378 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



whitish. Forewings fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous, with a 

 few irregular whitish scales; a blackish basal median dot; stigmata 

 rather large, raised, black, partialh^ whitish-edged, first discal 

 before middle, second at |, plical large, somewhat obliquely before 

 first discal; a small black dot beneath second discal : cilia fuscous, 

 round apex with blackish basal line and darker median line. 

 Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



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

 February and March, six specimens. 



1-17. M. arizela, n.sp. 



(J^. 11-13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark 

 fuscous except towards apex. Antennas white, ringed with 

 fuscous. Thorax white, in ^ with dark fuscous spots on shoulders 

 and dorsal irroration. Abdomen fuscous. Legs whitish, banded 

 with dark fuscous. Forewings white; a small black plical tuft, 

 and a small blackish dorsal spot near base; costal edge sometimes 

 irrorated with blackish; stigmata rather large, raised, black, first 

 discal before middle, second at J, plical large, somewhat obliquely 

 before first discal ; a ferruginous-ochreous sometimes partially 

 obsolete fascia from 4 of costa, traversing first discal stigma, 

 terminating in a broader blackish dorsal suffusion at \; a very 

 oblique ferruginous-ochreous fascia from be3'ond middle of costa 

 to termen below apex, more or less interrupted and ill-defined; 

 termen and posterior half of costa variably suffused with coarse 

 black iri'oration, more or less developed : cilia rather dark fuscous 

 at apex mixed with black, above apex yellow-cchreous. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous; cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Bathurst (2000 feet), New South Wales ; Hobart, Tasmania; 

 in November and December, four specimens. 



24. Syntomactis, Meyr. 



Antennae 4, in ^ serrate or simple. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 second joint dilated with whorled scales towards apex, terminal 

 joint shorter or longer than second, acute, somewhat rough-scaled, 

 usually with two or three distinct somewhat projecting whorls. 



