192 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTEBA, 



GRACILARIA THIOPHYLLA, n.sp. [6ebO(f)vXXos, sulphur-winged]- 



9. 8 mm. Head pale ochreous ; face white. Palpi white ; 

 terminal joint with a fuscous subapical ring. Antennae whitish- 

 grey, basal joint white and rather stout. Thorax pale ochreous. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs brownish-ochreous; posterior pair and all 

 tarsi whitish. Forewings pale ochreous, without strigulations, 

 but with dark fuscous dots; a minute dot above fold near base; a 

 second larger, roundish, above fold at J; a third on costa beyond 

 middle; a series of minute dots on basal half of costa, and on 

 termen; cilia fuscous, on dorsum grey. Hindwings and cilia 

 grey. Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q.: Townsville, in July; one specimen. 



Gracilaria megalotis. 



Gracilaria megalotis Meyr., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 xviii., p.830(1908). 



ft. 9-10 mm. Head and thorax pale yellowish. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish. Antennae grey, towards base yellowish; with a short 

 tuft of scales on apex of basal joint. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish; middle tibiae much thickened with dark brown 

 scales. Forewings pale yellow, with fine fuscous strigulations; 

 with purple iridescence to oblique light; two oblique lines of 

 brown fuscous dots from costa at \ and middle, converging to a 

 point on dorsum before middle; a similar subapical line; cilia 

 pale yellowish, apices fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in October; two specimens. Also 

 from India. 



Gracilaria xystophanes, n.sp. [£vo-To<£ai'7/s, polished]. 



ft. 8 mm. Head pale yellowish; face shining white. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish; terminal joint dark fuscous beneath. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous, with fuscous ambulations. Thorax pale yellow. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous; posterior pair whitish; anterior 

 and middle tarsi white, with fuscous annulations. Forewings 

 pale lustrous golden-yellow; many purple-fuscous dots near base 

 and apex, with two rows parallel to dorsum, one above and one 

 beneath fold; cilia pale yellow, on dorsum grey. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in June; one specimen. 



