420 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Syntomactis oxyptera, n.sp. 



£. 8 mm. Head, palpi and thorax ashy-grey-whitish, terminal 

 joint of palpi with two white rings, below and above middle. 

 Legs whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, with greyish segmental 

 rings. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; ashy-grey-whitish; mark- 

 ings ill-defined; a fuscous spot on inner margin before middle, 

 edged anteriorly by a clear streak of whitish; a black spot above 

 anal angle, and two or three along costa towards apex, where the 

 groundcolour becomes fuscous-tinged : cilia greyish, with a fuscous 

 tooth at apex. Hindwings lanceolate, narrow; greyish; cilia 3, 

 greyish, ochreous-tinged at base. 



Q. 8-10 mm. Head, thorax, antennae, palpi, abdomen and legs 

 dark fuscous, palpi with two whitish rings on terminal joint, 

 above and below middle, legs mixed with whitish, abdomen with 

 a patch of fine metallic scales in middle, beneath whitish. Fore- 

 wings formed as in g; dark fuscous; all markings lost, excepting 

 the oblique white streak preceding the fuscous spot on inner 

 margin : cilia fuscous. Hindwings as in £. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; nine specimens, in October. 



Syntomactis xenonympha, n.sp. 



^9. 8-10 mm. Head, palpi and thorax white. Antennae 

 greyish, basal joint white. Legs white, slightly infuscated. 

 Abdomen in £ metallic-blackish, clothed with fine white hairs, 

 except on basal segment, beneath white; in £ greyish- white, 

 whitish beneath, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate, apex pointed; white, very finely dusted with fuscous; 

 three faint fuscous dots, in a longitudinal series, usually absent; 

 first at ^ from base; second, just beyond, and third above anal 

 angle : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a few blackish scales. Hind- 

 wings narrow, lanceolate-linear; pale fuscous in Q, in £ with a 

 broad longitudinal streak of black scales along inner margin; 

 cilia 4, ochreous, becoming paler on terminal third. 



