232 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



whitish points. Hind-wings dark ochreous-fuscous-grey ; cilia 

 grey -whitish., tinged basally with ochreous, with faint darker 

 parting-line. 



A dull-looking species, having somewhat the f acies of JSphestia, 

 recognisable by the distance of the first line from base of wing. 



One pair, certainly belonging to the same species, though the 

 ground-colour is differently disposed ; the male taken by Mr. G. 

 H. Raynor at Launceston, Tasmania, early in January ; the 

 female sent from Duaringa, Queensland, by Mr. Gr. Barnard. 



Epischnia, HI. 



Forehead with a cone of scales. Ocelli present. Antennae in 

 male sinuate above basal joint, finely ciliated, in female simple. 

 Labial palpi long, somewhat ascending, compressed ; maxillary 

 palpi short. Breast in male with a long tuft of hairs. Fore- 

 wings narrow, hardly dilated ; hind- wings narrow, very flatly 

 rounded. Fore-wings with 1 1 veins ; 4 and 5 not stalked. Hind- 

 wings with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 stalked. 



To this genus the following species is doubtfully referable ; 

 further specimens will be required to complete the investigation. 

 It has the general f acies of an Aiierastia, but differs in venation. 



JEpisch. newrophorella, n. sp. 



Q>h" . ? . Head pale ochreous. Palpi twice as long as head, 

 porrected, whitish-ochreous, beneath mixed with blackish. 

 Antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, with a 

 longitudinal slender blackish line on each side of back, and a 

 longitudinal blackish streak on shoulder. Abdomen and legs 

 whitish-ochreous. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, hardly 

 at all dilated, costa arched before apex, hind-margin very obliquely 

 rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, all the veins clearly marked with 

 coarse blackish scales ; before §- of disc is a rather broad transverse 

 cloudy blotch of coarse dark fuscous scales, reaching nearly to 

 costa and inner margin ; two small black costal spots at one-sixth 



