386 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



201. p. aspetodes, ilsj). 



9. 21 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax dark brown-grey. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, sprinkled with white, terminal joint white, 

 sprinkled at base with dark fuscous, much shorter than second. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Legs dark fuscous ringed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings with costa gently arched, apex obtuse, ter- 

 men straight, rather oblique, rounded beneath; 2 and 3 approxi- 

 mated at base; dark brown-grey; stigmata dark fuscous, each 

 followed by a minute pale dot, plical obliquely beyond first discal, 

 second discal transverse; a series of pale dots along posterior 

 part of costa and termen : cilia whitish-fuscous mixed with 

 fuscous. Hind wings considerably over 1, apex obtuse, termen 

 faintly sinuate; fuscous; a terminal series of pale dots ; cilia 

 fuscous-whitish, with two fuscous shades. 



Gisborne, Victoria, in February, one specimen (Lyell). 



202. P. suhnexella, Walk. 



{Gelechia suhnexella, Walk., Tin. 645; G. histellella, ib. 1025; G. 

 monoleuca, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1897, 55.) 



9. 16-17 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax fuscous irrorated 

 with blackish. Palpi fuscous, sprinkled with blackish anteriorly, 

 terminal joint as long as second. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 mixed with fuscous. Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish. 

 Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked; purplish-fuscous irregularly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous or blackish; a streak of blackish 

 sufifusion along fold; a suffused black streak in disc from before 

 middle to near termen, interrupted by rather large white second 

 discal stigma : cilia whitish-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous 

 (imperfect). Hind wings considerably over 1, apex obtuse, termen 

 not sinuate; 8 anastomosing shortly with cell; fuscous, darker 

 posteriorly, thinly scaled towards base; cilia fuscous-whitish, with 

 two fuscous shades. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in December and January; three 

 specimens. 



