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Gen. Hybocrossa, nov. 

 (v^oKpocrcros, with margin bent outwards). 



Palpi moderate; second joint reaching but not exceeding 

 base of antennae, expanded with long loose scales at apex ; 

 terminal joint as long as second, slender. Antennae without 

 basal pecten; in male with long ciliations. Thorax smooth. 

 Anterior tibiae and tarsi thickened with dense scales. Fore- 

 wings suboblong, costa with a median rounded protuberance ; 

 vein 7 to termen. 



Although structurally approaching Lepidotarsa, the 

 different wing-shape, as well as the absence of an antennal 

 pecten, forbids its inclusion in this genus. The only species 

 has the facies of a Tortricopsis. 



Hybocrossa paratypa, n. sp. {7rapdrv7ro<;, counterfeit). 

 d , 25 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi grey-whitish ; 

 external surface of second joint, except apex, ochreous ; second 

 joint slightly expanded, with rough scales at apex. Antennae 

 grey; ciliations in male 4. Thorax ochreous-grey, margins 

 grey-whitish. Abdomen pale-ochreous, bases of segments on 

 dorsum partly brownish. Legs pale-ochreous ; anterior pair 

 fuscous anteriorly. Forewings suboblong, somewhat dilated 

 posteriorly, costa gently arched with a slight median rounded 

 protuberance, apex acute, slightly produced, termen sinuate 

 beneath apex, then straight, scarcely oblique ; brownish-grey ; 

 costal protuberance suffused with whitish and preceded by 

 a fuscous costal mark ; a fine line from midcosta to tornus, 

 strongly outwardly arched ; cilia brownish-grey. Hindwings 

 pale-ochreous with a large apical dark-fuscous blotch ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



llab. — New South Wales: Sydney (Pymble), in Novem- 

 ber ; one specimen, received from Mr. S. H. Wyld. 



Lepidotarsa alphitella, Meyr. : Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N.S. Wales, 1882, p. 447. 

 Lepidotarsa leucella, Turn. : ante, 1894, p. 135. 

 Rah. — Queensland: Brisbane; New South Wales: 

 Waratah, Sydney. 



Lepidotarsa chryserythra, Turn. : I.e. 

 Antennal ciliations in male 4. 

 Rah. — Queensland: Brisbane, in December and March. 



Lepidotarsa idiocosma. 

 Peltophora idiocosma, Turn. : ante, 1898, p. 210. 

 Antennal ciliations in male 4. Nearly allied to the fol- 

 lowing species. 



Rab. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine. 



