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second than first; a vague irregular angulated shade of dark 
fuscous irroration beyond cell: cilia white, indistinctly barred 
fuscous. Hindwings light grey, paler towards base ; cilia whitish, 
barred grey on upper part of termen. 
Sudest I., Mt. Rice, 2000 feet, April ( EicJihorn ): 1 ex. (Coll. 
Paravicini). Apparently allied to nesograpta. 
Caevorycta thiobapta, n. sp. 
S . -34 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint brownish- 
ochreous except tip. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax white, tinged 
violet-brownish towards posterior extremity. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous. Fore wings elongate, rather dilated, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, somewhat oblique ; 9 out of 7 ; 
white, dorsal | suffused pale brassy-yellow; costal edge dark 
fuscous towards base ; costal area suffused pale brownish towards 
base; two elongate blackish spots resting on upper edge of brassy- 
yellow area, with slight brownish marks beneath them, from above 
first a light brownish streak runs to a brownish blotch darker 
posteriorly extending from yellow area to costa above and beyond 
second: some brownish suffusion towards apex and upper part of 
termen ; plical stigma blackish, followed by some elongate white 
suffusion: cilia yellow-whitish. Hindwings and cilia ochreous- 
whitish. 
Hutch Hew Guinea, Mt. Goliath, 5000 feet, March (Meek) ; 
1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). Differs from typical species in having 9 
of forewings out of 7, but is otherwise obviously allied, and the 
generic characters are therefore enlarged accordingly. 
Caenorycta dryoxantlia Meyr. 
Other examples from same locality; forewings dorsal half more 
or less wholly suffused fuscous, limited above by a strong dark 
fuscous median streak, veins 3 and 4 sometimes short-stalked. 
Chereuta tinthalea Meyr. 
Amphimelas argopasta Turn., Trans. It. S. S. Austral, liii. 307 
(1929) is a synonym of this, and Amphimelas (described as a new 
genus of Glyphipterygidce) lapses ; the very long slender sickle- 
shaped palpi are never found in the Glyphipterygidce. 
Scieropepla nettomorpha, n. sp. 
5 . 30 mm. Head white, sidetufts dark fuscous except towards 
tip, sides of face infuscated. Palpi dark grey, terminal joint white 
except base. Thorax white. Forewings elongate, costa anteriorly 
strongly, posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; white, a faint greyish tinge between veins 
towards termen : cilia white, on costa pale ochreous-grey. Hind¬ 
wings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Queensland, Burdekin R., co. Favonport; 1 ex. (Coll. Para¬ 
vicini). The largest species of the genus. 
