178 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



Tvitli a peculiarly thickened metallic spot at the anal angle of the 

 fore-wings; they are slow in flight, and generally appear sluggish. 



Crob. daricella, n. sj). 



^ . 3^". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen and legs 

 snow-white ; all tarsi with three blackish rings. Fore- wings 

 snow-white, with two slender short oblic[ue black costal streaks, 

 first in middle, second immediately beyond it, closely strewn about 

 which are a few irregular blackish and ochreous scales ; a rather 

 large circular thickened silvery metallic spot on anal angle, 

 partially black-edged ; cilia white, with a faint fuscous spot in 

 castal cilia, from which proceeds a clear black line round apex, 

 terminating abruptly just beyond it. Hind-wings and cilia white. 



Differs from the following species by the larger size, and the 

 absence of the basal and dorsal streaks. Two specimens taken 

 in the thick subtropical scrubs at Eosewood, Queensland, in 

 September. 



Crob. chrysidiella, w. sp. 



(^ ^ . 2^"-2|-". Head, palpi, antennse, and legs snow-white. 

 Thorax snow-white, with a yellowish spot on shoulder. Abdomen 

 white, beneath with a yellowish band. Fore-wings white, with 

 a yellowish, longitudinal, central streak from base to beyond 

 middle, and with three oblique, yellowish, costal streaks and one 

 dorsal ; first costal streak long, very oblique, from ^ of costa to 

 apex of central streak, anteriorly margined with blackish scales ; 

 second rather beyond middle, third at f , shorter and less oblique, 

 posteriorly margined by slender blackish lines, which are some- 

 times alone distinct ; dorsal streak in middle, anteriorly margined 

 by a slender, blackish line, sometimes alone visible, meeting apex 

 of central streak ; a faint yellowish spot at anal angle, containing 

 a circular, thickened, silvery-golden metallic spot ; cilia white, 

 with a slender bent blackish line round apex terminating abruptly 

 just beyond it. Hind- wings and cilia white. 



