738 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



(J. 21 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 ochreous-whitish ; palpi rather long ; antennal ciliations 4 ; anterior 

 legs dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex round-pointed, hind margin almost straight, rather strongly 

 oblique ; ochreous-whitish, with some quite irregularly scattered 

 black scales, partially coalescing to form small dots ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. Hind wings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Mount Wellington (2500 feet), Tasmania, at the end of January ; 

 one specimen. 



42. Orophia, Meyr. 



Head loosely haired, sidetufts large, meeting above, projecting 

 between antennae. Antenna? moderate, in £ serrate, rather strongly 

 ciliated (2), basal joint rather stout, with strong pecten. Palpi 

 long, second joint exceeding base of antennae, densely scaled, 

 beneath roughly towards apex, terminal joint considerably shorter 

 than second, slender, curved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, hindmargin sinuate, oblique. Hindwings as broad as 

 forewings, elongate-ovate, hindmargin rounded, cilia |. Abdomen 

 moderate. Posterior tibia> clothed with very long fine hairs. 

 Forewings with vein 7 to hindmargin, 2 and 3 from considerably 

 before angle of cell. Hindwings normal. 



Closely allied to Peltophora, from which it is distinguished 

 principally by the position of veins 2 and 3 of the forewings ; and 

 also with some apparent affinity to Pleurota, 



273. Oroph cinetica, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. flavidis, interdum dilute griseo-suffusis, saepius 

 punctis disci tribus minimis nigris ; post, griseis. 



£ 2- 17-22 mm. Head and thorax whitish-yellow or ochreous- 

 yellow. Palpi whitish-yellow, sometimes grey anteriorly. Antenna? 

 whitish or grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish or grey-whitish. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair suffused with grey. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 sinuate, very oblique ; whitish-yellow or light ochreous-yellow, 

 sometimes suffused with very light grey except costa, a discal 



