222 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



orange, more or less mixed with blackish in centre. Abdomen 

 blackish, sometimes mixed with orange; dorsum of first two seg- 

 ments orange; apex of fifth segment narrowly whitish on dorsum 

 in (J. Legs blackish ; anterior coxae yellow ; anterior tibiae with an 

 internal reddish-orange spot; middle tibiae with spurs white, and 

 with a broad median reddish-orange ring; first joint of anterior 

 and middle tarsi with a broad white median ring. Forewings 

 elongate, with costa straight to near apex, in $ slightly sinuate, 

 apex rounded, termen slightly bowed, strongly oblique ; bright red- 

 dish-orange ; termen broadly blackish, with blackish streaks extend- 

 ing from it between veins ; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings elongate ; 

 orange; a broad dark fuscous apical area extending towards base 

 on costa, and narrowly along termen to tornus ; cilia dark fuscous, 

 becoming whitish or white towards apex in (J, on dorsum orange. 

 Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q.: Townsville, in January and February; three specimens, 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd, of which one is in Coll. Lyell. 



PsEUD^EGERIA HYALINA, n.sp. [i'aAivos, transparent]. 



£. 21 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous; patagia reddish-orange. Abdomen dark fuscous; 

 apex of fifth segment narrowly whitish on dorsum. Legs dark 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa sinuate, apex rounded, termen 

 slightly bowed, strongly oblique ; reddish-orange suffused with fus- 

 cous except towards costa, and with fuscous interneural streaks in 

 terminal area; cilia fuscous, on costa reddish-orange. Hindwings 

 elongate; fuscous; whole of basal and central areas hyaline, with 

 very few scales ; cilia fuscous. Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Vic. : Birchip, in November ; one specimen, received from Mr. D. 

 Goudie. 



Subfam. Plutellin^e. 



Gen. Heterocrita Meyr. 



Head shortly rough-haired. Tongue well-developed. Labial 

 palpi long, porrect; second joint very long, vertically thickened 



