210 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



thorpe, in February. — N.S.W. : Tabulam, in December; Mt. Kosci- 

 usko (3,000ft.), in March. — Vic: Gisborne, in December. 



SlMiETHIS BASALIS. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in February; Innisfail, in Novem- 

 ber and May. The Brisbane locality is doubtful. 



SlMiETHIS limonias. ' 

 N.Q. : Kuranda, near Cairns, in October and March ; Innisfail, 

 in November. 



SlM-rETHIS SYCOPOLA. 



Q. : Brisbane, in April. 



SlM^THIS OPHIOSEMA. 



N.Q. : Townsville, in December, January, February, and March. 



SlMiETHIS METALLICA. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in December and April; Towns- 

 ville, in March.— Q. : Brisbane, in January. 



►SlMJETHIS PERIPLOCA, n.sp. [ttc/omtAokos, entangled, intricate]. 



(Jo. 15-17 mm. Head grey, with fine whitish irroration. Palpi 

 white, ringed with dark fuscous. Antennae blackish, ringed with 

 white; ciliations in g 4. Thorax and abdomen ochreous-grey ; the 

 former with some whitish irroration. Legs dark fuscous, with 

 white annulations; posterior tarsi with white basal rings 

 on first and second joints, third joint wholly white. Fore- 

 wings broadly triangular, costa strongly arched, apex rectangu- 

 lar, termen slightly bowed, moderately oblique; ochreous-grey; 

 markings formed by bands of fine white irroration; some white 

 irroratien near base; first fascia sub-basal; second at J, broad and 

 straight-edged ; third and fourth from § costa, separated only by a 

 fine line of ground-colour, parallel, acutely and irregularly angled, 

 diverging on dorsum to J and tornus; an oval spot in disc before 

 third line, occupying a large concavity formed by this line; cilia 

 fuscous, with a darker basal line, apices white on costa before apex, 

 on termen beneath apex, and again sometimes below middle. Hind- 



