376 .STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICRDLEl'IDOfTERA. 



In the absence of the ^, the correct position of this genus is 

 uncertain. It may be distinguished from Machitnia by the 

 stouter, second joint of palpi, which is roughened with scales 

 anteriorly. 



Lkpidozancla zatrephes, n.sp. 

 ^aTpe<^7;s, fat. 



9. 18-22 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae pale grey. 

 Abdomen ochreous-grey, apices of segments grey-whitish Legs 

 pale grey ; posterior pair grey-whitish. Forewings narrow- 

 oblong, costa straight except near base and apex, apex rounded, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; ochreous-grey-whitish ; a fuscous 

 discal dot at 1-, and a second considerably before it on fold, both 

 of which may be obsolete, and a third in disc beyond middle; 

 sometimes a few fuscous scales in a median line before and after 

 third dot; cilia concolorous. Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish. 



Q.: Brisbane, in Fel)ruary and March. Although this species 

 comes commonly to light at my residence, I have never seen any 

 but female examples. 



