96 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



157. E. ambrosia, n.sp. 



^9.9-11 mm. Head bright metallic bronze, collar yellowish. 

 Palpi ochreous-yellow. Antennae hardly flattened, dark fuscous, 

 basal joint yellow. Thorax metallic bronze, with green and 

 coppery reflections. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa anterior!}'- faintly sinuinte, moderately arched posteriorly, 

 apex obtuse, termen and dorsum continuously rounded; brilliant 

 coppery-purple-bronze; an orange basal patch, marked at base 

 with some black nnd metallic green scales, at base of costa with 

 a black dot, preceded and followed by metallic bronze dots, outer 

 edge straight; a violet golden-metallic dot on costa at J, edged 

 with black anteriorly, and followed by a small semioval black 

 spot; a small transverse golden-metallic spot on costa at |, pre- 

 ceiled by a transverse black spot, and followed by a smaller black 

 spot, whence proceeds an oblique black line to termen above 

 middle, preceded in middle by a triangular black spot, and beneath 

 this by some violet-golden suff'usion; a patch of metallic blue- 

 green scales towards middle of dorsum; apical area beyond the 

 oblique black line orange, cut by a violet-metallic black-edged 

 streak parallel to the black line : cilia dark fuscous, towards 

 tornus mixed with metallic-bronzy, tips pale grey. Hindwings 

 and cilia dark fuscous; vein 5 present. 



Cairns, Queensland, in September and October (Dodd); three 

 specimens. 



158. E. melallifera, n.sp. 



5. 8 mm. Head bright bronzy -metallic, face light metallic- 

 blue. Palpi yellow. Antenna3 hardly flattened, dark fuscous, 

 towards base deep yellow. Thorax metallic bronze. Abdomen 

 dark bronzy-fuscous. Forewings more pointed than in <nnhrosia; 

 shining bronzy-purple, with green reflections; an orange basal 

 patch, enclosing a metallic green-blue basal spot in middle, outer 

 edge straight; two small semioval black spots on costa before and 

 beyond middle; an oblique black line from | of costa to termen 

 above middle; apical area beyond this orange, cut by an irregular 

 violet-metallic black-edged streak parallel to the line : cilia dark 



