350 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



96. P. sphenosema, n.sp. 



^. 9 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, with a fuscous spot 

 on crown. Palpi whitish, suljapical band of second joint, and 

 base of terminal joint blackish. Antennae whitish, ringed with 

 blackish. Abdomen fuscous. Legs whitish, ringed with blackish. 

 Forewings pale brownish-ochx'eous, suffused with brown posteriorly; 

 a short oblique blackish mark from base of costa; very oblique 

 ochreous-whitish wedge-shaped marks from costa at \, beyond 

 middle, and at i, first edged anteriorly with blackish suffusion, 

 space between first and second wholly suffused with blackish, 

 second and third edged posteriorly with blackish suffusion ; a 

 suffused blackish streak on fold from near base to middle, 

 interrupted with whitish-ochreous at 'i, a longitudinal streak 

 of blackish suffusion in disc from middle to t ; suffused blackish 

 dorsal spots near base and at i; a small triangular ochreous-white 

 posteriorly black-edged costal spot before apex : cilia light fuscous, 

 with a black median hook at apex, limiting a circular spot of 

 which upper half is ochreous-brown, lower half black, separated by a 

 whitish bar. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey.- 



Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland ; in December, one 



specimen. 



97. P. charinia, n.sp. 



^2- "^"10 mm. Head white, centre of crown more or less 

 ochreous-tinged. Palpi white, second joint ochreous-tinged. 

 Antennse white, fuscous-ringed. Thorax ochreous, with a broad 

 white dorsal stripe. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, terminal half 

 grey, in ^ with rather large lateral expansible hair-pencils from 

 base. Legs whitish, ringed with dark grey. Forewings in ^ 

 with expansible tuft of long hairs from near base of dorsum 

 beneath ; brownish-ochreous, sometimes sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous; a rather -thick white streak below costa from base to 

 middle; plical (placed at h) and second discal stigmata elongate, 

 dark fuscous, enclosed and connected Ijy two sinuate white streaks, 

 upper edged with dark fuscous above; a small white costal spot 

 near apex, followed b}' a dark fuscous suffusion; a slender white 



