306 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



80. A. xanthastis, Low. 



{Gelechia xanthastis, Low., Trans. Ro3^ Soc. S. Austr. 1896, 

 168.) 



(J9. 10-12 niQi. Head and thorax pale yellow, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Palpi pale yellow, base dark fuscous. Antennae dark 

 fuscous, ringed with pale yellow. Abdomen dark fuscous, base 

 and apex ochreous-yellowish. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with 

 j'ellowish, hairs of posterior tibise yellowish. Forewings tolerably 

 acute, termen very obliquely rounded; a fine semihyaline streak 

 beneath vein 11; clear pale yellow; three dark purplish-fuscous 

 fasciae; first basal, enclosing a pale yellow basal dot; second 

 beyond middle, irregular, connected v>'ith first by a slender costal 

 streak; third terminal, narrowed to tornus : cilia purplish-fuscous 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Hind wings dark fuscous, lighter 

 anteriorl}-; cilia rather dark bronzy-fuscous. 



Duaringa and Toowoomba, Queensland, in Februar}^ and 

 March; four specimens. 



17. Macrenches, n.g. 



Antenna? |, in ^ fasciculate-ciliated (2), basal joint moderately 

 elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, 

 second joint with dense scales, beneath rough or angularly pro- 

 jecting at apex, above roughly projecting towards apex, terminal 

 joint somewhat shorter, slender, acute. Forewings : 2 and 3 

 separate, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hind wings 1, elongate- 

 trapezoidal, apex pointed, termen sinuate, cilia IJ; 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 somewhat approximated to 4, 6 and 7 closely approxi- 

 mated at base. 



Type M. euryhatis. A development of Gelechia; irom which it 

 differs in the longer fasciculate ciliations of antennae, and peculiar 

 scaling of palpi. Imago with forewings elongate, pointed. 



Second joint of palpi with more than half white 81. euryhatis. 



Second joint of palpi white at apex only 82. clerica. 



