442 DESCBIPTI05S OF AUSTRALIAN' MICRO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



grey, without ochreous tinge ; a broad white suffusion towards 

 middle of costa ; a short longitudinal ill-defined blackish line in 

 middle of disc, and six small ill-defined blackish spots arranged 

 round it ; first spot in disc before middle, second obliquly before 

 and above first, third above central line, the other three in a 

 crescentic transverse row beyond middle of disc ; a slender white 

 streak from anal angle along lower f of hindmargin, margined 

 anteriorly by a suffused blackish-fuscous streak, before which is 

 a narrow whitish suffusion: cilia whitish, mixed with grey, 

 becoming white beneath apex, costal cilia grey, becoming dark 

 fuscous above apex. Hindwings elongate, hindmargin slightly 

 sinuate ; greyish-ochreous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, mixed with 

 grey round apex. 



In form closely approaching the preceding, but the terminal 

 joint of the palpi is remarkably short; well characterised by the 

 single streak on the fold, and six discal spots. 



One fine specimen beaten from JEucaJypttis in !N^ovember, near 

 Sydney. 



2. EXCIIOCBATES, n. rj. 



Head with appressed hairs, side tufts large, spreading. Antennae 

 in male moderate, very shortly ciliated (1), basal joint rather 

 stout, without pecten. Palpi very long, second joint extremely 

 long, nearly straight, obliquely ascending, dilated with rough pro- 

 jecting scales above and beneath, laterally compressed, terminal 

 joint short, very slender, erect. Thorax smooth. Forewings 

 oblong, moderately broad, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded. Hindwings as broad as forewings, oblong-ovate, 

 rounded, cilia -3. Abdomen moderate, in female stout. Middle 

 tibiae thickened with dense loose hairs ; posterior tibiae clothed 

 with dense long hairs. Eorewings with vein 7 to costa, 2 before 

 angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 bent and somewhat 

 approximated to 4 at base. 



