414 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTBRA, 



ochreous. Abdomen greyish. Legs ochreous, somewhat banded 

 with fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 hindinargin obliquely rounded; dull ochreous, somewhat bronzy; 

 markings blackish; a moderately thick basal streak; a moderate 

 spot on disc before middle; a second, similar, just below, and a 

 much larger one at end of cell; veins towards hindmargin some- 

 what outlined with fuscous, but this is sometimes absent ; a 

 suffused row of hindmarginal spots : cilia ochreous-fuscous, tips 

 greyish. Hind wings greyish-fuscous; cilia ochreous, tips greyish. 

 Broken Hill, N.S.W.; eight specimens, in October and Novem- 

 ber. 



. Superficially extremely similar to Sphyrelata ochrophcea, Meyr., 

 but easily separated from that species by the stalking of veins 2 

 -and 3 of forewings. 



Machaeritis xerodes, n.sp. 



^Q. 9-10 mm. Head white. Thorax brownish-ochreous. 

 Palpi, antennae and legs fuscous, palpi internally somewhat 

 whitish, antennae obscurely annulated with whitish, basal joint 

 blackish. Abdomen fuscous, basal segment yellowish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex somewhat pointed; whitish, minutely irrorated with fuscous 

 .and blackish scales, excepting an obscure longitudinal streak of 

 whitish, from base in middle to anal angle; between termination 

 of streak and apex of wing the groundcolour becomes more 

 blackish; extreme costal edge obscurely whitish : cilia greyish, 

 mixed with fuscous scales at base. Hind wings lanceolate; light 

 fuscous-greyish; cilia greyish. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; common, in August and September. 



Macrobathra zonodesma, n.sp. 



g. 10 mm. Head, thorax and palpi white, thorax anteriorly 

 narrowly dark fuscous, second joint of palpi with a broad fuscous 

 apical ring, terminal joint fuscous on apical \. Antennas fuscous, 

 annulated with white, basal joint black. Abdomen fuscous, 



