1066 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO- LEPIDOPTERA, 



370. Ocyst. acroxantha, n.sp. 

 Minor, alis ant. rufescentibus, punctis disci tribus strigaque 

 marginis postici purpureo-tincta obscure saturatioribus, ciliis 



tlavis ; post, griseis. 



£ 9. 13-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light reddish-fuscous; 

 terminal joint of palpi 5 of second. Antennse grey-whitish, 

 ciliations 4. Abdomen pale grey. Legs dark grey, posterior pair 

 grey-.vhitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin nearly straight, rather strongly 

 oblique; rather light reddish-fuscous ; au indistinct darker fuscous 

 dot in disc at \, a second obliquely beyond it on fold, and a third 

 in disc beyond middle ; hindmargin suffused with darker and 

 purplish-tinged : cilia ochreous-yellow, on costa and anal angle 

 purplish-grey. Hindwings elongate-ovate, round-pointed, veins 3 

 and 4 from a point or slightly remote ; grey, lighter towards 

 base ; cilia pale grey. 



Broader-winged than 0. isarithma, and with the hindmargin of 

 forewings much less oblique ; the ground colour not mixed with 

 yellowish, and no anal spot. 



Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; Warragul, Victoria; 

 Deloraine and Hobart, Tasmania ; in November, December. 

 March and April ; six specimens. 



371. Ocyst. anthera, n.sp. 



Minor, alis ant. ochreis, postice flavo-suffusis ac purpureo-mixtis, 

 punctis disci tribus strigaque marginis postici saturate purpureo- 

 f uscis, ciliis fiavis ; post, albido-ochreis. 



<J. 15-16 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax ochreous-whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint externally suffused with dark purplish- 

 grey, terminal joint f of second. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs light crimson-purple, banded with dark grey, posterior pair 

 pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate, very oblique ; light 

 yellow-ochreous, posteriorly suffused with deep yellow and some- 

 what mixed with reddish-purple ; a purplish-fuscous dot at J, a 

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



