BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 1039 



externally mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs dark grey, ringed with whitish-ochreous, 

 posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderately 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 sinuate, oblique ; pale yeilow-ochreous ; costal fold suffusedly 

 strigulated with dark fuscous ; a nearly straight black line from 

 I of costa to 5 of inner margin, beyond which the groundcolour is 

 wholly reddish-fuscous, bisected by a straight line from § of costa 

 to anal angle, anterior half mixed with blackish-grey, posterior half 

 with whitish-ochreous ; a small blackish spot on costa at f , and 

 some blackish scales on hindmargin : cilia whitish-ochreous mixed 

 with reddish, on anal angle and upper half of hindmargin suffused 

 with blackish-grey. Hindwings grey, becoming ochreous-whitish 

 towards base ; a moderately broad dark grey hindmarginal band, 

 becoming blackish on anal angle ; cilia grey, with a darker line : 

 a membranous ridge in disc beneath ; veins 3 and 4 tolerably 

 parallel, 5 more widely remote. 



Mount Lofty, South Australia ; one specimen taken by Mr. E. 

 Guest. 



GELECHIADAE 



Magostolis, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue well-developed. Antenna? 

 longer than forewings, in £ simple, basal joint with moderate 

 pecten. Labial palpi very long, smooth, slender, recurved, terminal 

 joint as long as second, acute, Maxillary palpi short, appressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibiae shortly rough-scaled beneath, median 

 spurs above middle, long. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 2 and 3 

 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hindmargin, 9 and 10 

 stalked, 11 from near end of cell Hindwings as broad as forewings, 

 trapezoidal, apex round-pointed, hindmargin somewhat sinuate, 

 cilia | ; veins 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 approximated towards 

 base. 



Near Crocanthes. 

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