136 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALASIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XIX., 



42. Phalangitis, n.g. 



Head with appressed scales; tongue developed. Antennae p 

 in (J serrulate, pubescent, basal joint with dense anterior flap of 

 Scales. Labial palpi rather long, straight or somewhat curved, 

 subascending or "porrected, clothed with loose or rough scales, 

 terminal joint as long as second, tolerably pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi moderate, loosely scaled, porrected. Posterior tibise smooth- 

 scaled. Forewings with \b furcate, 2 from angle, 7 to costa, 8, 

 9, 10 from near 7,11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia 4; 2-7 separate, tolerabl}^ parallel. 



Type P. veterana. An endemic genus, allied to Plutella. The 

 species vary rather considerabl}'^ in markings, and are difficult to 

 understand. The antennae are directly porrected in repose. 



1. Head and thorax grey or fuscous . 2. 



Head and thorax white, sometimes irrorated with 



fuscous 8. 



2. Subcostal streak white, well-defined 272. ceterana. 



Subcostal streak whitish, suffused 271. triaria. 



3. Forewings with distinct white subcostal streak 270. tumultuosa. 



Forewings without apparent white streak 269. crymorrhoa. 



269. F. crymorrliua^ n.sp. 



(J9. 10-13 mm. Head and thorax white, sonit^times tinged 

 with fuscous. Palpi white, second joint externally light brownish 

 except towards apex. Antennae white, ringed with fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; white, 

 strewn with golden-fuscous strigula3 sprinkled with dark fuscous; 

 variable markings of same colour, consisting principally of two or 

 three small posterior spots on costa, and three or four irregular 

 larger spots arranged in a median longitudinal series and some- 

 times partially connected to form an irregular streak, and some- 

 times a dark suffusion along dorsum, but these vary much in 

 different specimt-ns : cilia whitish, with two dark fuscous shades 

 varying in development. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Mount Wellington (2500 feet), Tasmania, amongst Leptosper- 

 minn in December, six specimens; also one from Port Lincoln, 

 South Australia, in November, which is apparently identical. 



