506 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



narrow line along upper half of hindmargin : cilia whitish, basal 

 half dark fuscous opposite wing-markings (imperfect). Hindwings 

 and cilia dark gi'ey. 



Albany, West Australia ; one specimen in October. 



36. Xysm. chrysura, n.sp. 



(J. 12-13 mm. Head ochreous-yellow, face dark fuscous. Palpi 

 and antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, posterior 

 extremity yellow-whitish. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, basal third 

 dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish-yellowish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded ; 7 absent ; dark puiple-fuscous ; four 

 semi-oval ochreous-white spots, two on inner margin in middle 

 and before anal angle, sometimes confluent, two on costa beyond 

 middle and at g ; an irregular ochreous-white streak along upper 

 I of hindmai-gin, sometimes interrupted : cilia fuscous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia dark grey. 



Albany, West Australia; in September and October, four 

 specimens. 



6. Lepidoscia, n.g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennse 

 |, in $ serrate, strongly ciliated (2-3), basal joint with pecten. 

 Labial palpi rather short, porrected, loosely scaled or sometimes 

 with long rough hairs, second joint sometimes with two or three 

 apical bristles, terminal joint modeiate, tolerably pointed. Maxil- 

 lary palpi absent. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs. Fore- 

 wings with vein 1 furcate, 7 and 8 stalked or coincident, rarely 8 

 and 9 stalked, 7 when present n-unning to hindmargin, 1 1 from 

 before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ^; 4 absent, 6 

 and 7 sometimes from a point. 



Doubtless a development of Xysmatodoma, from which it differs 

 essentially only by the absence of vein 4 of the hindwings, which 

 is clearly coincident with 5. All the species are Australian. 

 Probably the larvae are all case-bearers, as in Xysmatodoma. I 

 am not acquainted with the ^ of any one of the species, and it, is 



