336 STUDIES IN" AUSTRALIAX IMICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



Macrobathra allocrana, n.sp. 

 «AAoK/>ai'09, witli dissimilar head. 



(J. 1 1 mm. Head and thorax pale yellow; face ochreous- whitish. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish. Anteniiii' fuscous, with whitish annula- 

 tions, towards apex whitish; ciliations in (J 1. Abdomen fuscous, 

 beneath ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior and 

 middle pairs somewhat infuscated. Forewings pale yellow: a 

 fuscous basal spot bounded by a line from 1 costa to } dorsum; 

 a large, fuscous, apical l)lotch bounded by an inwardly curved 

 line from costa near apex to dorsum before tornus; cilia fuscous. 

 Hind wings and cilia grey. 



Similar to the preceding, but with head and thorax wholly 

 yellow. 



N.Q.: Innisfail; in November; one specimen. 



BORKHAUSENIA SPHiEROIDES. 



Oecophora sphcerdidi's Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc. S Aust., 1896, 

 p.31. 



Q.: Brisbane. 



BoRKHAUSENIA HEMILEUCA. 



Oecophora hemileuca Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1896, 

 p.31. 



Q.: Brisbane I have not been able to re-examine this species, 

 as I possess no example. 



BOKKIIAUSENIA NEPHEf.ELLA. 



Crossophora iiephelella Turn., op. cit., 1898, p.31 2. 



Q.: Brisbane and Coolangatta; in August and September. 



BOBKHAUSENIA THOLOPA, n.Sp. 

 ^oAwTTos, muddy. 

 (J9. 14-16 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi fuscous. Antennae 

 fuscous; ciliations of ^ 3. Abdomen fuscous; in ^, apices of 

 segments and tuft ochreous-whitish. legs fuscous; posterior 

 pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings very elongate-oval, costa 

 rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen ver}^ obliquel}' 

 rounded; ochreous-whitish densely and evenly irrorated with 

 fuscous; cilia fuscous. Hindwings very elongate-ovate: ochreous- 



