costa scarcely arched, apex rounded, teriuen gently 

 rounded, strongly oblique ; white, crossed by very numerous tine 

 grey strigulse, which are irregularly connected by cross-bars, 



■forming a fine sieve-like pattern ; about a dozen grey dots on 



-oosta ; an irregular grey discal spot rather beyond middle ; a 

 somewhat triangular grey blotch on fold beneath mid-disc ; a 

 terminal series of dark-grey dots extending into cilia ; cilia white, 

 bases partly grey, on dots wholly grey. Hindwings elongate, 



^termen sinuate ; white ; along termen is a narrow area of sieve- 

 like grey markings ; terminal dots and cilia as forewings. 

 Type in coll. Turner. 



North Queensland, Townsville, in October ; one bred specimen, 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Xyleutes acontucha, n sp. 



{Akontouchos, bearing a dart — in allusion to mark on fold of 

 forewing.) 



Male and female, 58-64 mm. Head grey. Palpi white, 

 external surface blackish. Antennae whitish-grey; pectinations 

 dark-fuscous. Thorax grey, with two diverging blackish lines 

 from centre of collar to posterior angles Abdomen grey. Legs 

 grey; tarsi dark-fuscous, annulated with whitish. Forewings 

 •elongate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen gently 

 rounded, strongly oblique ; pale grey, markings blackish; a dark- 

 fuscous suffusion beneath basal third of costa ; half a dozen dots 

 on costa; a broad line on fold from one-eighth to middle, its 

 posterior extremity slightl}'' enlarged, ending in an acute point ; 

 a terminal series of dots extending into cilia ; cilia whitish, 

 ■except on dots, with a few grey scales. Hindwings elongate, 

 ^termen nearly straight ; whitish-grey ; a few grey scales towards 

 termen ; cilia whitish, opposite veins barred with dark-fuscous. 



The female is similar to the male, but darker, with markings 

 less distinct. 



Type in coll. Turner. 



North Queensland, Townsville, in October and November ; 

 two bred specimens, received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Fam. NOCTUID^. 



Sect. HOMOPTERIN^, 



Gen. AcANTHOCOLESj nov. 

 (Akantha, a thorn, prickle; colon, a limb — with prickly limbs.) 

 Head smooth. Tongue strongly developed. Palpi ascending, 

 ■recurved ; second joint with loosely spreading scales beneath ; 

 third joint long, stout, obtuse, nearly reaching vertex, with 

 appressed scales. Antennae in male (unknown). Thorax (rubbed). 

 Abdomen smooth. Fore-, mid-, and hind-tibife with smooth 

 appressed scales and numerous small spines ; mid-tibise with one, 

 hind-tibise with two pairs of spurs, the inner spurs longer. Fore- 



