94 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



28. PlESTOCEROS, 11. 



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Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat spreading; 

 ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennae |, strongly com- 

 pressed, flat, above with a streak of rough scales throughout, 

 basal joint short, without pecten. Labial palpi rather short, 

 porrected, loosel}'^ scaled, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentaiy. Posterior 

 tibiie with long hairs above. Fore wings with 2 from near angle, 

 7 to termen, 8-10 from near 7, 11 from beyond middle. Hind- 

 wings under 1, elongate-ovate, cilia |; 2-7 tolerably parallel, 5 

 and 6 sometimes approximated, transverse vein oblique. 



Although abnormal in some particulars, such as the long hairs 

 of posterior tibi?e, this curious genus seems better placed here 

 than anywhere else. 



155. P. conjuncteUa Walk. 



{lucurvaria conjuncteUa Walk. 491.) 



(J 9. 13-15 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy, sidetufts in ^ 

 yellowish. Palpi ochreous-yellow. AnteniiEe dark purplish- 

 fuscous, apex and a median band whitish-yellowish. Abdomen 

 bronzy-fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 gentl}'- arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather 

 strongl}^ oblique; purplish-coppery-bronze, sprinkled with black, 

 and strewn throughout with fine linear whitish scales; a slender 

 outwards-curved coppery-golden-metallic fascia be^^ond middle : 

 <5ilia coppery-golden-metallic. Hind wings orange; apical |^, and 

 a narrow streak along termen to tornus dark fuscous; cilia fuscous, 

 with darker basal shade. 



Cairns, Townsville, and Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New 

 South Wales; in November, February, and March, five specimens. 

 Seems to frequent Acacia, 



29. Epicroesa, n.g. 



Head smooth, metallic; ocelli present; tongue developed. An- 

 tennae over 1, filiform or somewhat flattened, in g simple, basal 

 joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial paljDi short. 



