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residing in a barricaded tunnel in stems of Acacia longifolia, car- 

 rying in tlie phyllodia for food, in August and September. 



16. CryjH. iiliaethoiitia, n. sp. 



Female 41mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, and legs ochre- 

 ous-reddish. Abdomen wliitisli-ochreous irrorated with reddish. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex ob- 

 tuse, hind margin not oblique, rounded beneath ; 2 from J ; deep 

 brown-reddish ; cilia dark reddish-fuscous. Hindwings with veins 

 6 and 7 from a point ; pale ochreous, slightly reddish-tinged ; cilia 

 pale ochreous, reddish-tinged, tips obscurely whitish. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; one specimen received from Mr. G, 

 Barnard. 



17. Crypt, russata, Butl. 



{Cryi)toj)hasa russata, Butl., Proc. Zool, Soc, 1877, 475.) 



Male 33mm. Head white. Thorax deep brown-red, anteriorly 

 whitish. Abdomen brown-reddish. Forewings elongate, moderate^ 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, hind margin slightly rounded, 

 somewhat oblique ; deep fuscous-red, somewhat lighter towards 

 costa ; a white streak along costa from base to f , posteriorly at- 

 tenuated. Hindwings brown-reddish. 



Cape York, Queensland ; one specimen in the British Museum, 

 from which this diagnosis is taken, Butler's original description 

 being in part erroneous. 



18. Crypt. flavoHneata, Walk. 



(CryptolecldaJiavoUneata, Walk., 749.) 



Female 50mm. Head and palpi white. Antennjv white, base of 

 stalk yellowish. Thorax white, wdth a central longitudinal yellow 

 line. Abdomen white, second segment dull brown-red. Legs 

 white, anterior and middle tibite ochreous-yellow above. Fore- 

 wings oblong, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin straight, slightly oblique, rounded beneath ; 

 2 from # ; snow-white ; a faint pale vellowish central lono-ituclinal 

 line from before middle of disc almost to hind margin ; a suffused 

 ochreous-yellow line along submedian fold from base to anal angle ; 

 a short slender ochreous-yellow streak along inner margin about 

 -i : cilia white, terminal half ochreous-yellow. Hindwings with 

 veins 8 and 5 from a point ; snow-white ; cilia white. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in October ; one specimen. I sus- 

 pect the larva to feed on Eucalyptus. 



19. Cryp>t. epadeJplta, n. sp. 

 Female 45mm. Head, palpi, antenna^, and thorax white. Ab- 

 domen white, second segment dull orange-red. Legs white, an- 

 erior tarsi with base of four apical joints blackish. Forewings 



