276 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



29. J/. oxyphaneSy n.sp. 



(J. 12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark 

 fuscous except base and apex, tuft moderate, quadrangular. 

 Antennae grey. Thorax whitish. Abdomen grey. Legs dark 

 grey, apex of joints and hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. Fore- 

 wings pointed; fuscous; a rather broad shining white costal 

 streak from base to f, narrowed to extremities, edged below with 

 slight dark fuscous suffusion; an undefined rather broad streak 

 of white suffusion along dorsum and lower half of termen; plical 

 stigma indistinct, darker fuscous : cilia ochreous-whitish, with 

 fuscous apical bar. Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



York, West Australia, in October; one specimen. 



30. J/, chalcoscia, n.sp. 



(J9, 12-13 mm. Head white, tinged or sprinkled or sometimes 

 suffused with grey. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous 

 except base and apex, tuft short, triangular, anterior edge of 

 terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae grey, sometimes whitish- 

 mixed. Thorax pale shining brassy-bronze. Abdomen grey. 

 Legs dark grey, hairs of posterior tibiae whitish. Fore wings 

 long-pointed; shining bronze; a slender white costal streak from 

 base to |; stigmata indistinct, dark fuscous, plical very obliquely 

 beyond first discal : cilia light bronzy-ochreous, on costa becoming 

 whitish anteriorly. Hindwings grey; cilia light bronzy-grey or 

 bronzy-ochreous . 



Adelaide, South Australia; Albany, West Australia; in October 

 and December, five specimens. The single Adelaide specimen 

 has a greyer head than the other four from Albany, which I 

 regard as typical. 



31. J/. melitojnSy n.sp. 



(J. 16 mm. Head light bronzy-grey. Palpi white, second 

 joint ochreous-brown except base and apex, tuft short, triangular, 

 terminal joint dark fuscous anteriorly and towards apex. 

 Antennae grey. Thorax bronzy-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 dark fuscous, hairs of posterior tibiae grey-whitish. Forewings 



