204 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



MlSCERA LYGROPIS, n.sp. [\vypUi7TLS, gloomy]. 



<J. 39-41 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi with appressed scales; 

 fuscous, beneath whitish. Antennae dark fuscous; pectinations 

 4. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, with 

 some ochreous hairs. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa nearly straight to near apex, apex rounded, term en slightly 

 rounded, slightly oblique; dark fuscous; a slightly paler discal 

 dot at §; cilia fuscous. Hind wings dark fuscous; two elongate 

 pale ochreous antemedian spots, nearly confluent; hairs on vein 

 lc pale ochreous; cilia pale ochreous, with a dark fuscous basal 

 line. 



Distinguished from M. desmotona by the longer antennal 

 pectinations, absence of white markings on forewings, and obso- 

 lescence of dorsal spot of hind wings. Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q.: Stradbroke Island, in January; five specimens. 



MlSCERA PAMMELAS, n.Sp. [7ra/z/xeAas, all-black]. 



$. 38 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi slightly rough-scaled; 

 dark fuscous, beneath whitish. Antennae dark fuscous; pectina- 

 tions 2. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, 

 with ochreous hairs. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly 

 dilated, costa straight to near apex, apex rounded, termen scarcely 

 rounded, moderately oblique; dark fuscous; cilia dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous. Type in Coll. Lyell. 



W.A.: Waroona, in January; one specimen, received from Mr. 

 G. F. Berthoud. 



Gen. TANAOCTENA, n.g. [ravaoKTevos, with long combs]. 



Head with appressed scales. Tongue minute. Palpi moderate, 

 porrect, diverging ; seccnd joint rather long, thickened with 

 appressed scales beneath; terminal joint short, slender, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae with strong basal eyecap of 

 broad overlapping scales; in <J with a single row of long pectina- 

 tions. Posterior tibiae smooth. Forewings with 2 from well 

 before angle, 7 separate, running to termen just below apex, 8 

 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with 4, 5, 6, and 7 parallel. 



