BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 481 



Mr. GL H. Eaynor took the species commonly on the dry bush- 

 clad hills round Murrurundi, in October ; and I have also a 

 specimen taken in a heathy swamp near Appin, New South 

 Wales, which appears to belong to the same species. 



17. CRYPTOPTILA, n. g. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male ? . Palpi moderate, 

 porrected, second joint triangularly clothed with appressed 

 scales, terminal joint short, distinct. Forewings long, dilated, 

 costa in male ? regularly arched, apex obtuse-angled, hind- 

 margin rounded, bowed outwards. Hindwings broader than 

 forewings, rounded, costa convex, surface with a large costal 

 tuft of raised scales beyond middle. Forewings with veins 7 and 

 8 separate, vein 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings with 

 veins 3 and 4 rising from a point, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Nearly allied to Tortrix, from which, as well as all other genera 

 of the family, it is distinguished by the large costal tuft of scales 

 on the hindwings ; superficially it has more the appearance of 

 some of the larger species of Caccecia. 



1. Crypt, immersana, Walk. 

 (Teras immersetna, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 302). 



$ . 14"- 15". Head, 'palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous, 

 sometimes suffused with brownish. Thorax whitish-ochreous, 

 with a fuscous spot on back, sometimes suffused with brownish. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior 

 and middle tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 broadly oblong, costa evenly and rather strongly arched towards 

 base, hindmargin rather strongly bowed outwards below middle ; 

 whitish-ochreous, sometimes suffused with brownish ; costa and 

 inner margin very shortly and finely strigulated with dark fuscous ; 

 a short very oblique narrow fuscous dark-margined streak from 

 coeta at one-fourth, reaching one-third across wing ; a similar 



