576 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



148. Thud, calliphrontis, n.sp. 



9. 20 mm. Head white mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi 

 white sprinkled with dark fuscous, second joint much exceeding 

 base of antennae, terminal joint ^. Antennae white, annulated 

 with pale fuscous. Thorax white, patagia and a central spot deep 

 ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish, anterior 

 pair dark fuscous, middle pair sprinkled with dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex roundpointed, 

 hindmargin straight, oblique ; brownish-ochreous, posteriorly irro- 

 rated with black between veins ; markings snow-white ; costal 

 edge blackish near base ; a narrow suffusion along middle third 

 of costa ; a moderate streak from costa near base beneath costa 

 to costa again before apex, posteriorly emitting two slender 

 bcanches from upper edge ; a moderate irregular median longi- 

 tudinal streak from base to hindmargin above middle, constricted 

 at ^, lower edge with triangular projections before and after con- 

 striction, narrowly interrupted at |, bent upwards posteriorly, 

 furcate at apex; a cloudy sti^eak of mixed white and blackish 

 scales along inner margin from base to anal angle : cilia white, 

 with a blackish line, tips brownish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish- 

 grey ; cilia whitish. 



Port Lincoln, South Australia ; one specimen in November. 



149. Thud. o])hiosema, n.sp. 



(J. 16 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint mixed with ochreous and dark fuscous, 

 exceeding base of antenna?, terminal joint 1. Antennae whitish. 

 Tiiorax pale ochreous mixed with whitish. Abdomen pale whitish- 

 ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior pair dark fuscous, middle tibife 

 with basal and apical dark fuscous spots. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex roundpoiiited, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; light ochreous-brown, somewhat darker posteriorly ; a 

 white costal streak from near base to i, interrupted by an inwardly 

 oblique bar of groundcolour about middle ; a white spot on inner 

 margin at ^, preceded by a dark fuscous suffusion, and two small 



