BY E. MEYRICK. 1113 



Barnard states that they sometimes swarm by thousands in the 

 scrubs. It is a curious and interesting little insect, much the 

 smallest species of the genus. 



PTEROPHORIDAE. 



Trichoptilus, Wlsm. 



Trich. lyijvrhodes^ n.sp. 



(J. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax ferruginous, apex of patagia 

 pale yellowish. Palpi white, upper and lower edge black, con- 

 tinent towards apex. Antennae black, dotted with white. Ab- 

 domen ferruginous, apex with single obliquely ascending hair- 

 pencil. Legs white, longitudinally striped with black, posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi banded with blackish. Forewings cleft from 

 middle, segments linear ; ferruginous, with a few scattered pur- 

 plish-silvery scales ; a short black longitudinal dash above inner 

 margin at i, and a second in disc at J ; a black transverse dot on 

 base of cleft, and a more or less marked dark fuscous suffused 

 spot below it; first segment with an obscurely indicated light 

 yellowish bar before middle : costal cilia pale yellowish, with a 

 black spot at \ of first segment, a broader one in middle, and a 

 third at apex ; rest of cilia brown with a strong reddish-purple 

 gloss, on upper margin of second segment with some black scales 

 before apex, on lower margin of second segment with a pale 

 yellowish bar at J, preceded and followed by black scales, a nar- 

 rower bar at § and another at apex, both preceded by black scales. 

 Hindwings cleft firstly from \, secondly from near base, segments 

 linear; deep coppery-red, becoming ferruginous at base; cilia 

 brown with a strong purple-reddish gloss, third segment with a 

 large tooth of black scales on inner margin at |, and one or two 

 black scales at apex. 



Duaringa, Queensland, in Februaiy and April ; three specimens 

 received from Mr. G. Barnard. It is very distinct by the intense 

 reddish colouring, large black scale-tooth of hindwings, and other 

 .characters. 



