of a few Australian Lepidoptern. 297 



Sp. 7. CEcophora Paul'inella, Newman. (PI. XVIII. fig. 1.) 



Alls anticis argenteis, sericatis, nitidissimis, fasciis duabus obliquis 

 fuscis maculdcpie interveniente delloldcd ad inarginem inleriorem 

 sitd centro niveo ornatd quoque fused ; alls posticis fusccscetitibus, 

 concoloribus ; inseclum venustum ! (Alarum dilat. •? — 9 unc.) 



Labial palpi long, the terminal joint particularly elongated, 

 slender and cylindrical, greyish ; head and incrassated base of 

 antennae white ; shafts of antennae, together with thorax and abdo- 

 men, dusky grey; fore wings silvery white, with certain markings 

 which are nearly black ; the first of these is an obliquely curved 

 fascia which commences at about the middle of the inner margin 

 and terminates on the costa beyond its middle ; the second is a 

 deltoid spot with a silvery centre seated on the inner margin ; the 

 third is an oblique fascia occupying the outer margin, almost a 

 duplicate of the first ; these three markings are united by the 

 similarly coloured inner margin of the wing ; the cilia are brown 

 at the anal angle, thence to the apex white ; hind wings smoky 

 brown, with concolorous cilia ; under side of the wings smoky 

 brown, the cilia paler. 



I am reluctant to propose a new genus for this insect, but I am 

 perfectly aware that it differs essentially from CEcophora in many 

 of its characters, more especially in having a distinctly falciform 

 outer margin to the fore wings. It is widely different from any 

 described species. 



Sp. 8. CEcophora Agnesella, Newman. 



Alls ant ids a Ibis, slrigd mediand ante apicem vage dicisd testaceo- 

 fiscd; posticis albicantibus ciliis concoloribus: subtus, alis 

 anticis fuscis ; posticis albidis ; c/l/is omnibus albidis. (Alarum 

 dilat. '85 unc.) 



Labial palpi long, slender and recurved, grey ; head smooth, 

 and together with thorax nearly white ; antennae whitish on the 

 upper side towards the base, otherwise brown ; abdomen whitish, 

 each segment somewhat testaceous at the base, the apex bearing 

 a tuft of whitish hairs ; fore wings white, with a subcostal tes- 

 taceous vitta extending from the base to about two-thirds the 

 length of the wing, there dividing, and the two branches slightly 



