of a few Australian Lepidoptera. 299 



Sp. 10. (Ecophora Hecatella, Newman. 



Alls niiticis fuUginos'is, macula basali mediocri, ultcrd costaU medi- 

 and delloided, duahusque minutis dlscalibus nigris, alarum apice 

 saturaliori v'lx nigricanti ; alls postic'ts ful'iginosis, cil'iis con- 

 coloribus : subtiis, alls omnibus saturate fid'iginosis, concoloribus. 

 Alarum dilat. '75 unc. 

 Head, thorax and fore wings smoky lead-coloured ; eyes, palpi 

 and antennae darker ; there are several nearly black markings on 

 the fore wings ; the first occupies the entire breadth of the wing at 

 its base, the second occupies the middle of the costa and is trian- 

 gular, the third is also costal and apical, obscure and ill-defined ; 

 in addition to these are several black points, a series of which is 

 parallel with the outer margin of the wing; the hind wings are 

 smoky lead-coloured without markings, the cilia concolorous : 

 underside somewhat darker than the upper and without markings. 

 A single specimen only was taken. It is very different from 

 every described species. 



Genus Glyphipteryx, Hiibner. 

 Sp. 1. Ghjphipteryx Sabclla, Newman. 



Alts antlcis nigro-cpnei.s, Jasciis quatuor costal'ibus argenteis, 

 macidisque duabus, deltoideis, coslalibus apicem versus albidis, 

 maculdque diffurmi argented in angulum poslicum; poslicis 

 fuliginosis concoloribus. (Alarum dilat. '45 unc.) 



Fore wings nigro-acneous, glittering, adorned posteriorly with 

 yellowisli scales and having four silvery white narrow fasciae, which 

 extend from the costa about half-way across the wing ; beyond 

 these and very near the a{)ex of the wing are two deltoid white 

 spots on the costa itself; from the inner margin of the wing arise 

 other very similar but less distinct fasciae, and these almost meet 

 those on the costa ; in the anal angle is a distinct silvery mark ; 

 the cilia are pale brown, with a nearly black mark at the apex : 

 hind wings smoky brown, with concolorous cilia. 



This pretty insect is evidently allied to our Glj/phipteryx Thra- 

 sonella. Two specimens were taken, and these differ much in 

 their marking; the silver markings descending from the costa are 

 more perpendicular than in G, Thrasonella, and there is a black 

 hook in the apical cilia of the fore wings, thus supplying an addi- 

 tional connecting link between Thrasonella and equitclla. 



