224 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



annulations. Forewings narrow-elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex acute, termen slightly rounded, strongly oblique; bronzy-fus- 

 cous; towards apex irroratecl with shining bluish-white scales; a 

 fuscous dot on extreme apex ; cilia whitish, with some pale fuscous 

 suffusion. Hindwings more than twice breadth of forewings; ter- 

 men strongly sinuate; dark fuscous tinged with bronzy-purple; 

 cilia fuscous, apices whitish. 



The structure of the eye is exactly that of the £ of the type- 

 species. Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. : Herberton, and Evelyn Scrub, in January ; five specimens, 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Phalangitis veterana. 

 Q.: Stanthorpe, in October; Brisbane. 



Phalangitis pellochkoa, n.sp. [ireWoxpoos, dusky-grey]. 

 (J. 15 mm. Head and thorax brownish-grey. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish. Antennae grey. Abdomen grey ; base of dorsum whitish ; 

 male genital tuft large, with extrusible pale yellow hairs. Legs 

 grey-whitish. Forewings moderately elongate, costa strongly 

 arched near base, thence nearly straight, apex obtusely pointed, 

 termen oblique, scarcely rounded; brownish-grey mixed with 

 whitish; markings indistinct and confused; an ill-defined broad 

 whitish costal streak from base, lost posteriorly; a series of dark 

 costal dots; two irregular spots in disc at J and before §; a well 

 marked dark line on apical half of termen; cilia brownish-grey. 

 Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Differs from P. veterana in its browner colouring, less distinct 

 whitish streak, and especially in the dark terminal line. Type in 

 Coll. Turner. 



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

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Plutella maculipennis. 

 This species is ubiquitous, but I was surprised to find it on Mt. 

 Kosciusko, at 6,500 feet; on March 1st, many miles from the 

 nearest cabbage-plot. 



