496 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN" MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



(^ ? . 15-18 mm. Head and thorax grey. Palpi whitish, 

 second joint with a narrow oblique dark fuscous band above 

 middle, extreme base of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae 

 light grey, obsoletely anuulated with darker. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous-grey. Anterior tibiae black, beneath white, tarsi black 

 with whitish rings at apex of two basal joints ; middle tibiae 

 ochreous-grey, tarsi dark grey with ochreous- whitish rings at 

 apex of joints ; posterior tibiae and tarsi ochreous- whitish. Fore- 

 wings moderately broad, rather dilated posteriorly, costa 

 moderately strongly arched, apex obtuse-angled, hindmargin 

 straight, slightly oblique ; uniform grey, rather glossy ; extreme 

 edge very slenderly ochreous-whitish ; a black dot at base of costa; 

 a black dot in disc before middle, a second in disc beyond middle, 

 a third obliquely beyond first on fold, and a fourth obliquely 

 beyond and below second, all generally conspicuous ; sometimes 

 a fifth smaller obsolete dot between and rather beyond second 

 and fourth ; an outwardly curved row of incomplete black dots 

 from disc above middle at | to slightly before anal angle, lower 

 portion more or less obsolete ; a row of conspicuous black dots 

 along hindmargin and apical fifth of costa : cilia whitish-grey. 

 Hindwings grey, rather darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 with an indistinct darker line near base. 



This and the following species a.re very closely allied ; H. 

 sohriella is considerably smaller and darker, the band of the palp)i 

 narrower, the black dots more conspicuous, and the posterior line 

 composed of tolerably distinct moderate-sized dots, wholly 

 obsolete towards costa and partially towards inner margin. 



Not uncommon round Sydney in January and February, and 

 at Toowoomba, Queensland, in September. 



58. Hopl. myocles, n. sp. 



Media, alls ant. albido-griseis, puncto ad dorsi basim, aliis disci 

 quattuor serieque marginis postici nigris, linea squamarum postica 

 tenui angulata grisea ; post, saturate griseis. 



