348 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



long projecting scales. Forewings ferruginous; some black scales 

 towards base of dorsum ; a slender pale submetallic black-edged 

 slightly curved fascia before I, and a straight inwardly oblique 

 median transverse black line not quite reaching costa, space 

 between these deeper-suffused, latter followed by submetallic sub- 

 costal and dorsal spots ; a pale submetallic costal mark at ^, 

 followed by some black scales ; a dot of ])lack scales in disc at |, 

 surrounded by a pale submetallic suffusion ; a blackish dorsal 

 mark at f of wing, from which a pale submetallic terminal streak 

 extends to apex; a black apical dot: cilia fuscous, purplish-tinged. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous, purplish-tinged. 



Brisbane, Queensland; one specimen (Dr. A. J. Turner). This 

 species may be distinguished from all others by the dilated middle 



tibite. 



93. 1\ atiaclastis, n.sp. 



(J. 12 mm. Head and thorax light reddish-fuscous, whitish- 

 mixed. Palpi whitish, second joint with slender indistinct 

 reddish-fuscous basal, median, and apical rings, terminal joint 

 with blackish subapical rings. Antennae whitish, ringed with fus- 

 cous. (Abdomen broken.) Legs whitish, anterior and middle 

 pair ringed with dark fuscous. Forewings with expansible tuft 

 of long hairs from near base of dorsum beneath ; light reddish- 

 fuscous ; a narrow somewhat oblique white fascia at ^, partially 

 black-edged, indented above middle and above dorsum, followed 

 by a pale suffusion ; a triangular median blotch of blackish 

 irroration, nearly reaching costa and dorsum, anterior side mar- 

 gined by a very oblique suffused whitish streak which is continued 

 along costa to 4; a suffused whitish streak extending along termen 

 from tornus to apex : cilia fuscous, round apex light reddish- 

 fuscous with a black basal line. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



Brisbane, Queensland; one specimen (Dr. A. J. Turner). 



94. P. tenninella, Walk. 

 {Gracilaria tenninella, Walk. Tin. 855.) 



^Q. 9-13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sometimes tinged with 

 brown-reddish. Palpi whitish, basal and median bands of second 



