BY E, MEYRICK. 519 



58, Iph. stasiodes, n.sp. 



(J. 13-15 mm. Head and palpi yellow-ochreous, ferruginous- 

 tinged; palpi hai'dly tufted. Antennse ochreous. Thorax fuscous, 

 anterior margin black. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints and posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded ; 4 absent ; pale whitish-brown ; mark- 

 ings blackish-fuscous ; a narrow subbasal fascia ; two slender 

 somewhat angulated fasciae, widely interrupted below middle and 

 sometimes narrowly beneath costa also, first from g of costa to I of 

 inner margin, second from I of costa to before anal angle ; some 

 irregular scattered dots in disc ; three small spots on posterior 

 fourth of costa : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia 

 whitish-fuscous. 



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

 Barnard. 



11. Ardiosteres, n.g. 



Head with short dense I'ough hairs ; ocelli absent ; tongue 

 absent. Antennse |, in ^ dentate, fasciculate-ciliated (2), basal 

 joint with pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, 

 clothed with dense loose scales somewhat tufted in front, terminal 

 joint very short, concealed, pointed. Maxillary palpi absent. 

 Thorax with posterior crest. Posterior tibiae clothed with appressed 

 scales. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 7 and. 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 

 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ^; 

 veins tolerably parallel. 



The single species is confined to Australia. The genus, dis- 

 tinguished by the peculiar palpi, is probably related to the 

 following. 



59. Ard. moretonella, Walk. 



( Tinea moretonella, Walk. Suppl. 1812.) 



(^9- 18-24 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, 



apex ochreous-yellow. Antennse dark fuscous. Thorax dark 



fuscous, apex of patagia whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale yellowish- 



ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints and posterior pair 



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