282 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



44. J/, ischnota, n.sp. 



(J9. 7-9 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 apex of second joint whitish, tuft extremely short, terminal 

 joint whitish, base and a subapical band dark fuscous. Antennae 

 whitish or whitish-fuscous, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-whitish mixed with fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochre- 

 ous, towards middle in ^ greyish. Legs dark fuscous ringed 

 with whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings long-pointed; pale ochreous, more or less wholly suffused 

 with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous; an elongate dark 

 fuscous dot on fold at \; plical and second discal stigmata dark 

 fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex with a dark fuscous 

 median line, and basal half indistinctly spotted with fuscous. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Carnarvon, West Australia, in October: six specimens. 



45. J/, achroa, Low. 



{Pycnohathra achroa, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1901, SO.) 

 (J. 14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi white, second 

 joint dark fuscous except base and apex, tuft short, triangular, 

 anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae whitish, 

 ringed with fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, mixed with 

 brownish-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous, hairs of 

 posterior tibiae grey-whitish. Fore wings pointed, termen sinuate; 

 whitish-ochreous, rather densely irrorated with fuscous; stigmata 

 rather darker fuscous, indistinct, plical obliquely beyond first 

 discal : cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings light grey; cilia light 

 grey i sh-ochreous . 



Broken Hill, New South Wales, from September to November; 

 two specimens (Lower). 



46. J/, popidaris, n.sp. 



^9. 11-13 mm. Head pale ochreous, more or less infuscated. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except towards 

 apex, tuft very short, subtriangular, terminal joint dark fuscous 

 towards apex, in 9 longer than second. Antennas light fuscous, 



