566 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



palpi moderately long, rather drooping, slender, filiform, terminal 

 joint moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi long, filiform, folded. 

 Posterior tibife smooth above, with fine hairs beneath. Abdomfn 

 broadly dilated, strongly margined. Forewings with vein 1 fur- 

 cate (?), 4 absent, 7 to costa, 11 from ^. Hindwings |, lanceolate, 

 cilia 3 ; transverse vein absent between 3 and 4, 5 and 6 stalked, 

 7 absent. 



Probably a development of Ereunetis. 



137. Eiir. automacha, n.sp. 



(J. 7 mm. Head fuscous- whitish. Palpi white, beneath dark 

 fuscous. Antennae white, above with a black sharply-defined line. 

 Thorax dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 margins pale ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish, 

 posterior tibiee whitish. Forewings lanceolate; fuscous, irrorated 

 with dark fuscous ; markings white ; five oblique streaks from 

 costa, reaching about half across wing ; a suffusion occupying dorsal 

 half from base to anal angle, except for dark fuscous indentations 

 from disc at i and middle ; a round black apical spot, preceded 

 by a white spot on costa : cilia whitish, with a black line and 

 apical hook (imperfect). Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Mittagong, New South Wales ; one specimen in March. 



27. HippiocHAETES, Meyr, 



Head rough, face smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. 

 Antennae f, in ^ filiform, ciliated (1), basal joint moderate, with 

 slight pecten. Labial palpi rather short, slender, filiform, rather 

 drooping. Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform, folded. Posterior 

 tibife clothed with long hairs beneath, posterior tarsi with basal 

 joint fringed with hairs. Forewings with vein 1 fui-cate (?), 4 

 absent, 7 to costa, 11 from I. Hindwings |, lanceolate, cilia 2 ; 

 veins 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to costa. 



The original example is still unique ; it is presumably an off- 

 shoot of Ereunetis. 



