3(S4 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



indistmctly with whitish. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, 

 irrorated and ringed with whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 irrorated with paler ; a spot on base of costa, an obscure fascia 

 at I, a spot on costa beyond this, reaching half across wing, an 

 oVjscure fascia beyond middle, and a spot at tornus formed of 

 whitish irroration, all indistinct; a clear whitish spot on costa at 

 I : cilia light fuscous, round apex irrorated with whitish and 

 darker. Hindwings fuscous; cilia light fuscous. 



Sydne}'^, New South Wales; in November, one specimen. 



156. *S'. capnopora^ n.sp. 



(J. 9-10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, slightly fuscous-sprinkled 

 on crown. Palpi whitish, second joint with about five blackish 

 rings, terminal joint with two pairs of blackish rings and one 

 beneath apex. Antennae fuscous, indistinctly ringed with dark 

 fuscous and whitish. Thorax brownish, irrorated with whitish. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with 

 whitish. Forewings ochreous-brown; a basal and three other 

 outwardly oblique fascipe and an apical patch formed of whitish 

 and fuscous irroration, very ill-defined and irregularly confluent 

 in disc; a blackish raised dot above fold at \, one below fold at |, 

 and an oblique series of three from below costa at \ to above 

 dorsum before middle ; some scattered black scales in disc 

 posteriorly and towards apex : cilia light brownish, round apex 

 Irrorated with whitish and dark fuscous. Hindwings grey; cilia 

 light fuscous. 



Murrurundi and Pic ton. New South Wales; in September and 

 October, two specimens. 



157. 8. melanopa, n.sp. 



^2. 8-9 mm. Head whitish, crown sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint with two, terminal joint 

 with three bands of two or three subconfluent blackish rings each. 

 Antennse fuscous, ringed with whitish and blackish. Thorax 

 fuscous-whitish mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with whitish. 



