516 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



apex of joints and hairs of posterioi* tibiae white. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex roundpointed, hind- 

 margin very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 separate ; silvery-white ; 

 markings rather dark brown-grey, mixed with some blackish- 

 fuscous scales ; a round dot near base in middle ; a cloudy streak 

 along costa from near base to apex, attenuated anteriorly, lower 

 edge forming a triangular projection in middle ; a cloudy streak 

 along inner margin from near base to beyond anal angle, upper 

 edge forming an irregular flat projection in middle and a strong 

 triangular projection on anal angle : cilia white, on costa and anal 

 angle suffused with fuscous. Hindwings rather light fuscous, 

 hindmargin darker; cilia fuscous-whitish. 



Sydney, New South "Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; in Novem- 

 ber, three specimens. 



54. Mes. isomacra, n.sp. 



9. 30 mm. Head white. Palpi grey, beneath white. Antennae 

 whitish. Thorax white, sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 gi'ey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish, posterior tibiae 

 grey-whitish. Forewings very elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; 

 light fuscous, suffusedly mixed with whitish and dark fuscous ; a 

 whitish suffusion forming a broad cloudy median longitudinal 

 streak from base to apex, edged beneath by a narrow suffused 

 blackish-fuscous streak, which sends a short projection upwards at 

 I : cilia fuscous, mixed with whitish towards base. Hindwings 

 and cilia rather light fuscous. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; one specimen received from Mr. G. H. 

 Raynor. 



9. ACRIDOTARSA, n.g. 



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

 fr, in ^ biserrate, pubescent, basal joint with well-defined pecten. 

 Labial palpi rather long, porrected, second joint with long dense 

 projecting tuft of scales towards apex beneath, terminal joint half 

 second, slender, filiform, acute, ascending. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibiae rather long, bent, with short hairs. 



