318 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



34. S. triselena, n.sp. 



^. 12-1-4 mm. Head silvery-white, collar dark fuscous. Palpi 

 and antenna; pale ochreous. Thorax silverj'-white, posteriorly 

 ferruginous-ochreous edged with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish, 

 anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, ringed with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings fuscous, on dorsum and towards apex suffused 

 with ferruginous-brown; semicircular shining white dorsal spots 

 at ^, beyond middle, and at 4, edged first with some ferruginous 

 scales and then with dark fuscous: cilia fuscous. Hindwinss 

 dark grey, tovvards base thinly scaled; cilia fuscous. 



Brisbane, Queensland; two specimens receixed from Dr. A. J. 



Turner. 



35. S. chalcotypa, n.sp. 



(J5- 12-17 mm. Head and thorax pale reddish-ochreous ; 

 face and palpi whitish. Antennae ochreous-whitish, more or 

 less infuscated. Abdomen dark grey. Legs ochreous whitish, 

 anterior pair dark grey, posterior pair spotted with dark grey. 

 Forewings yellow-ochreous; ill-defined dorsal spots towards base, 

 before middle, and at |, and an irregular suffusion towards costa 

 posteriorly and apex dull brown-reddish; a bronzy-metallic median 

 streak from beneath base of costa to near middle of termen, 

 edged with brown-reddish : cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous; cilia fuscous. 



Sydney, Kew South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria; in September, 

 October, and April, nine specimens. Mr. J A. Kershaw has bred 

 this species from galls on Acacia decitrrens. 



36. S. acontias, n.sp. 



(J 9. 13 16 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous. 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous, seldom yellow-ochreous* Abdomen dark 

 grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair dark grej^ posterior 

 pair spotted with dark grey. Forewings pale whitish-ochreous, 

 seldom yellow-ochreous; a median streak from beneath base of 

 costa to beyond middle, a short basal subdorsal streak, a dorsal 

 spot before middle, and a subdorsal spot at '^ leaden-metallic^ 



