52 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



2 L. agIaozo7ia Meyr. 



{LithoGoll etis aglaozona Mejr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1882, 199.) 



Sydney, New South Wales, in November and March. Larva 

 mining leaves of Desmodium and Kennedya rubicunda. 



3. Z. desmochrysa Low. 



(Lithocolletis desmochrysa Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, 

 1897, 23; Nepticida nigricansella Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. 

 Austr. 1899, 280.) 



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

 in March. Larva mining leaves of Hardenhergia ovata. 



2. Aristaea, n.g. 



Head loosely rough-haired; tongue developed; ocelli present. 

 Antennse I, in (^ filiform, simple, basal joint moderately elongate, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi long, ascending, second joint 

 anteriorly with long rough projecting scales, terminal joint as 

 long as second, pointed, anteriorly with rough projecting scales 

 diminishing to apex. Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform, por- 

 rected. Posterior tibiae smooth scaled. Fore wings with 16 .simple, 

 2 from angle, 3 absent, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 

 |, lanceolate, cilia 2; 3 absent, transverse vein absent between -i 

 and 5, 5 and 6 stalked. 



Differs from Oriiix and Epicephala in having the face shortly 

 rough-haired, as well as the crown, and also in the long rough 

 projecting scales of palpi; in facies it is also quite distinct, and 

 may perhaps be on the ancestral line of Lithocolletis. 



L A. periphanes, n.sp. 



(^.14 mm. Head white, lower part of face brownish. Palpi 

 white, second joint with brown subapical band. Antenme grey, 

 faintly ringed with whitish. Thorax brownish, with two white 

 stripes. Abdomen fuscous, towards base and apex pate ochreous. 

 Legs brownish-ochreous, anterior tibiae and tarsi dark fuscous, 

 middle and posterior tibiae suffused with dark fuscous towards 



