350 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



fuscous suffusion towards apex, its inner edge indicating the usual 

 transverse indented line : cilia whitish -ochreous, suffusedly mixed 

 with light fuscous, base suffused with dark-fuscous. Hindwings 

 dark grey ; cilia grey. 



In the general dark suffusion this species resembles some forms 

 of Phloe. banausa, which latter is always recognisable by the 

 thickened terminal joint of the palpi , it differs however from all 

 in the arrangement of the discal dots, and their separation by 

 whitish-ochreous dots. 



Deloraine, Tasmania ; one good specimen in November. 



137. Phloe. semocausta, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. albido-ochreis, fusco-mixtis, striga e costaB basi 

 perobliqua, punctis disci tribus strigulaque media, serie etiam 

 marginis postici nigrescentibus, maculis costse duabus serieque 

 punctorum postica flexuosa nebulosis fuscis ; post, griseis. 



O*. 20-24 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochraous, 

 with terminal joints towards base, and a subapical ring and basal 

 half of second joint dark fuscous. Antennas fuscous, ciliations 2. 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior margin suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, mixed with grey. Legs 

 dark fuscous, central ring of middle tibia?, hairs of posterior tibia?, 

 and apex of all joints whitish-ochreous. Forewings rather elongate, 

 broadly dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin straight or very slightly sinuate, oblique ; pale whitish- 

 ochreous, irrorated with grey and dark fuscous scales ; a thick 

 blackish suffused streak from base of costa along fold to J ; a 

 blackish dot on base of inner margin ; a cloudy fuscous suffusion 

 along basal half of costa, darker posteriorly ; a cloudy fuscous 

 oblong spot on costa somewhat beyond middle ; a cloudy blackish- 

 fuscous dot in disc at £ above and beyond apex of basal streak, 

 and a short blackish fuscous transverse mark in disc beyond 

 middle ; between these is a short longitudinal blackish-fuscous 

 line, beneath posterior extremity of which is a blackish-fuscous 

 dot ; a transverse outwards-curved line of cloudy dark fuscous 

 nearly confluent dots from I of costa to before anal angle, 



