326 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIIL, 



yellow; a rather dark purplish-fuscous apical blotch, anterior 

 edge convex, running from J of costa to before tornus, marked 

 with blackish-fuscous on lower §, suffused into groundcolour 

 towards costa : cilia fuscous, with darker subbasal shade. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, darker posteriorly; cilia light fuscous. 



Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; Campbell- 

 town, Tasmania; Woodside and Port Victor, South Australia; 

 from September to February, fourteen specimens. The con- 

 spicuous colouring of this species is quite unlike its allies, and 

 closely resemVjles the normal type of the Oecophorid genus Coesyra. 



26. Craspedotis, n.g. 



Antennae |, in ^ serrulate, simple, basal joint moderate, with- 

 out pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint with scales 

 somewhat roughened beneath, terminal joint shorter, acute. 

 Fore wings : 2 and 3 connate or stalked, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 8 absent. Hind wings 1, rounded-trapezoidal, apex pointed, 

 termen slightly sinuate, cilia 1; 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated 

 to 4, 6 and 7 approximated or stalked. 



Type (7. iwagiinatica. A development of Sjjhaleractis^ to which 

 it is very similar, differing in neuration. Imago with fore wings 

 elongate, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded. 



1. Forewings with costal half wholly suffused with dark 



fuscous 108. soloeca. 



Forewings with costal half more or less whitish 2. 



2. Plical and first discal stigmata distinct 109. pragmatica. 



Plical and first discal stigmata obsolete 110. thinodes. 



108. C. soloeca, n.sp. 



(J. 11 mm. Head ochreous-white, sides of crown brownish- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish, second joint sprinkled w^th dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint blackish externally on lower half. Antennae 

 whitish-fuscous. Thorax ochreous-whitish, laterally suffused with 

 brownish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed 

 with whitish. Forewings pale fuscous, costal half and terminal 

 area suffused with rather dark fuscous; stigmata cloudy, dark 



