530 

 EUCOSMIDAE. 



ACROCLITA CATHAROPTIS, 11. Sp. 



d , 14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dull 

 ferruginous, palpi internally white, apex of basal joint black. 

 Abdomen dull ochreous-fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, anterior 

 and middle pair sometimes suffused with ferruginous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, termen slightly 

 sinuate beneath apex, then somewhat oblique ; ferruginous- 

 brown ; costa obliquely strigulated with ochreous, interspaces 

 filled in with bright ferruginous, and sometimes edged with 

 dull leaden ; an irregular dark fuscous mark on dorsum at 

 one-third, sometimes absent, reaching fold, posterior edge 

 distinct, anterior edge suffused ; a fine leaden-metallic line, 

 from last pair costal striae along termen to tornus ; a fine 

 fuscous line along termen ; cilia ferruginous-brown, with a 

 fuscous bar below apex. Hindwings thinly scaled, fuscous; 

 cilia light-fuscous, with an ochreous-grey basal line and 

 fuscous sub-basal line. 



A dull-looking species, but the dorsal patch is generally 

 present. 



If ah. — Queensland : Cooktown and Kuranda, five speci- 

 mens from Olive and Dodd. 



Argyroploce irrorea, n. sp. 

 o* , 20 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax bright 

 ferruginous-ochreous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs ferruginous, 

 tibiae and tarsi irregularly banded with dull ochreous, pos- 

 terior pair fuscous, whitish-ochreous beneath. Forewings 

 rather broad ; costa moderately arched, termen nearly straight ; 

 bright rufous-ferruginous, more or less irrorated throughout 

 with dull ochreous-ferruginous spots : costa with five pairs 

 ochreous-ferruginous spots, between base and posterior edge 

 of median band ; four more pairs on costa beyond, last one at 

 apex more or less continued along termen and nearly reaching 

 tornus ; edges of basal patch and anterior edge of median 

 patch hardly traceable, being merged into general markings, 

 posterior edge of median patch irregularly waved, from costa 

 at about three-fifths to tornus, followed throughout by a dull 

 purplish-metallic line of slightly raised scales ; beyond this are 

 seven short black lines, transversely placed, lower three 

 shortest, upper four enclosing spots of ferruginous and 

 purplish-metallic respectively; a somewhat raised line of 

 purplish-metallic scales, commencing from base of eighth 

 costal pair of spots along termen to above tornus : a well- 

 marked ochreous spot above middle of wing, just before pos- 

 terior edge of median patch ; a similar, much ^rger, but 



