326 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



54. X liporrhoa, n.sp. 



^<^. 10-12 mm. Head and palpi shining whitish-ochreous, 

 back of crown ochreous-brown. Antennae ochreous-whitish, 

 sharpl}^ ringed with dai'k fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, 

 more or less suffused with pale brownish. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous or pale grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, banded with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings pale whitish-ochreous, in 9 suffused with 

 pale brownish except towards costa; costal edge dark fuscous 

 towards base; in ^ an elongate bi'own mark along dorsum before 

 tornus, and a smaller one on termen bej^ond tornus, both some- 

 times little marked ; in 9 these form small irregular brown 

 blotches reaching § across wing : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings 

 grey; cilia light fuscous. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales ; Launceston, Tas- 

 mania; from October to March, fifteen specimens. 



55. S. canonica, n.sp. 



(J 9. 10-11 mm. Head shining ochreous-white, back of crown 

 ferruginous. Palpi whitish, with a fine dark fuscous line above. 

 Antenna? white, sharply ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax light 

 brown. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, banded with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings ochreous-fuscous ; a shining white 

 costal streak from base to apex, sometimes cut at |^ by a fine 

 oblique line of groundcolour; an ill-defined white streak from disc 

 beyond middle to apex, posteriorly confluent with an ill-marked 

 white terminal streak : cilia pale fuscous, on costa with a blackish 

 basal mark towards apex. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale 

 fuscous. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales ; in 

 December, January, and March, three specimens. 



11. Aboloscelis, n.g. 



Characters of StaLhiaopoda, but antenn;e in ^ shortly ciliated; 

 forewings with 9 sometimes out of 8 near base. 



