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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
52. Zyleutes edwardsi Tepp. 
Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. 1891, p. 163, f. 1, PI. 1; Obthr. Lep. Comp, xl, 
f. 29-31. 
S , 134 mm. 9 , 110-146 mm. Head grey. Palpi 1 ; grey. Antennae 
whitish-grey ; pectinations in male 4, brownish, apical half simple. 
Thorax grey sprinkled with whitish, usually with an inverted fuscous 
U-mark. Abdomen grey. Foie wings narrow in male, in female some- 
what broader, apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, strongly 
oblique ; grey sprinkled with white ; usually without markings, but some- 
times with faintly darker suffusion beneath costa and before termen; 
cilia white. Hindwings with termen slightly rounded, in male sinuate; 
fuscous; cilia white. 
Queensland: Stanthorpe; Dalby; Injune. Victoria: Gisborne. 
53. Xyleutes affinis Roths. 
Novit. Zool. 1896, p. 600; Obthr. Lep. Comp, xl, f. 10-13. magnified Roths. , 
$ , 102-160 mm. 9 , 180-210 mm. Head grey. Palpi appressed to 
face; blackish, lower surface whitish. Antennae whitish; pectinations 
in male 4, dark fuscous, apical half simple. Thorax grey; sometimes 
with indications of an inverted U-mark. Abdomen reddish-brown, with 
a central grey line from base, widening to include whole of dorsum of 
terminal segments. Forewings elongate, costa straight to two-thirds, j 
thence arched, in female evenly arched, apex round-pointed, termen j 
slightly rounded, strongly oblique; grey; sometimes without markings, 
but usually with fuscous spots; a spot in cell, two elongate spots above ; 
and beneath middle of disc ; posterior to these an oblique series of spots ; 
an oblique subterminal series of elongate spots; cilia grey, sometimes i 
with fuscous bars. Hindwings with termen slightly rounded; reddish- 
brown ; cilia whitish, sometimes with brown bars. 
North Queensland: Cairns. Queensland: Brisbane; Mt. I 
Tamborine; Toowoomba; Stanthorpe. New South Wales: Sydney. 
54. Xyleutes boisduvali Roths. 
Novit. Zool. 896, p.232; Obthr. Lep. Comp, xl, f.5-8. 
$ , 110-165 mm. 9 , 220 mm. Head grey. Palpi appressed to face ; j 
blackish, lower surface whitish. Antennae whitish; pectinations in 
male 4, fuscous-brown, apical half simple. Thorax grey with an inverted ] 
blackish U-mark. Abdomen fuscous; terminal segments grey. Legs 
whitish ; tarsi fuscous with white rings. Fore wings elongate, costa gently ! 
arched, apex round-pointed, termen nearly straight, strongly oblique ; 
grey ; sometimes without markings, but usually fuscous markings are 
more or less developed; a spot near base beneath cell; an oblique post- 
median series of elongate spots, and a similar subterminal series; cilia j 
white. Hindwings with termen slightly rounded; dark fuscous; cilia 
white. 
North Queensland : Cairns ; Atherton ; Burdekin R. Queensland : \ 
Brisbane ; Toowoomba ; Injune ; Milmerran ; Stanthorpe. New South 
Wales: Barellan; Tamworth; Sydney; Tuncurry. 
