352 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



less defined, between fourth and second ; hindmarginal space paler, 

 through absence of blackish irroration; cilia ochreoas- whitish, mixed 

 with blackish, forming obscure transverse bars. Hind wings grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish suffused with grey. 



Superficially most like Phloe. asbolaea, but with the dark 

 suffusion incomplete, the discal dots not connected by pale spots 

 yet more clearly defined, the forewings more strongly dilated, and 

 with the apex less rounded and hindmargin straight, and the 

 antennae annulated with whitish-ochreous. 



Deloraine, Tasmania ; one fine specimen November. 



139 Phloe. 2ise])hophora, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. albido-ochreis, griseo-suffusis, costa pallida, 

 strigula costae ad basim obliqua, altera ante medium reversa, puncto 

 costae medio, aliis disci quatuor, lineaque postica transversa 

 flexuosa nigris ; post, griseis. 



cf. 16-21 mm. Head pale yellowish-ochreous. Palpi pale 

 yellowish-ochreous, basal jj and a subapical ring of second joint, 

 and more or less of terminal joint externally black.. Antennae 

 fuscous or dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, with a large 

 whitish-ochreous spot on each side. Abdomen grey. Legs dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints and hairs of posterior tibise grey -whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly moderately dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, hindmargin rather strongly oblique, rounded; 

 whitish-ochreous, suffused with light grey ; costal edge usually 

 clear whitish-ochreous ; a short narrow very oblique black streak 

 from base of costa above fold ; a short slender inwardly oblique 

 black streak from costa at ^, almost reaching apex of basal streak ; 

 a small elongate blackish spot on costa somewhat beyond middle ; 

 a small blackish spot at base of inner margin, generally separated 

 from costal streak by a small clear whitish ochreous spot; a black 

 dot on inner margin near base ; a black dot in disc before middle, 

 a second beyond middle, a third on fold very obliquely before first, 

 and fourth in disc beiow middle ; immediately beneath the second 

 is a clear ochreous-whitish dot ; a strongly outwards-curved waved 

 blackish-fuscous transverse line from costa at \ to inner margin 



