322 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPID0PTERA, XVIIL, 



dot obliquely near beyond and beneath second discal; a pale 

 angulated transverse shade at J more or less indicated: cilia pale 

 greyish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings 1, light grey, darker posteriorly; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Broken Hill, New South Wales; Adelaide, South Australia; 

 in October and January; two specimens received from Mr. Lower. 



103. G. perdita, Low. 



{Gelechia perdita, Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1899, 96.) 

 (J. 16 mm. Head pale ochreous, face ochreous-whitish. Palpi 

 ochreous-white, second and terminal joints with basal and sub- 

 apical bands of blackish irroration. Antennae fuscous, darker- 

 ringed. Thorax rather dark fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous, 

 three basal segments light ochreous-yellowish. Legs whitish, 

 banded with dark fuscous irroration. Forewings tolerably acute; 

 rather dark slaty -fuscous, finely whitish-sprinkled; a fine ochreous 

 mark beneath costa at J; stigmata small, blackish, surrounded 

 with brownish-ochreous, plical rather obliquely before first discal; 

 some brownish-ochreous scales posteriorly : cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous, shaded with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous. 

 Hind wings 1, pale grey; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Broken Hill, New South Wales, in August and October; one 

 specimen received from Mr. Lower. 



22. Sarotorxa, n.g. 



Antennae J, in ^ — (?), basal joint moderately elongate, with- 

 out pecten. Labial palpi rather long, curved, ascending, second 

 joint considerably dilated beneath with rough projecting scales, 

 almost tufted, terminal joint as long as second, thickened with 

 rather rough scales anteriorly, acute. Forewings : 2 and 3 

 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hind wings 1, trapezoidal, 

 apex produced, round-pointed, termen sinuate, cilia 1; 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 remote, nearly parallel. 



The single species is of doubtful affinity, and superficially very 

 distinct; structurally it would appear to be near Gnorimoschemay 



