346 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



88. P. cerau7iia, n sp. 



(^2- 11-12 mm Head ochreous-yellowish, face whitish. Palpi 

 slender, whitish, second joint yellowish-tinged, terminal blackish 

 towards apex. Antennae white ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 orange, with obscure brassy subdorsal lines. Abdomen light 

 orange, terminal half dark fuscous. Legs brassy- whitish, anterior 

 tibiae and tarsi infuscated. Forewings orange; a prismatic-violet- 

 metallic streak from base of costa to | of disc, and a similar one 

 beneath it from base of dorsum; a black line between these, a 

 small black spot on apex of lower one, and another on dorsum at 

 ^-; a transverse median series of six short parallel black longitu- 

 dinal lines, and several others on veins about J ; a prismatic- 

 violet-metallic median streak from disc before middle to apex : 

 cilia grey, round apex orange with silvery-metallic tips. Hind- 

 wings dark grey; cilia grey. 



Rosewood, Queensland; in September, two specimens. 



89. /*. hie7'archa, n.sp. 



^. 14 mm. Head white. Palpi slender, white, apex of terminal 

 joint with a black lateral line. Antennte white, ringed with dark 

 fuscous. Thorax ferruginous, with a white dorsal stripe. Abdo- 

 men light ochreous-grey. Legs white, spotted with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings ferruginous, lighter along costa; costal edge sufFusedly 

 whitish from ^ to 4; a white dorsal streak from l^ase to | of wing, 

 attenuated ^posteriorly: cilia pale ochreous, round apex ferruginous, 

 tips dark fuscous on a spot below apex. Hindwings dark grey ; 

 cilia light ochreous, purplish-tinged except towards tornus. 



Brisbane, Queensland; one specimen. 



90. P. cyanogramma, n.sp. 



(J. 10-12 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-orange, with a white 

 line on each side of back interrupted on thorax, face white. Palpi 

 slender, white, a subapical ring of second joint and three bands of 

 terminal joint blackish. Antennte white, ringed with blackish, 

 towards apex without rings but with three blackish bands. 

 Abdomen orange-ochreous, terminal half dark fuscous. Legs 



