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ANNALS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
NEPHALIA CRYPSIMETALLA n. sp. 
[KpD7ro-«,/x€TaXXos, with hidden metal.] 
(J. 16-20 mm. Head ochreous- whitish. Palpi fuscous irro- 
rated with ochreous-whitish. Antenna? ochreous-whitish ; in (J 
thickened and minutely ciliated Thorax ochreous-whitish 
irrorated with fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous- 
whitish ; anterior pair suffused with pale-fuscous. Forewings 
moderately elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 
termen gently rounded, slightly oblique ; ochreous-whitish more or 
less suffused with pale-fuscous and irrorated sparsely with dark- 
fuscous ; a suffused darker median streak from base nearly to 
middle; a blackish discal dot at f ; a suffused dark subtermina 
line, thicker and more distinct toward tornus, w4th a leaden-metallic 
lustre ; a terminal series of blackish dots ; cilia ochreous-whitish 
with a pale-fuscous sub-basal line. Hind wings with termen 
rounded, slightly sinuate; whitish; a narrow fuscous terminal line 
not extending to tornus ; cilia whitish, sometimes with a pale- 
fuscous sub-basal line. 
Type in Coll Turner. 
N.A. Port Darwin, in December and February ; two specimens 
received from Mr. P. P. Dodd. 
Gen. CHIONOBOSCA nov. 
[xtovoftoo-Kos, snow-clad.] 
Frons with short truncate conical projection. Tongue present. 
Palpi long, porrect. Maxillary palpi triangularly scaled. Antennae 
in (J thickened ; ciliations imperceptible. Forewings with 7 
separate, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 separate, 11 running into 12. Hind- 
wings with 5 absent, 6 from upper angle of cell. 
In the neighbourhood of Chilo. Sufficiently distinguished by 
the absence of 5 of hindwings, and anastomosis of 11 of forewings. 
CHIONOBOSCA ACTINOPIS n. sp. 
[aKTLvu)7TLs, shining.] 
(J 20-22 mm. Head fuscous-brown. Palpi elongate (5) ; 
fuscous-brown, beneath white. Antennas fuscous ; in (J much 
thickened, ciliations imperceptible. Thorax fuscous-brown ; patagia 
