PAPERS READ. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S. 



XII. Qj]cOPHORlD-E — (Continued. ) 

 59. Haplodyta, Meyr. 



Head sniootli, sidetufts small, spreading. Antennifi in ^ 

 moderately ciliated (1), basal joint with sti'ong pecten. Palpi 

 moderate, second joint reaching base of antennae, with appressed 

 scales, somewhat loose beneath, terminal joint rather shorter than 

 second, slender, recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, 

 hindinargin very oblique. Hindwings somewhat narrower than 

 forewings, narrowly elongate-ovate, apex round-pointed, cilia 1 1. 

 Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibite clothed with long line hairs 

 above. Forewings with vein 7 to hiudmargin, 2 from somewhat 

 before angle of cell. Hindwings normal. 



Differs from Machaeritis by the second joint of palpi reaching 

 base of antennpe, and the hindwings not acutely pointed, but 

 otherwise nearly allied to it. 



la. Head ochreous 401. ioclialca. 



1^>- „ gi"ey. 



2a. Thorax ochreous 400. heteropla. 



2b. „ grey 399. thoracta. 



399. Ilajjl. thoracta, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. griseis, nitidis ; post, saturatius griseis ; capite 

 ac thorace concoloribus griseis. 



