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and beneath ; terminal joint short. Thorax with strong pos- 

 terior crest. Forewings with a dorsal crest of scales; 7 and 8 

 separate; 7 to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 closely 

 approximated at base, connate, or stalked, 5 approximated 

 to 4 at base, 6 and 7 closely approximated at base. 



A derivative of Argyrojploce, distinguished only by the 

 dorsal crest of forewings. Type, A. delochlora. 



Alypeta delochlora, n. sp. i 8r/Ao^Ao;po5, distinctly green). 



$ , 18 mm. Head green. Palpi 2^ ; green. Antennae 

 grey-whitish, annulated with blackish; ciliations in male \. 

 Thorax green. Abdomen dark-fuscous. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish; tibiae and tarsi fuscous, the latter with pale annu- 

 lations. Forewings slightly dilated, costa rather strongly 

 arched, apex rounded-rectangular, termen straight, slightly 

 oblique; deep-green, partly suffused with bluish-green; a 

 strong fan-shaped crest of scales from dorsum at ^, fuscous, 

 its dorsal edge green ; an obliquely triangular blackish mark 

 from costa, near base, to fold, its dorsal edge somewhat 

 dentate; some fuscous suffusion in middle of disc towards 

 termen; some fine fuscous costal strigulae; a dark-fuscous 

 terminal line ; cilia fuscous, apical half barred with greenish, 

 around apex ochreous-whitish barred with fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 closely approximated at base; dark- 

 fuscous, thinly scaled towards base ; cilia fuscous. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane; one specimen received 

 from F. P. Dodd. 



Alypeta leptochlora, n. sp. (Xeirrox^wpos, faintly green). 

 9, 12 mm. Head greenish. Palpi 2|; greenish. 

 Antennae grey-whitish, annulated with blackish. Thorax 

 fuscous; tegulae, patagia, and base of crest greenish. 

 (Abdomen and legs broken.) Forewings posteriorly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen slightly rounded, 

 slightly oblique ; fuscous ; a small crest of scales on dorsum 

 at \; costal edge green, strigulated with fuscous; apical 

 portion of wing whitish, with a few greenish and fuscous 

 scales, sharply limited by a straight line from f costa to 

 tornus; cilia pale-fuscous. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate ; 

 fuscous, towards base thinly scaled : cilia fuscous. 



Hab. — Northern Queensland: Cairns, in July; one 

 specimen. 



Alypeta aclyta, n. sp. (ulkXvtos, inconspicuous). 



<3 , 14 mm. Head and thorax pale-fuscous. Palpi 2; 

 pale-fuscous. Antennae grey; ciliations in male minute. 

 Thorax grey-whitish, with a sub-basal ochreous-whitish band. 



