56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
33. Xyleutes decorata Swin. 
Cat. Oxf. Mus. i. p.281. 
$ , 100 mm. $ , 127 mm. Head whitish. Palpi dark fuscous. 
Antennae whitish; pectinations in male 6, dark fuscous. Thorax dark 
fuscous; patagia and tegulae whitish. Abdomen whitish; apices of 
segments dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous with whitish rings. Fore- 
wings rather narrow, costa straight to near apex, apex round-pointed, 
termen slightly rounded, oblique ; dark fuscous with numerous circular 
whitish spots ; a costal series of small spots and strigulae, some confluent ; 
beyond middle a subcostal series of larger confluent spots; a median 
series beneath cell; dorsal, subterminal, and terminal series; cilia dark 
fuscous with whitish bars. Hindwings with termen sinuate ; whitish ; 
cilia whitish with dark fuscous bars. 
West Australia : Perth ; Corrigin ; Geraldton ; Mullewa. 
34. Xyleutes pulchra Roths. 
Novit. Zool. 1896, p.232, & 1897, P1.7, f.2 ; Obthr. Lep. Comp, xl, f .48, 49. 
$ , 74 mm. Head whitish-grey. Palpi 1, closely appressed to face; 
dark fuscous, lower surface white. Antennae whitish-grey ; pectinations 
in male 4, dark fuscous, apical two-fifths simple. Thorax whitish-grey 
sprinkled with fuscous and with an inverted blackish Y-mark. Abdomen 
dark fuscous ; a median series of dots and dorsum of terminal segments 
whitish-grey; first segment with a pair of lateral whitish tufts. Legs 
whitish ; tarsi dark fuscous with whitish rings. Fore wings narrow, 
costa straight to three-fourths, thence slightly arched, apex pointed, 
termen slightly rounded, strongly oblique ; whitish-grey with blackish 
strigulae most numerous on costa and near termen; a small elongate 
blackish mark in disc at three-fifths ; one or two blackish subterminal dots 
beneath apex ; cilia white with blackish bars. 
$, differs as follows: 125 mm. Thorax with interior of Y-mark 
filled in with blackish. Forewings proportionately broader, elongate- 
oval, costa moderately arched; blackish markings much exaggerated; 
a blotch filling posterior half of cell; two large elongate spots beneath 
cell, with a smaller spot beneath the first ; a series of elongate subterminal 
spots. Hindwings with termen rounded, not sinuate. 
Queensland : Brisbane. 
35. Xyleutes stenoptila Turn. 
Ann. Q. Mus. 1911, p.131. 
North Queensland: Atherton. 
36. Xyleutes nubila n.sp. 
nubilus, cloudy. 
$ , 90-106 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi blackish ; 
lower surface white. Antennae whitish; pectinations in male 5, dark 
fuscous, apical two-fifths simple. Abdomen whitish-grey; a pair of 
white lateral tufts on first segment. Legs whitish: tarsi fuscous with 
whitish rings. Fore wings narrow, straight to three-fourths, thence 
slightly arched, apex pointed, termen straight, very oblique : whitish- 
grey with grey markings, or rarely markings fuscous ; a broad suffusion 
beneath costa near base, enclosing a small whitish elongate spot beneath 
