422 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



agreement is so marked that I see no cause for separation; the 

 description given above applies fully to the Australian species 

 only. Imago with forewings lanceolate; all the species have the 

 habit of holding up the wings and vibrating them with a fanning 

 action, somewhat as in Glypliipteryx. 



237. T. lencanthes, n.sp. 



(J9. 5-6 mm. Head fuscous, face whitish beneath. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with one, terminal with two dark fuscous 

 rings. AntennjB whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins 

 silvery-shining, anal tuft white. Legs dark fuscous ringed with 

 white. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous; a straight rather narrow 

 shining white median fascia; in ^ a shining white costal spot at 

 i and opposite dot at tornus, in 5 a fine straight fascia at |^: 

 cilia dark bronzy-fuscous, with white spots opposite costal and 

 tornal spots, and terminal half sharply white from apex to above 

 tornus. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey. Hind wings beneath 

 with whitish median and anteapical fascife. 



Sydney, New South Wales; in April, three specimens. 



34. ScYTHRis, Hiib. 



Antennae 4, in ^ shortly ciliated. Labial palpi rather long,^ 

 curved, ascending, second joint smooth-scaled, terminal shorter, 

 acute. Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Forewings : lb shortly 

 furcate or simple, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 absent. Hind- 

 wings § to f , lanceolate, cilia 2-4; veins all separate (in Australian 

 species). 



A considerable genus, apparently cosmopolitan, but most 

 numerous in Southern Europe. Imago with forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate, sometimes somewhat caudate; the species are usually 

 rather sluggish in habit and easily overlooked. Larva usually in 

 a slight web or silken tubes amongst shoots or stems, but in the 

 Australian species still unknown. 



1. Antenna with white band above middle 240. ceratocosma. 



Antennae without white band 2. 



