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margined with whitish, and a second, unmargined, in disc at -| r 

 cilia fuscous, base sprinkled with white. Hindwings with veins 

 6 and 7 separate ; fuscous, rather darker posteriorly ; cilia 

 whitish, with a subbasal dark fuscous line. 



Quorn, South Australia ; one specimen in October. 



9. Crypt, joorphyrinella, Walk. 



(Cryptolecliia porpliyrinella^ Walk. 771.) 



Female 29 mm. Head and thorax white, sides of face dark 

 fuscous. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous except apex. 

 Antenna3 dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Legs deep 

 ochreous-yello^^', anterior pair dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, hind margin somewhat oblique, gently rounded ; 2 from, 

 f ; white ; a broad, straight, dark purple-fuscous longitudinal 

 median streak from base of costa, dilated towards posterior ex- 

 tremity so as to extend on hind margin from above middle to 

 anal angle, upper edge with a broad triangular projection before 

 middle ; a rather narrow purple-blackish fascia along hind mar- 

 gin from apex to beneath anal angle, marked with seven small 

 semi-oval golden-ochreous spots on hind margin : cilia rather dark 

 grey, basal half whitish with a broad black subbasal line. Hind- 

 Avings with veins 6 and 7 separate ; ochreous-yellow ; a narrow 

 dark fuscous streak along upper half of hindmargin, dilated at 

 apex ; cilia ochreous-yellow, round apex grey with a black sub- 

 basal line. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New^ South Wales, in February ; two 

 specimens. 



10. Crypt, ecclesiastisj Meyr. 



(Cryptoplio.sa ecdesiastis, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales,. 

 1886, 1040.) 



Female 66 mm. Head and thorax white. (Palpi broken.) 

 Antennse fuscous. Abdomen white, above wdth a broad black 

 transverse band before middle, and five slender black rings be- 

 tween that and apex, apical scales yellowish-tinged. Legs white, 

 anterior and middle tibias banded with black, all tarsi black with 

 white rings. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa bent before 

 middle, apex rounded, hind margin rather oblique, hardly 

 rounded ; 2 from J ; shining white ; a narrow coppery hind mar- 

 ginal fascia, forming alternate purple and golden spots : cilia 

 white, barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings with vein 6 and 7 

 from a point ; shining white ; a narrow coppery-j)urplish hind- 

 marginal fascia ; cilia white. 



Fernshaw, Victoria ; one specimen. 



