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discal dot followed by a patch of pale ochreous, anterior to 

 second line ; a fine waved line along termen ; cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwingg with termen strongly waved; dull whitish finely 

 strigulated with fuscous ; especially on innennargin ; a fuscous 

 dot ; a broad ferruginous-fuscous band along termen finely 

 strigulated with blackish, paler on upper edge ; line along 

 termen as in forewings ; cilia greyish, with a fuscous line. 

 Blackwood, South Australia ; two specimens in October. 



Amphicrossa hemadelpha, Lower. 



I have recently obtained a single female specimen of this 

 species. It only differs from the opposite sex as follows: — 

 Antennae dentate, strongly ciliated ; hindwings more fuscous. 

 The ciliated antennae is a curious character shared by many 

 species of Chlenias, Gn., and is a useful guide in recognising;* 

 the different species. The insect formerly doubtfully 

 described as the female of hemadelpha, is unquestionably the 

 female of Chlenias serina, Lower, which, although very 

 similar, and indeed could easily be mistaken for it, is imrae- 

 diately separat-ed by the simple antennae. 



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



TINEINA. 



XYLOEYCTID.^. 



Cryptophaga melanoscia, n. sp. 



Male and female, 40-50 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and legs 

 ashy-grey- whitish antennae whitte, pectinations 5, orange yel- 

 low. Abdomen greyish, segmental margins dull orangti ; 

 second broadly dull orange. Forewings elongate, moderate,. 

 costa in male nearly straight, in female arched, temnen 

 obliquely rounded; 2 from about two-thirds, 11 fi*om middle, 

 ashy-grey-whitish, finely irrorated throughout mth shoii; black 

 scales ; markings black ; a short streak from costa near base 

 to lower margin of cell, angulated in middle ; a short, thick 

 mark in cell at one-third ; a second, similar at end of cell ; 

 lower margin of cell outlined in black ; Irom fii-st mark pro- 

 ceeds a fine line to two-thirds of costa ; veins towards termen 

 more or less outlined wdth black, becoming very pronounced 

 in middle of veins 5 and b ; 5 or 6 dull whitish spots, betwcon 

 middle of costa and apex, separated by dull fuscous marks ; 

 cilia ashy-grey-whitish chequered with black. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded, in male somewhat sinuate before anai 

 angle ; greyish-fuscous, becoming lighter on basal half ; cilia 

 greyish. 



