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73. Scier. reversella, Walk. 

 (CryptoJechia rerersella, Walk. 7e52 ; C. ahrosella, ih. 752.) 

 Both sexes 15-20 mm. Head, antenna?, thorax, and abdomen 

 white. Palpi white, second joint with an ochreous subapical 

 l)and irrorated with dark fuscous in front, terminal joint |. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous, posterior pair wliite. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely ob- 

 liquely rounded ; snow-white : cilia white. Hindwings whitish- 

 grey, apex slightly ochreous-tinged ; cilia white. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Perth, West Australia ; in Octo- 

 ber, November, January, February, June, and July, common. 



74. Scier. aerates^ n. sp. 



Both sexes 14-17 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-grey. 

 Palpi white, second joint with upper half ochreous-grey except at 

 apex, terminal joint |. Antennae, abdomen, and legs whitish, 

 anterior legs grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, hindmargin faintly sinuate, very oblique ; 

 pale ochreous-greyish ; costa suffused with whitish from base to 

 I : cilia whitish. Hindwings light grey or w-hitish-grey, apical 

 edge whitish-ochreous ; cilia white, sometimes ochreous-tinged. 



Blackheath (3,500 feet) and Mittagong (3,000 feet), New 

 South Wales ; Geraldton and Albany, West Australia ; in Octo- 

 ber, March, and April, not uncommon. Larva feeds in the seed- 

 cones of Banksia coUhia, burrowing among the seeds. 



75. Scier. lioplianes, n. sp. 



Both sexes 14-15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-grey, 

 speckled with white. Palpi white, second joint with upper half 

 dark grey except at apex, terminal joint J, anterior edge grey. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, hindmar- 

 gin extremely obliquely rounded ; glossy ochreous-grey ; costa 

 narrowly suffused with white from base to f : cilia grey-whitish, 

 base greyer. Hindwings light grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



York, West Australia ; in October, five specimens. 



76. Scier. typhicoJct, Meyr. 



( ScieropepJa typhicoJa^ Meyr., Trans. N.Z. List. 1885, 165.) 

 Both sexes 15-19 mm. Head and thorax light brownish- 

 ochreous, face ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-white, second 

 joint fuscous except at apex and towards base, terminal joint |, 

 anterior edge fuscous. Antennjv whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Anterior legs dark brown, middle legs 

 ochreous-brownish, posterior legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; light ochreous, irrorated with dark 



