560 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



half. Thorax pale yellowish. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish, 

 anterior and middle tarsi spotted with blackish. Forewings very 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex round pointed, hindmargin 

 extremely obliquely rouiided ; pale whitish-yellowish, ochreous- 

 tinged ; markings yellow-ochreous, suffused with fuscous on costa, 

 intervening spaces more whitish towards costa ; a very oblique 

 streak from costa near base to fold, and another from ^ of costa 

 to middle of disc ; an oblique blotch on costa about f ; a spot on 

 costa before apex ; an irregular obscure suffusion along inner 

 margin ; an irregular longitudinal line of blackish scales towards 

 hindmargin above middle ; a suffused blackish line along hind- 

 margin from apex to anal angle : cilia whitish-yellowish, partially 

 suffused with yellow-ochreous. Hindwings grey or pale grey ; 

 cilia whitish-grey or whitish. 



Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales ; Deloraine, Tas- 

 mania ; in November and February, three specimens. 



23. Chorocosma, n.g. 



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

 f, in (J filiform, simple, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, porrected, slender, with appressed scales, second 

 joint with some scattered bristles, terminal joint moderate, 

 tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi long, filiform, folded. Pos- 

 terior tibiae clothed with long hairs. Forewings with vein 1 

 furcate (?), 4 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hindmargin, 11 from ^, 

 Hindwings |, ovate-lanceolate, cilia l^ ; cell open between 3 and 

 4, 6 absent. 



The genus is more nearly allied to Dryadmda than to any 

 other ; I have only the one species. 



124. Chor. melanorma, n.sp. 



^. 9 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous, internally and at apex 

 white. Antennae fuscous. Thorax whitish, shoulders with a 

 yellow-ochreous spot. Abdomen grey. Legs blackish ringed 

 with white, hairs of posterior tibiee whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 costa rather strongly arched, apex acute, hindmargin extremely 



