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and beneath; terminal joint short. Thorax with a strong 

 posterior crest. Forewings with 3 and 4 approximated at 

 origin, 7 and 8 short-stalked, 9 connate with 8, 10 and 11 

 strongly sinuate. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



A development of Laspeyresia* 



Analdes hypolepta, n. sp. (v7roA£7TTos, somewhat delicate). 



$ , 11 mm. Head and thorax brown. Palpi 1J; brown. 

 Antennae pale-brownish, with fine fuscous annulations; 

 ciliations in male minute. Abdomen grey-brown, paler 

 towards base. Legs ochreous-whitish ; anterior and middle 

 tibiae and tarsi fuscous-brown, the latter with pale annula- 

 tions. Forewings narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, 

 costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen rounded, 

 slightly oblique ; whitish, closely suffused and strigulated with 

 brown ; costa with numerous fine fuscous-brown strigulae ; a 

 fuscous-brown spot at \ on fold ; an inwardly oblique suffused 

 fuscous-brown fascia from -^ costa to mid-dorsum ; cilia brown, 

 towards tornus brown -whitish. Hindwings and cilia whitish- 

 grey. 



Hab. — Queensland: Brisbane', in September; one 

 specimen. 



Laspeyresia amphitorna, n. sp. (a/x<f)LTOfjvo<;, well rounded). 



S , 10 mm. Head fuscous; face brown-whitish. Palpi 

 1|; brown-whitish. Antennae fuscous; ciliations in male 

 imperceptible. Thorax and abdomen fuscous. Legs brown- 

 whitish ; anterior and middle tarsi annulated with fuscous. 

 Forewings spathulate, broadly dilated posteriorly, costa 

 straight, strongly bowed beyond middle, apex rounded, ter- 

 men obliquely rounded, slightly indented beneath apex; 

 brownish-fuscous, towards costa with dull purple lustre; costa 

 faintly strigulated with ochreous-whitish, two strigulae more 

 distinct before apex ; a leaden-metallic line starting from a 

 whitish costal strigula at f obliquely outwards, bent in 

 middle, and continued parallel with termen to tornus; 

 between this and termen is a pale area with five short blackish 

 streaks ; a second metallic line from f costa to subapical 

 indentation ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, with some 

 brown suffusion in middle of disc; cilia grey. 



Best distinguished from its allies by the peculiarly- 

 shaped forewings. 



Ilah. — Queensland: Brisbane, in December and Janu- 

 ary ; two specimens. 



