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LoPHOPEPLA, ”. g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts moderate, loosely ap 
pressed. Antenne moderate, ciliations in male one and a half, 
with strong pecten. Palpi moderate, second joint reaching 
base of antenne, considerably thickened with scales, somewhat 
loose beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, moderately 
stout, recurved. Thorax with small posterior crest. Fore- 
wings moderate, apex somewhat acute, hindmargin oblique, 
almost straight ; with tufts of raised scales on disc. Hindwings 
narrower than forewings ; cilia two-thirds. Abdomen moderate. 
Forewings with vein seven to hindmargin; vein two much 
curved from before angle of cell. Hindwings normal. 
Of uncertain affinity, but seems on the whole to be nearest to 
Eochrois, Meyr., differing in the thoracic crest, and raised tufts 
of scales on forewings. 
LOPHOPEPLA IGNIFERELLA, Walk. 
Hypereallia igniferella, Walk. (Brit. Mus. Catalogue, X XIX., 
670.) 
Male and female, 14-16 mm. Head and face ochreous-whitish, 
apices of sidetufts crimson-red. Palpi whitish, second joint with 
a median and apical crimson ring ; terminal joint with a median 
and subapical crimsonring. Antenne whitish. Thorax pale-yellow, 
mottled with crimson-red spots; a small bifid posterior crest 
crimson-red. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish; an- 
terior pair crimson-red, tarsi annulated with whitish. Forewings 
moderate, costa gently arched, apex tolerably acute, hindmargin 
oblique, almost straight ; vivid crimson-red ; costal edge pale 
yellowish ; with very numerous irregularly distributed small pale- 
yellow spots, sometimes partly confluent ; a fuscous dot on costa 
near base ; a narrow oblique dark-fuscous line from costa at one- 
fourth to inner-margin beyond middle—on this are a few 
scattered scales with metallic lustre ; a second line beneath costa, 
with which it is connected at one-half and three-quarters, thence 
prolonged to anal angle; a third line parallel and near hind- 
margin ; cilia pale-yellow, with an interrupted median crimson 
line. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Unsurpassed in brilliancy of coloring. Walker’s description 
refers without doubt to this species. Brisbane ; not uncommon. 
Euxecuria, Meyr. 
The following are taken in the neighborhood of Brisbane :— 
E. convictella, Walk.; E. exanimis, Meyr. (2); £. pallidella, 
Meyr.; E. triferella, Walk.; £. brachypeplu, Meyr.; £. trans- 
versella, Walk.; £. philotherma, Meyr.; £. calotropha, Meyr. ; 
E. philostaura, Meyr.; £. xylopterélla, Walk.; E. mesophragma, 
Meyr. (?); £. delotis, Meyr. 
