342 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA 



la. Forewings with a whitish-yellow anterior fascia.. 131. ancyrota. 



lb. „ without pale fascia. . 



2a. Forewings with a suffused dark fascia enclosing 



a pale discal spot 130. desmojohora. 



2b. „ not fasciatecl 129. philochora. 



129. Loch ]?hilochora, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. griseis, albido-ochreo conspersis, macula costae 

 ad basim parva, punctis costae duobus, disci tribus, lineaque postica 

 transversa saepius obsoleta nigricantibus ; post, griseis. 



cf. 12J-15 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark-fuscous, 

 apex of second joint whitish-ochreous. Antennae dark-fuscous. 

 Thorax grey, mixed with whitish-ochreous towards shoulders. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae 

 and apex of all tarsal joints obscurely ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa slightly arched, somewhat bent near base, apex 

 round-pointed, hind margin very obliquely rounded ; grey, irrorated 

 with whitish-ochreous ; an oblong black spot along costa at base ; 

 costal edge blackish from base to middle, a small blackish spot 

 on costa at ^, another somewhat beyond middle, and a third a little 

 before apex ; a black dot in disc before middle, a second hardly 

 beyond middle, and a third obliquely before first on fold ; a very 

 obscure dark fuscous transverse line from ante-apical costal spot 

 to anal angle, sharply indented inwards beneath costa, often 

 obsolete : cilia grey, mixed with whitish-ochreous towards base. 

 Hindwings fuscous-grey, apex somewhat darker; cilia light fus- 

 cous-grey. 



Readily distinguished from L. desmophora by the lighter and 

 more uniform grey colouring, the sharply-defined basal spot, the 

 distinctness of the other dots, and the absence of any darker trans- 

 verse shade. 



Abundant round Deloraine Tasmania, in November, especially 

 along the roadsides, but I ooserved it nowhere else ; the £ is 

 active and readily disturbed by day, but I failed to obtain the 

 other sex. 



