270 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Macrobathra platychroa, n.sp. 



^. 15 mm. Head, palpi and tliorax ochreous-yellow, thorax 

 anteriorly black, basal portion of head black, terminal joint of 

 palpi fuscous-tinged. Antenna? fuscous, annulated with white. 

 Legs ochreous- whitish, banded with black. Abdomen fuscous, 

 sides ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; black, 

 with ochreous-yellow markings; a broad direct fascia from ^ of 

 costa to ^ of inner margin, anterior edge straight, posterior edge 

 slightly waved ; a similar direct fascia from beyond middle of 

 costa to beyond middle of inner margin, anterior edge with a 

 short projecting tooth of ground colour in middle, posterior edge 

 slightly waved; an irregular I'oundish spot on costa at apex, and 

 a small spot at anal angle: cilia blackish. Hindwings and cilia 

 blackish. 



Gisborne, Victoria ; exceptionally distinct ; one specimen in 

 January (Coll. Lyell). 



XYLORYCTID^;. 



Xylorycta chrysomkla, n.sp. 



J. 32 mm. Head ochreous-yellow, palpi orange, terminal joint 

 ochreous. Thorax yellowish-white, anterior half fuscous, collar 

 orange-reddish. Abdomen orange ; antennae fuscous, annulated 

 with white. Legs orange, tarsi banded with fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, hindmargin 

 oblique; 2 from |^; 7 to hindmargin; whitish-ochreous, with dark 

 fuscous markings; a broad oblique fascia close to base, dilated on 

 inner margin; a moderate triangular spot on costa just beyond; 

 a second moderate somewhat irregularly edged fascia from about 

 iniddle of costa to middle of inner margin, broadly dilated 

 beneath, costal portion connected with triangular spot by a thick 

 streak which is continued along costa to f , and encloses one or 

 two small spots of ground colour on costa; a third moderately 

 thick curved fascia from posterior edge of this streak, ending just 

 above inner margin on posterior edge of previous fascia; a thick 

 streak from middle of posterior edge of third fascia to just below 



