574 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



terminal joint in ^ minute, aborted, in 9 ^, whitish, anteriorly 

 infuscated. Antennae pale fuscous. Thorax bright orange, pos- 

 teriorly somewhat mixed with whitish. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous, with rather long expansible tuft of hairs on each side 

 near base. Legs dark fuscous, middle tibise orange, posterior pair 

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

 apex roundpointed, hindmargin straight, oblique ; silvery -white : 

 markings bright orange ; costal edge blackish near base ; a mode- 

 rate streak immediately beneath costa from base to costa before 

 apex ; a rather broad dorsal sti^eak, partly black-edged above, 

 from base to anal angle, attenuated posteriorly, leaving inner 

 margin slenderly white near base only ; two straight partially 

 black-edged transverse streaks, first from subcostal streak at § to 

 above middle of subdorsal but not nearly reaching it, sufFusedly 

 barred with blackish-grey above middle, second from extremity of 

 subcostal to subdorsal before extremity, suffused with blackish- 

 grey towards costa and on a bar above lower end ; a few blackish 

 scales on hindmargin : cilia ochreous-yellowish, basal half orange, 

 with cloudy dark gi'ey bar above apex. Hindwings light grey, 

 faintly yellowish-tinged ; cilia pale whitish-yellowish. 



Geraldton, West Australia ; in November, four specimens. 



146. Thud, inimodora, n.sp. 



^. 17-1 8 mm. Head bright orange, face lighter, with cavity 

 as in T. crj/psidesma. Palpi light orange; second joint dilated 

 and flattened, not reaching base of antennae, appressed to face, 

 with long flocculent hairs on inner side, terminal joint minute, 

 aborted. Antennae pale fuscous. Thorax bright orange, some- 

 times whitish posteriorly. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs 

 dark fuscous, middle tibiae orange, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmai'gin straight, oblique ; snow-white ; markings 

 bright orange ; costal edge blackish near base ; a moderate streak 

 immediately beneath costa from base to costa before apex ; a 

 moderate subdorsal streak from base to anal angle, edged above 



