50 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



GliLECHIA ORTHANOTOS, n.Sp. 



9. 12 mm. Head, antennae, palpi, thorax and legs whitish- 

 ochreous, terminal joint of palpi, and posterior | of second fuscous 

 beneath, patagia fuscous. Abdomen blackish, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, apex hardly pointed, 

 hindmargin oblique; whitish-ochreous; a thick straight blackish 

 line from base in middle, continued direct through to |, with 

 very faint indications of its continuance to hindmargin below 

 apex, where it becomes less obscure, and edged beneath by a pale 

 yellowish patch; a few obscure fuscous scales along costa and 

 hindmargin : cilia ochreous-whitish, mixed with a few fuscous 

 scales. Hind wings with apex pointed, termen not sinuate beneath ; 

 dull bronzy-fuscous; cilia about ^, whitish-ochreous. 



Stawell, Victoria; one specimen, in November. 



Xexolechia peltosema, n.sp. 



9. 9 mm. Head, palpi, antenna? and thorax ochreous, 

 antenna? annulated, fuscous, second joint of palpi strongly infus- 

 cated externally, terminal joint with apical and median fuscous 

 rings. Legs dark fuscous, tibia? and tarsi banded with white. 

 Abdomen greyish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly 

 arched, apex pointed, hindmargin very oblique; dull ochreous; a 

 suffused fuscous basal patch, outer edge nearly straight, from 1 

 costa to ^ inner margin; a well defined fuscous triangular patch, 

 resting on inner margin before middle, reaching § across wing, 

 with a slight indentation on posterior edge; about six suffused 

 fuscous costal marks, posterior largest, just before apex; a suffused 

 fuscous mark touching anal angle ; a few fuscous scales along 

 hindmargin : cilia ochreous-fuscous. Hindwings with apex 

 pointed, termen strongly emarginate; greyish-fuscous; cilia nearly 

 2; greyish-fuscous. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; one specimen at light, in October. 



Crocanthes zonodesma, n.sp. 



g. 16 mm. Head, palpi and antenna? yellow, terminal \ of 

 antenna? fuscous-tinged. Legs dull yellow, posterior pair fuscous. 



