96 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



the patch is edged posteriorly by a short line of silvery-whitish : 

 cilia dark fuscous, with whitish basal line. Hindwinss dark 

 bronzy-f uscous ; cilia fuscous, tips whitish with a dark fuscous 

 subbasal line. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; several specimens in October. 



A neat little species, x-ather variable; the whitish blotch on 

 inner margin is very often obscured by the groundcolour. It is 

 nearest iridescens, Meyr. 



TINEINA. 



GELECHIAD5;. 

 Paltodora marmorea, n.sp. 



(J. 8-10 mm. Head, thorax, antenni^ and pal2:)i whitish ; 

 second joint of palpi loosely haired beneath, fuscous beneath and 

 at base internally, terminal joint with a fuscous subapical ring. 

 Anterior and middle legs fuscous; anterior coxse whitish; posterior 

 legs whitish, suffusedly banded with fuscous. Abdomen 

 greyish. Forewings elongate, narrow, pointed ; white ; two 

 irregular oblique pale fuscous parallel fascijt^, tirst from costa near 

 base to I inner mai'gin; second just beyond; both fascijB with a 

 few blackish spots on margins; a fine elongate blackish mark in 

 middle of disc; a second in a direct line beyond; a pale fuscous 

 patch on inner margin immediately below ; costa from second 

 fascia to about |-, pale fuscous ; apex fuscous-tinged, more pro- 

 nounced at extreme apex : cilia greyish, becoming fuscous at apex 

 and on costa. Hindwings with termen emai'ginate, strongly pro- 

 duced; grey-whitish; cilia nearly 3, grey- whitish. 



Broken Hill, N. S.W.; two specimens in October. 



Gelechia perdita, n.sp. 



(J^. 12-14 mm. Head white. Palpi ochreous-white, terminal 

 joint with blackish rings at and below apex ; second join t 

 roughened on apical half, somewhat grooved. Antennte and 

 thorax fuscous; antennae more than | of wing. Abdomen fuscous, 

 mixed with silvery-grey and whitish; three basal segments orange- 



