770 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



another on inner margin before anal angle ; traces of a transverse 

 line near hindmargin : cilia whitisli-ochreous. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey-whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales, from September to March ; rather 

 common. 



405. Mach. melanosjiora, n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. albis, ochreo-sparsis, punctis disci tribus, quarto 

 anguli analis, quinto costse ante apicem ochreis ; post, albido- 

 griseis. 



(J 9. 10-14 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, and thorax white; 

 palpi with second joint externally dark fuscous except at apex. 

 Abdomen whitish. Legs grey, posterior pair whitish, tibite 

 yellowish-tinged. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 moderately arched, apex tolerably pointed, hindmargin extremely 

 oblique, hardly rounded; white, more or less thinly irrorated with 

 ochreous ; markings ochreous, ill-defined : a small spot in disc at 

 ^, a second obliquely beyond it on fold, and a third larger in disc 

 at § ; a small spot on anal angle, tending to be connected with 

 third discal spot ; a small spot on costa towards apex : cilia 

 white, with two irregular lines of dark fuscous points. Hind- 

 wings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 



Toowoomba, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales, in 

 December and March ; rather cominon. 



406. Macli. samphoras. n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. canis, dorsum versus griseo-suffusis, punctis 

 disci quattuor, macula costfe post medium, striga anguli analis, 

 lineaque postica transversa sub apicem suffusa saturatius fuscis ; 

 post, griseis. 



(J $. 11-14 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark 

 fuscous. Antennae grey. Thorax white mixed with grey. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs grey, posterior pair paler. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, 

 hindmargin extremely oblique, hardly rounded ; white, dorsal half 

 suffused with light grey ; markings dark fuscous, rather ill- 

 defined ; a small spot in disc at I, a second obliquely beyond it on 



