1046 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW LEPIDOPTERA, 



Thyr. psephonoma, n. sp. 



<J Q. 26-27 mm. Head light ochreous-yellow. Palpi dark 

 fuscous. Antennae greyish. Thorax white, anterior margin, a 

 spot on shoulders, and a posterior spot dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous, segmental margins white, anal tuft ochreous-yellow. 

 Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 rather strongly arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin oblique, slightly 

 rounded ; white ; a broad fuscous streak along costa from base 

 to 5, indented at J, apex pointed ; an elongate fuscous spot extending 

 along inner margin from \ to f ; twelve small blackish-fuscous spots 

 or dots, first on base of costa, two in disc near base, two rather 

 larger on margin of costal streak before and beyond middle, two 

 beneath them near dorsal spot, one above posterior of these, and 

 four in a sinuate series from disc at f towards anal angle ; a 

 blackish-fuscous hindmarginal fascia, broadest above middle, sud- 

 denly attenuated beneath, divided into six spots by white veins : 

 cilia dark fuscous, base white. Hindwings grey, towards inner 

 margin white ; cilia grey, becoming white towards anal angle. 



Newcastle, New South Wales ; two specimens (Australian 

 Museum). 



ELACHISTIDAE 



Ptilochares, n. g. 



Head smooth, sidetufts small, erect ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae *, in £ serrate, unevenly pubescent, basal 

 joint long, with moderate pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 recurved, second joint with rough scales tending to form a short 

 median tuft beneath, terminal joint as long as second, rather stout, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform. Abdomen (in <J only ?) 

 posteriorly dilated laterally with rough projecting scales, anal tuft 

 moderate. Posterior tibiae clothed with long loose hairs above. 

 Forewings narrow, lanceolate ; vein 1 furcate (?), 2 from % of cell, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings f, 

 narrow-lanceolate, cilia 2 ; veins 5, 6, 7 somewhat approximated at 

 base, 7 to costa. 



