322 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICKO-LEPIDOPTERA 



mania; Mount Lofty (2000 feet\ Mount Gambier, and Victor 

 Harbour, South Australia; from May to February, very common. 



44. ,S'. desinofeles, n.sp. 



2- 8 mm. Head whitish-grey, collar whitish-ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish. Antenna? grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, posterior j)air banded with 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings shining whitish-ochreous ; costa 

 narrowly dark fuscous from base to middle; a moderate irregular- 

 edged vertical dark fuscous fascia before middle, and another at 

 ^, connected on dorsum ; costal and terminal mariiins beyond 

 second fascia dark fuscous, more strongly at apex : cilia fuscous, 

 on costa dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous. 



Bathurst (2000 feet), New South Wales ; in November, one 

 specimen. 



45. S. lethonoa, n.sp. 



-J 5. 10-14 mm. Head, palpi, antennte, and thorax whitish- 

 ochreous; thorax with a fuscous dorsal stripe. Abdomen grey. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, suffusedly banded with dark grey. Fore- 

 wings whitish-ochreous or ochreous-yellow; markings rather dark 

 fuscous, partially darker-edged ; a triangular dorsal spot near 

 base; semi-oval dorsal spots at ^ and |-, sometimes connected on 

 dorsum ; a costal streak from ^ almost to apex, attenuated 

 anteriorly: cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria ; Hobart, 

 Tasmania; from April to December, very common. 



46. aS'. chalybeis, n.sp. 



(59. 10-14 mm. Head, palpi, and antenn?e shining whitish- 

 ochreous, collar yellow-ochreuus. Thorax yellow-ochreous, with a 

 fuscous dorsal stripe. Abdomen dark grey. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous, suffused above with dark grey. Forewings whitish- 

 ochreous, sometimes tinged A\'ith reddish or 3'ellowish; markings 

 fuscous, partially darker-edged ; a dorsal streak from base to 

 tornus, upper edge sinuate so as to form three rounded lobes, 



