424 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



240. S. ceratocosma, n.sp. 



(J9- 10-11 nim. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged; base of palpi whitish; 

 antennfe with a broad white band above middle; abdomen white 

 beneath except towards base; legs partially white beneath. Fore- 

 wings dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged, thinly irregularly 

 strewn with ochreous-whitish scales; the confluence of these tends 

 to form indistinct whitish spots on dorsum at \, on tornus, and 

 two others in disc between these, separated by three undefined 

 dark spaces of clear groundcolour: cilia dark fuscous, sometimes 

 with a few ochreous-whitish scales round apex. Hindwings and 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Healesville, Victoria; in October 

 and November, three specimens. 



241. »S'. crypsigramma, n.sp. 



2- 9 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 shining dark fuscous; palpi with second joint white except apex, 

 terminal joint white above; abdomen and legs white beneath. 

 Forewings shining dark grey, faintly purplish-tinged, obscurely 

 streaked with black on veins; a very fine white line along fold 

 from base to near tornus: cilia dark grey, round apex with a few 

 pale scales. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Geraldton, West Australia; in November, one specimen. 



242. S. adelopa, n.sp. 



(J2- 11-13 mm. Head and thorax fuscous irrorated with 

 white. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish. Antennae 

 grey. Abdomen ,i;rey, beneath whitish. Legs dark fuscous, 

 irrorated with white. Forewings fuscous, irrorated with white; 

 an indistinct dark fuscous spot in disc at §, followed by a whitish 

 spot, sometimes extended as an inwardly oblique whitish bar to 

 dorsum; two indistinct dark fuscous dots on fold beyond this, 

 sometimes sej)arated with whitish, two others in disc above them, 



