BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 19 



anterior segments orange-yellowish. Forewings moderate, elon- 

 gate, gently dilated; ashy-grey-whitish; markings black, suffused; 

 a narrow outward-curved fascia from about | of costa to ^ of 

 inner margin, a tine line along median fold from base to fascia 

 but hardly reaching it; a very oblique irregular fascia from costa 

 before apex to about | of inner margin, almost obliterated by 

 ground-colour in some specimens; a small rounded white spot at 

 end of cell, edged more or less with blackish; a hindmarginal row 

 of black teeth : cilia ashy-grey-whitish with blackish points. 

 Hindwings greyish-fuscous, becoming lighter towards base ; cilia 

 greyish- fuscous. 



Broken Hill, N.S. Wales; four specimens in April and May. 

 The present species is somewhat allied to polysticha, Lower. 



TINEINA. 



(ECOPHOEID.ffi. 



Philobota xanthocoma, n.sp. 



(^.-5. 13,15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 dark fuscous, anal tuft yellow. Legs dark fuscous, tibife and 

 tarsi with yellowish bands. Forewings moderate, costa hardly 

 arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded; dark fuscous 

 with yellowish markings; a moderate irregular spot on costa about 

 middle, immediately preceded by two small round black dots; a 

 similar yellowish spot on costa at about f, and another more 

 obscure immediately below on anal angle, separated in middle of 

 wing by a line of ground-colour, with an obscure black spot at 

 extremity; an irregular thick streak along hindmargin, with a 

 projection inwards in middle : cilia dull fuscous tinged with 

 ochreous around anal angle. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia 

 yellow, becoming fuscous round apex. 



Semaphore, S.A. ; several specimens taken by Mr. Harold 

 Lower in September. The cilia of the hindwings are a good dis- 

 tinction. 



LiNOSTicHA cremnodisema, n.sp. 



$-^. 13, 18 mm. Head dull ochreous. Thorax fuscous. 

 Antennae, legs, and palpi fuscous, palpi greyish internally, middle 



