370 studies in australian mickolepidopteea, 



Machimia eoxantha. 



Hoplitica eoxantha Turn., op. cit., 1896, p. 7. 

 Q.: Brisbane and Stradbroke Island, iu August; Mt. Tam- 

 bourine and Warwick, in October. 



Machimia atripunctatella. 



Hoplitica atripunctatella Turn., op. cit., 1896, p. 7. 

 Q.: Ga3nidah, in October; Brisbane, in August and Septem- 

 ber; Toowoomba, in November. 



Machimia miltopsara. 

 Hoplitica miltopsara Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1914, 

 p.560. 



N.S.W.: Ebor. 



Machimia zelota, n.sp. 

 ^rjX(OTOS, enviable. 



^. 21 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous; 

 external surface of second joint pinkish-tinged. Antennae pale 

 grey, towards base whitish-ochreous tinged with pink; ciliations 

 in ^ 1. Thorax leaden-grey; anteriorly broadly whitish-och- 

 reous; two, reddish-ochreous, posterior dots. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous; anterior pair pinkish ante- 

 riorly, except coxse, which are whitish. Forewings moderately 

 broad, not dilated, costa strongly arched, apex rounded-rectan- 

 gular, termen slightly oblique, rounded beneath; leaden-grey; a 

 pink, costal streak; extreme costal edge whitish; a whitish-och- 

 reous, basal spot; an irregular, whitish-ochreous blotch reticu- 

 lated with reddish-ochreous, extending from near base of dorsum 

 as a broad streak roughly parallel to costa as far as middle; a 

 dark fuscous, circular spot beneath this before middle of disc; 

 two, dark fuscous spots edged with whitish-ochreous placed 

 transversely in disc beyond middle; a whitish-ochreous, subapical 

 blotch traversed by an interrupted, reddish-ochreous, obliquely 

 transverse line; cilia pale ochreous, towards termen grey. Hind- 

 wines and cilia ochi-eous. 



N.S.W.: Glen Innes, in January; one specimen. 



