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2. Pil. stigniatias, n. sp. 



Female 44-46mm. Head and palpi brown, terminal joint 

 fuscous-whitish. Antennte brownish, more whitish towards base. 

 Thorax whitish-brown, with a blackish-fuscous transverse anterior 

 spot. Abdomen whitish-fuscous, with a ferruginous band before 

 middle, anal segment dark fuscous above. Legs brown. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind- 

 margin straight, rather oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous irrorated 

 with dark fuscous, costal half suffused with ochreous-brown ; a 

 moderate transverse oblong-oval very dark reddish-fuscous slen- 

 derly whitish-margined central spot, lower extremity becoming 

 black and produced into a slender acute outwardly oblique tooth : 

 cilia whitish-fuscous irrorated with ochreous-brown, with a fuscous 

 subbasal and apical ferruginous line. Hindwings fuscous, lighter 

 towards base ; a darker hind-marginal line ; cilia fuscous-whitish. 



Newcastle, New South Wales ; two specimens (Austr. Mus.). 



3. Fil. enchidias, n. sp. 



Male 32mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi brownish-ochre- 

 ous, terminal joint and apex of second white. Antennae brownish- 

 ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous, mixed on back with blackish. 

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

 suffused with dark fuscous internally. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, hindmargin 

 sinuate beneath apex, oblique, rounded beneath ; whitish-ochreous; 

 a strong fuscous longitudinal streak, mixed with blackish, from 

 base below costa to disc before middle, with two short oblique 

 teeth from its upper edge, and its apex connected by a short line 

 with an oblique linear blackish dot in disc beyond middle ; a short 

 blackish longitudinal dash beneath apex of this streak ; a fine 

 blackish line inner margin from ^ to anal angle : cilia whitish, 

 with a strong blackish line near base, tips fuscous-tinged at anal 

 angle and blackish at apex. Hindwings whitish-yellowish ; cilia 

 white. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales ; in November, twa 

 specimens. 



3. Cryptophaga, Lw. 



Head with aj)pressed hairs ; ocelli absent ; tongue short. An- 

 tennae moderate, in male bipectinated throughout or nearly, basal 

 joint moderate, swollen and densely scaled above, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint 

 with dense appressed scales, somewhat rough beneath, terminal 

 joint shorter than or rarely as long as second, smooth or slightly 

 roughened anteriorly, acute or tolerably pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Thorax smooth. Abdo- 

 men stout, sides more or less clothed with dense projecting hairs- 



