376 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



with whitish. Abdomen light grey. Legs dark fuscous ringed 

 with whitish. Forewings hght ochreous, irregularly mixed with 

 darker ochreous and whitish, margins suflFusedJy irrorated with 

 black; some black irroration on fold towards base; a blackish 

 dorsal spot near base; stigmata raised black, partly white-edged, 

 first discal before middle, sometimes followed immediately by a 

 small irregular dark fuscous patch, second small, plical obliquely 

 before first discal; a patch of blackish suffusion on costa about §: 

 cilia light fuscous, round apex whitish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 black. Hind wings grey; cilia light fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales; in August and November, two 

 specimens. The ^ shows a greater development of black scales, 

 but the difference is possibly individual rather than sexual. 



143. M. einxutha, n.sp. 



(J 9. 6-8. mm. Head white, crown sprinkled with reddish- 

 ochreous. Palpi white, a broad band and apical ring of second 

 joint, subbasal and subapical rings of terminal joint black. 

 Antennae whitish, ringed with dai'k fuscous. Thorax reddish- 

 ochreous, more or less sprinkled with black and whitish. Abdo- 

 men grey, segmental margins whitish. Legs dark fuscous, ringed 

 with whitish. Forewings reddish-ochreous, irregularly mixed 

 with whitish, irrorated on margins and sometimes also towards 

 middle of disc with dark fuscous; a black basal median dot; 

 stigmata raised, black, first discal before middle, plical directly 

 beneath it, second discal at f , sometimes with a small black dot 

 beneath it; a dark fuscous costal suffusion towards f : cilia light 

 fuscous, round apex suffused with ochreous-whitish and sprinkled 

 with black. Hind wings and cilia fuscous. 



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

 October, November, and March, seven specimens. 



144. M. trigonospUa, n.sp. 



(^5. 8-10 mm. Head whitish, crown irrorated with grey. 

 Palpi whitish, median band and apical ring of second joint, sub- 

 basal and subapical rings of terminal joint black. Antennas 



