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seed heads ; sometimes there are three of these masses on one 

 stem, in others they are formed at the base of the stem, 

 and there become much larger. 



Cryptophaga lasiocosma, n. sp. 



9 , 54 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs, and 

 abdomen snow-white, antennae fuscous on terminal §, thorax 

 ochreous anteriorly, abdomen with reddish segmental mar- 

 gins, first segment broadly banded with orange ochreous. Tarsi 

 banded with black. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 gently arched, termen rounded, oblique, 2 from |; shining 

 snow white; markings black, a spot near base; a larger one 

 in cell at |, and another on fold in middle; one or two 

 black scales near tornus ; cilia shining snow white. Hind- 

 wings and cilia shining snow white. 



Kuranda, Queensland. One specimen, from Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd; bred in December. 



Nearest Argyrias, Turn., but differs in the discal dots, 

 •clear white hindwings, etc. 



Agriophara platyscia, n. sp. 



9, 36 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax, ashy- 

 grey-whitish, palpi beneath white. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa arched rather 

 strongly, termen obliquely rounded; ashy-grey-whitish; a 

 broad, more or less interrupted longitudinal shade, from 

 base to apex, containing several short narrow blackish elongate 

 streaks, those towards termen (where shade is darker) being 

 especially prominent; extreme costal edge whitish, from be- 

 fore middle to apex; cilia ashy-grey- whitish. Hindwings and 

 cilia light greyish-fuscous. Easily known by the thick longi- 

 tudinal streak. 



Tasmania. One specimen; probably in November. 



GECOPHORID^. 



GUESTIA EURYBAPTA, U. Sp. 



d , 26 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-ochreous. 

 Antennae fuscous. Abdomen ochreous, segmental margins 

 silvery-grey. Legs fuscous, middle and posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi banded with reddish-ochreous, posterior pair ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate moderate, costa gently arched, termen 

 rounded, apex rounded; reddish-ochreous, irrorated with 

 -darker; a short dark fuscous streak along fold, from near 

 base to ^, slightly curved upwards at posterior extremity ; 

 a suffused fuscous elongate streak at J above middle; indi- 

 cations of a similar streak on fold slightly before; an obscure 



