272 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



fuscous at apex : cilia orange. Hindwings with hindmargiii 

 strongly sinuate beneath apex, apex produced; 3 and 4 from a 

 point, 5 bent over to 4, 6 and 7 separate; black ; cilia 1 \, blackish, 

 costal cilia yellowish. 



Sydney, N.S.W. ; one specimen in October (Coll. Lyell). 



GeLECHIA (?) ISOSCELIXANTHA, n.Sp. 



9- 10 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen black, face ochreous, 

 palpi long, terminal joint as long as second, strongly recurved, 

 whitish-ochreous, terminal joint externally fuscous, second joint 

 smooth, abdomen beneath whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous, tibia? infuscated above. Antennse fuscous, | of wing. 

 Forewings moderate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 pointed ; black, with a yellow triangular spot on costa at |-, 

 reaching nearly }^ across wing: cilia greyish, with 3 or 4 irregular 

 lines of blackish round apical portion. Hindwings with hind- 

 margin strongly subsinuate, produced, 3 and 4 approximated at 

 base, 6 and 7 long-stalked; cilia 3, greyish-fuscous. 



Broken Hill, I^.S.W. ; one specimen in middle of April. 



Appears to approach the European genus Ptochenusa, Hein., 

 in structui^e, and is not unlike G. simpliceUa, Walk. 



PSORICOPTERA MELANOPTILA, n.Sp. 



J-^. 10 mm. Head and thorax dull whitish, thorax fuscous 

 anteriorly, patagia white, palpi moderately long, fuscous; second 

 joint internally whitish, apex of second joint with a broad whitish 

 ring, terminal joint | of second, apex white; antennae fuscous, 

 obscurely annulated with white, | length of wing ; abdomen 

 greyish, becoming ochreous on median third. Legs fuscous. 

 Forewings moderate, elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, 

 hindmargin oblique, veins 1 furcate, 3 and 4 closely approximated 

 at base, 7 arid 8 stalked, 7 to costa; whitish tinged with ashy- 

 grey, and with some ferruginous scales; 3 black tufts of scales, 

 first in disc about middle, second just below, and third on anal 

 angle, the latter one edged more or less with ferruginous; an 



