102 NEAV AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



XYLORYCTID^. 

 LiCHENAULA DROSIAS, 11. Sp. 



(^2- 20-22 mm. Head, palpi and thorax ashy-grey-whitish, 

 thorax narrowly snow-white anteriorly, second joint of palpi with 

 a suffused whitish apical ring, more whitish internally. Antenna? 

 blackish, annulated with white. Anterior and middle legs 

 fuscous; tarsi blackish, ringed with white; posterior legs whitish. 

 Abdomen fuscous, beneath white, segmental margin grey -whitish. 

 Forewings moderate, rather short, hardly dilated, costa hardly 

 arched, except at base, hindmargin oblique; 7 to apex; white, very 

 finely irrorated with black and grey scales, so as to appear ashy- 

 grey-whitish ; extreme costal edge whitish ; a small blotch-like 

 suffusion in disc at |- from base, more or less connected by a fine 

 black line from base to middle; the blotch is immediately followed 

 by a well marked spot of groundcolour; an obscure row of blackish 

 spots along apical fifth of costa : cilia blackish, chequered with 

 whitish and grey-whitish points; terminal edge black. Hind- 

 wings pale greyish-fuscous; cilia whitish, with pale fuscous basal 

 and subterminal lines. 



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



November. 



Xylorycta melanias, n.sp. 



,J$. 16-20 mm. Head, thorax, palpi and legs white, thorax 

 streaked with blackish, second joint of palpi laterally fuscous, 

 tibiae and tarsi banded with blackish. Antennae white, becoming 

 fuscous towards apex, ciliations over 1. Abdomen grejdsh- 

 ochreous, segmental margin whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded; snow-white, finely irrorated throughout with 

 blackish; markings very obscure; a short black dash from near 

 base in middle; a small black mark on costa, close to base; a 

 suffused blackish mark on fold before middle; a small black spot 

 at end of cell; an irregular row of black spots along hindmargin : 

 cilia white, mixed with blackish. Hindwings pale fuscous- 

 whitish, darker round margins; cilia white mixed with fuscous. 



