BY E. MEYRICK. 419 



232. L. micranthes, n.sp. 



(J2- 8"11 ^^^'^ Head shining whitish, crown dark fuscous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous. Antennie whitish, basal joint dark fuscous. 

 Thorax pale yellow, shoulders narrowly dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 silvery-grey-whitish. Legs silvery-whitish, anterior pair dark 

 fuscous. Forewings pale yellow; a dark fuscous streak along 

 basal fourth or third of costa; a light purplish-fuscous irregular 

 streak from before tornus along termen to apex, upper edge rather 

 prominent above tornus, where it reaches half across wing, before 

 this edged anteriorly witli blackish: cilia whitish fuscous, on costa 

 pale yellowish. Hindwings fuscous; cilia whitish-fuscous, ochreous- 

 tinged. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle and Sydney, New South 

 Wales; Melbourne, Victoria; from June to March, common. 



233. L. tristicta, n.sp. 



9- 12-13 mm. Head shining whitish-ochreous, crown fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish. Antennae ochreouswhiti.sh. Thorax yellow, 

 anterior margin narrowly dark fuscous. Abdomen shining grey. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair suffused with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings deep yellow; a dark fuscous streak along basal sixth 

 of costa; a rather light purplish-fuscous fascia from before tornus 

 along termen to apex, upper edge prominent above tornus, where 

 it reaches |- across wing, before this edged by an oblique row of 

 three black dots, the uppermost resting on the prominent angle: 

 cilia light fuscous, ochreous tinged, on costa yellowish. Hind- 

 wings rather dark fuscous; cilia fuscous, coppery-tin'^ed. 



Duaringa, Queensland; two specimens received from Mr. G-. 



Barnard. 



234. L. stenocraspeda, n.sp. 



(J^. 9-11 mm. Head whitish-yellowish. Palpi whitish, apex 

 of joints fuscous. Antennfe ochreous-whitish, liasal joint dark 

 fuscous. Thorax whitish-yellowish, shoulders narrowly dai'k 

 fuscous. Abdomen shining grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 pair suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings pale ochreous- 



