508 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



37. Lep. magnijica, n.sp. 



^. 24 mm. Head black, crown mixed with ferruginous. Palpi, 

 antennae, and thorax black ; thorax crested. Abdomen deep 

 ochreous-yellow, basal third and subapical ring blackish. Legs 

 black, posterior tibiae ochreous-orange. Forewings oblong, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; 7 

 absent ; purple-black, sprinkled with pale yellowish ; four whitish- 

 ochreous fasciae, on costa ochreous-yellowish ; first i^ear base, 

 narrow, irregular, not reaching costa ; second at ^, moderate, 

 outer edge angulated in middle ; third moderate, interrupted in 

 middle, extremities of both halves rounded ; in one wing a small 

 costal spot beyond this ; fourth from costa at I to hindmargin 

 above anal angle, contracted below middle : cilia dark fuscous, 

 with a whitish-ochreous bar on fourth fascia. Hiudwings ochreous- 

 orange ; a black basal patch, indented in middle, emitting a short 

 streak near inner margin ; a black discal dot ; a rather broad dark 

 fuscous apical blotch, reaching to middle of hindmargin, including 

 a yellow dot on costa : cilia ochreous-yellow, round apical blotch 

 dark fuscous. 



Ardrossan, South Australia ; in September ; one sjDecimen 

 (Adelaide Museum). This and the next species differ from the 

 rest in the long rough hairs of the palpi, and this species is also 

 peculiar in the possession of a thoracic crest ; in other respects 

 there is no essential difference, and the forms can be conveniently 

 included together. 



38. Zep. comochora, n.sp. 



^. 25-26 mm. Head orange or ochreous-yellow, face blackish. 

 Palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs blackish. Abdomen blackish, 

 beneath pale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, postex'iorly 

 somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; 7 absent ; blackish ; markings whitish- 

 ochreous ; a fascia near base, attenuated upwards, not quite 

 reaching costa ; a fascia-like blotch from inner margin before 

 middle, sometimes almost reaching a small spot or dot on costa at 

 I ; a moderate rounded spot on middle of costa, sometimes 



