332 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



Palpi pale ochreous, with a few blackish points, second and 

 terminal joints with subapical blackish rings. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous, spotted with dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, apex 

 pale ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, banded with blackish 

 irroration. Fore wings with 7 and 8 out of 6; pale ochreous, 

 suffusedly irrorated with brownish-ochreous; markings blackish; 

 a dot on base of costa, and seven others along costa; a rather 

 narrow transverse fascia from costa at J, reaching f across wing; 

 a dot in disc at f : cilia whitish-ochreous, with interrupted ante- 

 median series of blackish points. Hindwings grey, darker pos- 

 teriorly; cilia light grey. 



Gisborne, Victoria, type seen; I possess another Victorian 

 specimen, probably from Melbourne. 



117. H. the7'mochroa, Low. 



(Gelechia thermochroa, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1893^ 

 169.) 



(J9. 14-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous-ochreous 

 sprinkled with blackish; palpi with subapical blackish rings on 

 second and terminal joints. Antennse whitish-ochreous ringed 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, apex pale ochreous. 

 Legs dark fuscous ringed with pale ochreous. Forewings with 6 

 separate; light ferruginous-ochreous, with a few scattered dark 

 fuscous scales; markings blackish; a narrow subbasal fascia, more 

 or less produced along dorsum; about eight small spots along 

 costa; a large transverse-oval spot in disc at J, and a narrower 

 spot at f , touching a suffused tornal spot; a dot above middle of 

 disc; a suffused terminal fascia : cilia pale bronzy, with dark 

 fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous, 

 with darker subbasal line. 



Melbourne and Gisborne, Victoria; Mount Gambler and Yale 

 Paddock, South Australia; in March, six specimens. 



30. Protolechia, n.g. 



Antennae |, in $ simple, basal joint moderately elongate, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint more 



