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underside, and the hindwings have an additional yellow spot on 
costa near apex. 
Two specimens from Melbourne and Cheltenham, Victoria, in 
December. It is not unlike a larger form of the previous species, 
but this is hardly probable, as the differences are well marked, 
and the balance seems in favor of giving it a distinctive name. 
XYLORYCTIDA. 
XYLORYCTA CANDESCENS, N. sp. 
Female, 26 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax shining snow-white, 
second joint of palpi internally fuscous. Thorax with an irregular 
fuscous quadrate blotch in middle. Antenne whitish. Legs 
whitish, anterior tibize and tarsi fuscous. Abdomen whitish, 
segmental margins ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 
hardly dilated, costa nearly straight, apex somewhat pointed ; 
hindmargin oblique; shining snow-white; extreme costal edge 
ochreous, becoming indistinct at and around apex, fuscous at 
base; a broad light fuscous longitudinal streak along inner 
margin, from near base to anal angle, and continued right 
through cilia, somewhat attenuated anteriorly ; cilia shining 
snow-white, except at anal angle, which is fuscous through con- 
tinuation of longitudinal streak. Hindwings pale-grey ; cilia 
shining snow-white. 
Brisbane, Queensland. One specimen in December. Remark- 
ably distinct, the continuance of the fuscous longitudinal streak 
through the cilia is a curious and noticeable character. 
TELECRATES DESMOCHRYSA, N. Sp. 
Male, 16 mm. Head, legs, and palpi orange-yellow ; terminal 
joint of palpi as long as second, fuscous, second joint infuscated 
exteriorly. Legs banded with black. Abdomen and antenne 
black ; abdominal segments orange on margins, anal tuft orange. 
Forewings rather short, hardly dilated ; costa arched at base, 
thence tolerably straight, apex rounded ; hindmargin oblique ; 
black, with ochreous markings; a narrow oblique fascia from 
costa at base to about one-eighth inner margin ; an oblique fascia 
from beneath costa at one-fourth to below middle of disc at 
about one-fourth ; upper portion somewhat irregular and broken ; 
a similar fascia in middle of wing, not reaching either margin, 
with a semi-circular excavation on lower portion of anterior 
edge ; an irregular spot on costa at about five-sixths ; a dentate 
line immediately beneath this, somewhat curved, not reaching 
but approaching anal angle; cilia blackish, with a tooth of yellow 
at apex. Hindwings bronzy-fuscous; veins 6 and 7 from a 
point; a well marked wedge-shaped orange spot along base, 
