426 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



1^, reaching ^ across wing, followed in disc by a spot of blackish 

 suffusion; a whitish spot on fold beyond middle, and another 

 obliquely beyond and above it, more or less confluent, each followed 

 by an indistinct blackish spot: cilia fuscous, at apex with a spot 

 of whitish scales. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous. 



Rosewood and Brisbane, Queensland; in September, two speci- 

 mens. 



24G. *?. erehospila, n.sp. 



(J. 8 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 dark bronzy-fuscous ; base of palpi whitish ; abdomen and legs 

 whitish beneath. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous, with a few 

 whitish scales in disc; a cloudy spot in disc beyond 5, another at 

 ^, an irregular bar from tornus reaching more than half across 

 wing, and some scales on . costa beyond this dull whitish : cilia 

 dark bronzy-fuscous, at apex with a dull whitish basal spot. 

 Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Spring-wood, New South Wales; in November, one specimen. 



.3.5. Endrosis, Hub. 



Antennse |^, in ^ fasciculate-ciliated (2|). Labial palpi long, 

 recurved, second joint smooth, terminal as long, acute. Posterior 

 tibiiB rough-haired. Foi'ewings : lb imperfectly furcate, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa. Hindwings under 1, ovate-lanceolate, with 

 transparent subbasal patch, cilia 2; 3 and 4 connate or short- 

 stalked, 6 absent. 



Contains only the one species, now^ domesticated in houses in 

 many parts of the world, its real origin being uncertain. Imago 

 with forewings elongate, pointed; it is never met with except in 

 houses, or on tree-trunks near them. 



247. E. lactecUa, Schiff. 



(Endrosis lacteella, Schiff., Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1888, 160; 

 Gelechia subdifeUa, Walk. Tin. 657; (?) G. adaperteUa, ib. 653.) 



^$. 14-20 mm. Head white. Thorax white, anterior edge 

 dark fuscous. Forewings greyish-ochreous, coarsely irrorated 

 ■with black, with some white scales; a white basal dot; stigmata 



