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cacled tunnel in stem of Hakea lorea, and carrying in the very 

 long filiform leaves for food. 



54. Xyl. synaula, n. sp. 



Both sexes 26-30 mm. Head light ochreous-orange, face suf- 

 fused with white. PaljDi white, second joint suffused in male 

 with blackish, in female with light ochreous-orange towards apex 

 beneath, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae 

 grey. Thorax ochreous-brown, patagia except base, and a central 

 stripe white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs rather dark 

 fuscous, hairs of posterior tibi?e white. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin 

 oblique, slightly rounded ; silvery- white ; costal edge very slen- 

 derly black towards base, yellowish-ochreous beyond middle ; 

 markings ochreous-brown ; a moderate almost straight streak 

 above middle from base to apex ; a similar slightly sinuate streak 

 from base to anal angle ; a slender streak along inner margin 

 from before middle to anal angle : cilia white, basal half at apex 

 and towards anal angle ochreous-yellow. Hindwings light grey, 

 more whitish-tinged towards base ; cilia ochreous-white, in female 

 with a grey line. 



Ardrossan and Victor Harbor, South Australia ; two speci- 

 mens. Mr. E. Guest has bred this species from the larva, which 

 feeds in long gallaries of silk and refuse among the twigs and 

 thorns of a species of Hakea. 



55. Xyl. strigata, Lw. 



(CryjJfophasa strigata, Lw., Ins. N.S. Wales.) 



Both sexes 22-32 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous, patagia 

 sometimes whitish towards base. Palpi and antennae fuscous- 

 whitish. Abdomen whitish, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 whitish, anterior pair fuscous. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa 

 gently arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin nearly straight, 

 oblique ; white ; dorsal half light fuscous ; a moderate straight 

 darker fuscous streak above middle from base to apex : cilia 

 w^hite, round anal angle light fuscous, sometimes with a light 

 fuscous subapical line. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, more whitish 

 towards base, more or less suffused with darker fuscous towards 

 apex ; cilia whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; in Novem- 

 ber and December, common. Larva 16-legged, stout, cylindrical, 

 Avith scattered long whitish hairs ; whitish, posteriorly suffused 

 with pale pinkish-ochreous ; segments 5-12, with a square of four 

 transverse-elongate black spots on back, a large irregular black 

 spot on side, enclosing a pale ocellus, a small black spot beneath 

 this, and two others behind it, and an irregular square of four 



