314 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



91. aS'. variana, n.sp. 



(J 9. 10-12 mm. Head and thorax shining bronze. Palpi 

 whitish, base dark fuscous, second and terminal joints with broad 

 subbasal and subapical dark fuscous bands. Antennse dark 

 fuscous spotted with whitish. Abdomen gre}^ Legs dark 

 bronzy-fuscous banded with white. Forewings dark coppery- 

 fuscous; a ferruginous-orange fascia at ^, extended as a thick 

 irregular streak along dorsum to near tornus; four irregular pale 

 golden-metallic fasciee, costal extremities white, first two margin- 

 ing the orange fascia, third median, enclosing a dot of ground- 

 colour above middle, fourth at |, terminating above in a large 

 quadrate ochreous-white spot : cilia light greyish-ochreous irro- 

 rated with blackish. Hind wings grey; cilia light ochreous-grey. 



Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland ; Sydney, New South 

 Wales; from September to February, eight specimens. 



92, S. allactis, n.sp. 



(J. 13-14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of crown bronzy- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second and terminal joints with 

 subbasal and subapical dark fuscous bands. Antennae ochreous- 

 whitish ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous 

 tinged with bronzy. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous ringed with ochreous-whitish. Forewings rather dark 

 ferruginous-fuscous, towards dorsum between J and tornus ferru- 

 ginous-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous; three ochreous-white 

 fascire, becoming silvery-metallic on lower half, first from costa 

 at J, outwardly oblique, second median, vertical, including a 

 dark fuscous dot abo\'e middle, third from J of costa, inwardly 

 oblique, interrupted in middle : cilia whitish-ochreous, basal J 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish- 

 grey-ochreous. 



Adelaide, South Australia; Carnarvon, West Australia; in Oc- 

 tober, three specimens. Possibly a form of the following 



