520 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTEALUX MICEO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



^ $ . 15-18 mm. Head and palpi white, second joint and 

 apex of terminal joint suffused with fuscous anteriorly. AntennsB 

 of male white, of female grej. Thorax white, shoulders suffusedly 

 brownish. Abdomen ochreous- white. Anterior and middle legs 

 grey, posterior legs whitish. Forewings moderately dilated, in 

 female more elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white ; the three discal 

 dots rarely faintly indicated ; in female an obscure greyish 

 suffusion between the veins, more or less distinct ; rarely the 

 transverse line indicated by a few dark grey scales near hind- 

 margin : cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings ochreous- whitish, 

 suffused with grey on posterior half ; cilia ochreous-white. 



Closely allied to ^. eccanimis, from which it differs in having 

 the shoulders marked only with a suffused ochreous-brown spot, 

 the discal dots usually quite absent, even in the female, and the 

 hindwings paler and more whitish towards base. 



Common round Brisbane in September. 



78. IJiil. pantelella, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. ochreo-griseis, sericeis, costa ciliisque dilute 

 ochreis, $ interdum punctis disci tribus serieque postica flexuosa 

 saturate fuscis ; post, saturate griseis. 



(^ ? . 15-17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, more yellowish on 

 crown. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint and apex of terminal 

 joint suffused anteriorly with dark fuscous. Antennae dark 

 fuscous. Thorax grey, sprinkled with whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, greyish towards base, more yellowish at apex. 

 Anterior and middle legs dark grey, tarsi with slender obscure 

 whitish rings at apex of joints ; posterior legs whitish-ochreous. 

 Porewings rather strongly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin oblique, strongly rounded ; uniform glossy 

 grey, thickly irrorated with pale ochreous ; costal edge suff usedly 

 pale yellowish-ochreous, extreme costal edge at base dark fuscous; 



