494 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



dense projecting tuft in front ; antennae urfder ^ ; legs obscurely 

 ringed with whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arclied, 

 apex obtuse, hindmavgin obliquely rounded ; 7 absent ; dark 

 fuscous, mixed with blackish scales, tending to form transverse 

 strigulae : cilia dark fuscous, mixed with blackish, terminal half 

 spotted with whitish-ochreous (imperfect). Hindwings and cilia 

 dark grey. 



Newcastle and Mittagong, New South Wales ; in March, two 

 specimens. This species can be distinguished from all the rest of 

 the genus by the tufted palpi ; it is otherwise very obscure in 

 appearance, but possibly the ^ may present additional characters, 

 involving its separation from the genus. 



12. Xysm. zonarcha, n.sp. 



$. 15-17 mm. Head white, face and palpi fuscous or dark 

 fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark grey, mixed with 

 white posteriorly. Abdomen grey-whitish, anal tuft white. Legs 

 dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 absent ; white, transversely strigulated with dark 

 fuscous ; an irregular rather outwardly oblique dark fuscous fascia 

 from f of costa, reaching more than half across wing ; a rather 

 inwardly oblique dark fuscous linear mark from f of costa, 

 reaching half across wing : cilia white. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 whitish-grey, base darker. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; three specimens received from Mr. G. 

 Barnard, taken in January. The species is very distinct by the 

 two conspicuous marks from costa, sharply defined strigulation, 

 and very rounded forewings. 



13. Xysni. euryptera, nsTp. 



(J. 28 mm. Head and palpi grey-whitish. Antennae grey. 

 Thorax and abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints 

 and posterior pair grey- whitish. Forewings elongate, much 

 dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex very obtuse. 



