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THE LEPIDOPTERA OF BROKEN HlLL, NEW SOUTH WALES. 



PART III. 



By Oswald B. Lower, F.Z.S., F.E.S., etc. 

 [Read October 11, 1917.] 



Family XYLORYCTIDAE. 



This family is disappointingly represented here, and most 

 of the species are somewhat scarce and difficult to rear on 

 account of the ravages of the Ichneumonidae, during the larval 

 stage. Mr. Meyrick when revising this family conjectured the 

 opinion that they would probably occur more freely in the 

 drier districts of the State. This district, however, does not 

 appear to be a favourable locality. 



447. Maroga unipunctana, Don. 

 Five specimens, October and November. I have bred a 

 specimen from larva feeding on stem of Fusanus acuminatum 

 ( Santalaceae). 



448. Cryptophaga blackburnii, Low. 



Four specimens, September to November. The type, a 

 female, was taken at Port Lincoln, S. Austr. Dr. Turner 

 re-named this species neomorpha (Ann. Queens. Mus., p. 13, 

 1897), but his description of the hindwings is not quite 

 accurate; in the male they are dark fuscous, and in the female 

 greyish-white. His types were from Charters Towers, Queens- 

 land. 



449. Cryptophaga delocentra, Meyr. 



Nine specimens, both sexes, from October to November. 

 Bred from Eucalyptus rostrata. 



450. Xylorycta amaloptis, Low. 

 One specimen, type, in February. 



451. Xylorycta citrinopa, Low. 

 One specimen, type, in November. 



452. Xylorycta tetrazona, Low. 



One specimen, in November. The type came from 

 Stawell, Victoria. I have it also from Norwood and Oodna- 

 datta, S. Austr. 



453. Xylorycta melanias, Low. 

 Several specimens, October to November. 



