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mixed with fuscous. Hindwings with termen sinuate, not rounded; 
grey; cilia grey. This and the next two species closely resemble those 
of the genus Sympycnodes but differ structurally in the median cell of 
the fore wings, and the median cell and discocellulars of the hindwings. 
Queensland: Toowoomba; Stanthorpe. New South Wales: 
Murrurundi ; Gosford. 
16. Xyleutes * episticha n.sp. 
iTuoTixoSy marked with (longitudinal) lines. 
8 , 34-44 mm. Head and thorax fuscous finely sprinkled with 
whitish, appearing grey. Palpi 1 ; fuscous. Antennae fuscous : pectina- 
tions in male 4, apical two-fifths simple. Abdomen grey. Legs grey; 
tarsi dark fuscous with white rings. Forewings narrow, costa almost 
straight, apex pointed, termen oblique; grey with blackish lines and 
strigulae; in addition to the transverse markings there is a short 
blackish costal streak from base (rarely absent) ; also a short subcostal 
median streak; cilia grey, apices partly whitish, with sometimes a few 
fuscous bars towards tornus. 
Queensland: Injune in January and February; eight specimens 
(W. B. Barnard). Type in Queensland Museum. 
17. Xyleutes reticulosa n.sp. 
reticulosus, reticulated. 
8 , 31-45 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi one-half ; blackish. 
Antennae grey; pectinations in male 3, apical fourth simple, blackish. 
Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous ; tarsi blackish with whitish rings. Fore- 
wings narrow, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly 
rounded, oblique ; grey, paler on costal margin and a transverse band at 
one-third, with numerous blackish transverse lines and some strigulae ; 
cilia grey with whitish apices and blackish bars. Hindwings with termen 
slightly rounded ; grey ; cilia as forewings. 
Queensland: Injune in January and February; six specimens 
(W. B. Barnard). Type in Queensland Museum. 
18. Xyleutes secta Luc. 
Proc. Roy. Soc. Q. 1898, p.63. 
8 , 38-60 mm. Head and thorax grey. Palpi fuscous. Antennae 
whitish or fuscous; pectinations in male 4, fuscous. Abdomen grey; 
a subapical grey-whitish patch on dorsum. Legs grey; tarsi fuscous 
with white rings. Fore wings narrow, costa straight to near apex, apex 
pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; grey with numerous transverse 
fuscous strigulae ; a slender irregular blackish line from base of costa 
to beneath apex; area between this and costa white with short blackish 
costal strigulae ; cilia white with fuscous bars. Hindwings with 
termen sinuate ; grey with a few darker strigulae ; costa suffused with 
whitish ; cilia as for fore wings. 
Queensland: Brisbane; Mt. Tamborine. South Australia: 
Cradock. West Australia: Waroona; Rottnest I.; Perth; Geraldton. 
