348 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



Gen. Atribasta, n.g. 

 ttT/3/./3a(rT05, unusual. 



Head with clen.se, anterior and side-tufts. Palpi with second 

 joint exceeding base of antennae, shortly roughened with loose 

 scales towards apex anteriorly; terminal joint short, less than 

 half second, slender. Antennfe with strong, basal pecten; in ^, 

 moderately ciliated. Thorax with a small, postei'ior crest. Fore- 

 wings svith 7 and 8 coincident and running to apex, 2 and 3 

 connate. Hindwings with 2 and 3 connate, or short-stalked. 

 Atribasta fulvifusa, n.sp. 

 Fi(/ri/itsii-'<. suti'used with hrown. 



^. 23 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous- whitish; 

 outer surface of second joint brownish. Antennje whitish; cilia- 

 tions in ^ H- Thorax whitish, patagia and a few scattered 

 scales fuscous brown. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, on bases of 

 segments mixed with brown. Legs fuscous- brown; [posterior 

 pair broken]. Forewings moderately broad, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded; whitish, generally' suflPused, except on central area, with 

 pale fuscous-brown; discal dots dark fuscous, a dot in disc at I, 

 a second beneath it on fold, a third streak-like beyond and mid- 

 way between these, a fourth above middle, a fifth before 5, a 

 sixth below fifth prolonged crescentically towaids third; some 

 fuscou.s dots on termen; cilia whitish, with faint brownish suffu- 

 sion. Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish. 



Of ordinary /aciVs, but cui-ious in structure. 



Q : Warwick, in April; one specimen. 



Qi^NOCHROA OCHROSOMA. 



OiJnoehroa ochrosoma Turn., Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 1896, p. 13. 

 Q ; Brisbane. 



(Enochroa gnophodes. 

 QJnochroa ynophodes Turn., op. cit., 1896, p. 14. 

 (J9. 14-19 mm. Q.: Brisbane, in August and April; three 

 specimens. 



Placocosma phaeina. 

 Placocosma phaeina Turn., op. cit., 189G, p. 14. 

 Antennal ciliations in ^ 1^. 

 Q.: Brisbane, 



