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towards mouth ; twelfth segment with two additional small 

 ochreous-red spots on back on posterior margin ; and segment 

 whitish, speckled with black : feeds on Casuarina suherosa, 

 residing in a barricaded tunnel in main branches, and carrying 

 in twigs for food, in November. 



13. Crypt, leucadelpha, Meyr. 



{Cryptophasa leucadelpha, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. "Wales, 

 1886, 1040.) 



Both sexes 41-46mm. Differs from preceding only as follows: — 

 Abdomen grey-whitish ; hindwings white, with moderately broad 

 suffused fuscous hind marginal fascia not reaching anal angle. 



Wimmera, Victoria ; two specimens. Larva feeds on 

 Casuarina. 



14. Crypt sjnlonata, Scott. 



{Cryptophasa spilonata, Scott, Austr. Lep. 10, pi 3.) 



Female 45mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs white; anterior tarsi with base of four apical joints dark grey. 

 Forewings oblong, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, hind margin sinuate, hardly oblique, rounded beneath ; 2 

 from J : pale whitish-grey, slightly fuscous-tinged, irrorated with 

 black ; traces of a small darker spot in disc at |- : cilia whitish. 

 Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 from a point ; white ; cilia white. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales ; two specimens bred 

 in November. Larva residing in a barricaded tunnel in branches 

 of Banksia serrata, carrying in leaves for food, in October. 



15. CryjJt. ruhescens, Lw. 

 {Cryptophasa ruhescens, Lw., Ins. N.S. Wales.) 

 Male 4omm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi white, second joint 

 reddish-tinged above. Antennae ochreous, base white. Thorax 

 reddish-ochreous, anteriorly rosy-tinged. Abdomen and legs 

 ochreous-orange, anterior legs ochreous - reddish. Forewings 

 oblong, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, hind margin slightly sinuate, hardly oblique, rounded be- 

 neath ; 2 from f ; ferruginous, irrorated with elongate light 

 brownish-ochreous scales ; costa broadly suffused with pale ochre- 

 ous from base to beyond middle, attenuated to a point posteriorly ; 

 a short obscure dark fuscous dash or submedian fold at ^, and 

 another beyond middle ; a small roundish ill-defined dark fuscous 

 spot in disc at |-, and another at |, more elongate : cilia ferrugin- 

 ous. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 from a point or short-stalked ; 

 ochreous-orange, somewhat paler posteriorly; cilia light orange, 

 becoming ferruginous around apex. 



Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle and Sydney, 

 New South Wales ; bred not uncommonly in November. Larva 



