514 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi moderately loDg, tolerably 

 filiform, folded. Posterior tibi?e clothed with long hairs. Fore- 

 wings with vein 1 furcate, 7 to hindmargin, 1 1 from before middle. 

 Hind wings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia | ; veins tolerably parallel. 



A genus of very few species, hitherto only known from Southern 

 Europe and North Africa. In the absence of the ^, it is uncertain 

 whether the following species is correctly referred to it ; but it 

 agrees with the generic characters in all important particulars. 

 It is possible however that the ^ might show peculiar charactei-s 

 which might involve the creation of a new genus. 



51. Er. euryjjhracta, n.sp. 



2. 15 mm. Head and palpi pale yellowish-ochreous. Antennae 

 light fuscous. Thorax, abdomen, and legs dark fuscous, posterior 

 legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex rour.dpointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; whitish- 

 ochreous, yellowish-tinged ; markings dark purplish-fuscous ; a 

 streak along basal half of costa, meeting median fascia ; a cloudy 

 streak along inner margin from base to beyond middle, not 

 reaching fascia ; a rather broad straight fascia from costa beyond 

 middle to f of inner mai-gin ; a small spot on costa beyond this ; 

 a moderate hindmarginal fascia from apex to anal angle, attenu- 

 ated to a point beneath: cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous, 

 terminal third fuscous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, towards 

 base with some pale yellowish hairs ; cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 yellowish-tinged, base mixed with pale fuscous, tips fuscous 

 opposite apex. 



Port Lincoln, South Australia ; in November, one si)eclmen. 



8. Mesopherna, n.g. 



Head densely rough-haired, face loosely haired ; ocelli absent ; 

 tongue developed. Antennne |, in (J filiform, ciliated (1), basal 

 joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, slender, ascending, 

 second joint shortly rough-scaled beneath, with two or three apical 

 bristles, terminal joint moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, obtuse, loosely scaled. Posterior tibiae clothed with long 



