380 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA 



12. Tufts in disc concolorous, not blackish 13. 



Tufts in disc blackish 14. 



13. Forewings ferruginous 148. epiphrixa. 



Forewings whitish irrorated with fuscous 158. tephras. 



14. Thorax ferruginous-ochreous, whitish-sprinkled 15. 



Thorax mixed with whitish and fuscous or dark 



fuscous , 16. 



15. Head wholly whitish 149. hestiopa. 



Head irrorated with ochreous or fuscous 151. sedula. 



16. Black irroration tending to form short longitudinal 



streaks 152. anagrapta. 



Black irroration not forming short streaks 17. 



17. Head clear ochreous-white 153. psarotricha. 



Head more or less dark-sprinkled 18. 



IS. Forewings with defined blackish apical dot 19. 



Forewings without such dot 20. 



19. Abdomen greyish-ochreous 157. melanopa. 



Abdomen dark grey 150. ochlopa. 



20. Expanse 6-8 mm. ; groundcolour grey 154. cataspoda. 



Expanse 9-10 mm.; groundcolour ochreous-brown... 156. capnopora. 



148. ^S*. epij)hrixa, n.sp. 



(J^. 9-12 mm. Head grey, irrorated with whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with seven or eight blackish rings, terminal 

 joint with six blackish rings in pairs. Antennas ringed with 

 fuscous, white, and black successively. Thorax light ferruginous - 

 brown. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated 

 with whitish. Forewings ferruginous ; margins suffused with 

 dark fuscous irrorated with whitish, narrowly towards base, more 

 broadly and extending over disc posteriori}': cilia fuscous, round 

 apex irrorated with dark fuscous and whitish. Hind wings fuscous, 

 darker posteriorly; cilia fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales; from October to December, three 

 specimens. 



149. S. hestiopa, n.sp. 



^. 9 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint with 

 five blackish rings, terminal joint with six blackish rings in pairs. 

 Antennpe ringed with fuscous, white, and l)lack successively. 

 Thorax ferruginous-ochreous, dorsally mixed with whitish. Abdo- 



