104 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



168. J/, desmotorna Low. 

 i^Atydiia desmotoma Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1896,162.) 

 (J. 17-21 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous. Palpi 

 fascous, becoming whitish beneath and towards base. Antennte 

 dark fuscous, pectinations 3. Abdomen dark fuscous, beyond 

 middle with four slender pale yellowish rings, apex yellowish. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen somewhat obliquely rounded; dark 

 fuscous; a small ochreous-whitish narrow transverse discal spot 

 beyond middle; an indistinct posteriorly suffused whitish streak 

 from beneath this to dorsum beyond middle: cilia fuscous, towards 

 base dark fuscous. Hind wings blackish; an antemedian series of 

 three irregular ochreous-white or pale yellowish spots, two lower 

 sometimes nearly confluent; cilia pale ochreous j^ellow, basal 

 third blackish. 



Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; Melbourne and 

 Cheltenham, Victoria; in December and January, three speci- 

 mens. 



169. M. episcota Low. 



{Atychia episcota Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1903, 68.) 

 Henley Beach, South Australia. Not known to me, 



170. M. centropus, n.sp. 



(J. 2 I mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, very finely 

 spi'inkled with whitish, palpi white beneath, shortly rough-scaled. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, pectinations 3. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 with six narrow ochreous-yellow rings. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa nearly straight, apex rounded-obtuse, 

 termen somewhat obliquely rounded; dark fuscous; a small 

 wiiitish spot in disc beyond middle: cilia dark fuscous, tips 

 whitish. Hindwings purple-blackish; a moderate irregular deep 

 yellow antemedian fascia, not quite reaching dorsum, outer edge 

 irregularly prominent above middle; cilia ochreous-yellow, basal 

 third dark fuscous, tips whitish. 



Perth, West Australia, in November; one specimen. 



