134 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



266. P. squamicornis Feld. 



{Ochsenheimeria squaniicor7iis Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxix, 6; 

 Pseudaegeria squamicornis Wals., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1889, 

 18, pi. iii. 



^2. 22-24 mm. Head, palpi, antennBe, and thorax iridescent 

 blackish, thorax partly reddish on sides and posteriorly. Abdomen 

 blackish, with slender white median ring. Fore wings elongate, 

 narrow, costa almost straight, posteriorly gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; orange-red; dorsal half black, 

 upper edge projecting streaks towards base along fold and in 

 disc: cilia coppery-blackish. Hindwings reddish-orange; a broad 

 purple-blackish terminal band, anterior edge suffused and 

 irregular; cilia blackish. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in October ; two specimens. 

 Felder quotes Fiji as a locality (doubtfull}^), but this is probably 

 erroneous, as are many of his localities for other species. 



40. Metaphrastis, n.g. 



Head smooth; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennae 4, 

 in (J fasciculate-ciliated (2), basal joint without pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint with appressed scales, 

 terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibise smooth-scaled, with expansible whorls 

 of scales on origin of spurs. Fore wings with vein 16 shortly 

 furcate, 2 from angle, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 9 and 10 from near 7, 

 11 from middle, remote. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 4; 

 4 absent, 5-7 parallel. 



A peculiar form, probabl}^ with some relationship to the pt-e- 

 ceding genus. 



267. J/, acrochalca, n.sp. 



(J^. 11-13 mm. Head shining bronze, collar pale j^elluw. 

 Palpi yellow, terminal joint blackish anteriorl3\ Antennae dark 

 bronzy-fuscous. Thorax dark shining bronze. Abdomen light 

 ochreous-yellowish, becoming bronz}' towards base. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 



