22 
Immediately distinguished by the greatly thickened antennze 
of the male. 
PYCNOCERA HYPOXANTHA, 1. sp. 
Male, 21-23 mm. Head, face, and palpi ochreous-fuscous. 
Antenne dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, apical 
tuft and basal tufts ochreous. Legs fuscous, anterior and middle 
tibie and tarsi annulated with ochreous ; posterior tibiz and 
tarsi ochreous. Forewings oblong, not dilated, costa moderately 
arched, apex rounded, hindmargin scarcely oblique, rounded 
beneath ; dark fuscous thickly irrorated with whitish scales, 
towards inner margin and about centre of disc these are less 
numerous or wanting; an oval dark fuscous blotch from anal 
angle, nearly reaching costa at two-thirds ; a narrow fuscous line 
from costa at five-sixths, confluent with blotch at anal angle ; 
cilia fuscous. | _Hindwings, basal half clear ochreous-yellow ; 
apical and hindmarginal portions fuscous ; cilia fuscous with paler 
basal line, at anal angle ochreous-yellow. 
Brisbane ; three male specimens. 
NEPHOGENES, Mey. 
Nephogenes fedatella, Walk. Brisbane. 
Nephogenes atmopis, Meyr. Taken by Meyrick at Toowoomba 
NEPHOGENES VARIABILIS, 2. sp. 
Male, 19-23 mm. Head and face ochreous-whitish Palpi ochre- 
ous-whitish, second joint sometimes partly suffused with fuscous. 
Antenne whitish, sometimes annulated with fuscous, basal joint 
fuscous ; ciliations in male two and a-half. Thorax pale ochreous- 
whitish, more or less suffused with fuscous; anterior half of 
shoulders fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous. 
whitish ; anteriorand middle tibiz and tarsidark fuscous, annulated 
withwhitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, 
apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded; very 
pale ochreous-whitish, more or less irrorated with fuscous ; mark- 
ings fuscous ; a triangular patch on costa before middle, reaching 
one-third across disc ; a dot in disc at one-third, a second slightly 
beyond this on fold, a third at apex of costal triangle, and several 
confluent, forming a semilunar mark in disc at two-thirds; a 
short, inwardly oblique streak from costa at five-sixths, from 
which proceeds a line sharply bent in disc, and continued parallel 
to hindmargin to above anal angle, where it sometimes ends in a 
fuscous ‘spot, but this is only occasionally present; a series of 
fine dots around apical and hindmarginal edge ; cilia whitish, 
with two fuscous lines, sometimes interrupted or obsolete. Huind- 
wings pale grey, darker towards apices; cilia whitish, with a pale 
grey line at one-third. 
