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and gradually merged into groundcolour; a moderate red- 

 dish fuscous patch on middle of termen ; cilia ochreous, with 

 a reddish fuscous spot opposite spot on termen. Hindwings 

 fuscous; cilia grey, with a fuscous basal line. 



Cooktown, Queensland. One specimen ; taken in Novem- 

 ber. 



CONCH YLID.^. 



Paramorpha perileuca, n. sp. 



(S , 14 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi very long, 

 white, sharply dark fuscous beneath. Antennas and legs 

 grey-whitish. Abdomen silvery grey, darker beneath. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa hardly arched, termen 

 obliquely rounded; cinereous-grey-whitish, with numerous 

 blackish scales throughout forming a fine irroration; mark- 

 ings blackish, costal edge nearly blackish from base to 

 middle, beneath which is an elongate streak of clear whitish ; 

 two spots, obliquely placed near base ; a spot below fold at 

 J, another on fold at J, and a third midway above and be- 

 tween; two others larger and more distinct, transversely 

 placed, at end of cell; two or three obscure spots along lower 

 edge of whitish streak, sometimes absent; an ochreous fus- 

 cous suffusion in cell; four equidistant, short, oblique costal 

 streaks, between f and apex ; a more or less interrupted line 

 along term.en; cilia whitish with fuscous median and subter- 

 minal lines. Hindwings thinly scaled; grey-whitish; cilia 

 as in forewings. The smallest species of the genus. 



Melbourne, Victoria. One specimen; in March. I 

 have seen two others from Castlemaine, Victoria. 



TINEINA. 

 XYLORYCTID^. 



Xylorycta argyrota, n. sp. 



d" , 16 mm.; 9> 20 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and 

 thorax silvery-whitish, palpi internally whitish. Abdomen 

 greyish ochreous, beneath broadly banded with fuscous. Legs 

 silvery- whitish, posterior pair ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; sil- 

 very-whitish, almost white in some specimens; a moderately 

 clear white costal streak, from base to |, posteriorly attenu- 

 ated; veins towards termen obscurely outlined with pale fus- 

 cous; cilia whitish, faintly ochreous tinged. Hindwings 

 grey; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Henley Beach, South Australia. Fifteen specimens; in 

 March and November. Bred from stems of J uncus sp. The 

 larva form ball-shaped masses of grey flocculent down on the 



