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six dark-fuscous equidistant costal dots, first at commencement of third fascia 

 and sixth at apex; from the fifth dot is emitted a fine, waved, fuscous line of 

 suflFused dots, line indented below costa and terminating at tornus ; two fine 

 fuscous dots at posterior end of cell, one above the other; cilia barred with pale 

 fuscous. Hindwings pale whitish-fuscous, darker on apical portion. 



Hab. — Dorrigo, New South Wales ; two specimens in October. 



Cryptolechia alphitias, n. sp. 



d , 9 , 16-20 mm. Head whitish. Antennae fuscous-whitish. Palpi fus- 

 cous, sutTused with whitish. Thorax grey-whitish, tinged with fuscous 

 anteriorly. Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous, posterior pair grey-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; dull 

 whitish, suffusedly irrorated with pale fuscous ; markings fuscous ; a curved 

 series of three obscure basal spots ; an obscure outwardly-curved narrow fascia, 

 from costa about one-fourth to dorsum at one-fourth; a moderately broad, 

 suffused, and somewhat interrupted direct postmedian fascia, darkest on margins ; 

 a curved series of dots, parallel to termen, from costa at five-sixths to tornus, 

 indented below costa ; cilia grey- whitish with an obscure fuscous basal line. 

 Hindwings grey- whitish ; cilia grey-whitish, tinged with fuscous. 



Hab. — Dorrigo, New South Wales ; four specimens in October. 



XYLORYCTIDAE. 



Catoryctis perichalca, n. sp. 



$ , 25-27 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax silvery-white, second joint of 

 palpi fuscous, patagiae light ochreous-fuscous. x\ntennae white, annulated with 

 fuscous above. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, segmental margins dull whitish. 

 Legs ochreous, anterior and middle pair suffused with whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa rather strongly arched, termen obliquely rounded ; bright ochreous- 

 fuscous, with silvery-white markings ; a narrow subcostal streak from near base 

 to middle, touching costa on anterior end and becoming attenuated posteriorly ; 

 two very fine short streaks, somewhat obscure, between posterior extremity of 

 subcostal streak and costa at four-fifths, both touching costa ; a broad, clear, 

 longitudinal streak, from base to just above middle of termen, posterior half 

 somewhat attenuated ; a similar streak from base along dorsum to one-sixth, 

 thence continued above dorsum to termen above tornus, attenuated at base ; 

 cilia ochreous-fuscous, becoming grey-whitish around tornus, and silvery-white 

 below apex, caused by the median line being continued through cilia. Hindwings 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous-whitish. 



Hab. — Highbury, South Australia; two specimens in October. 



Crypsicharis triplaca, n. sp. 



d , 22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax snow-white, second joint 

 of palpi externally fuscous, antennal ciliations 3, palpi with fuscous anterior 

 band. Abdomen dull ochreous. Legs fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen oblique ; white, with 

 fuscous markings ; a moderate somewhat ovoid spot above dorsum on fold, in 

 middle ; an erect, moderately-thick, fascia-like streak, from dorsum before 

 tornus, reaching three-quarters across wing, upper half divided into two roundish 

 spots ; cilia whitish, terminal half fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish, 

 cilia tinged with fuscous near base. 



Hab. — Duaringa and Toowoomba, Queensland; two specimens in October. 



