372 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



$ ?. 17.20 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown slightly greyish- 

 tinged. Palpi ochreous-white, second joint externally fuscous- 

 grey except at apex. Antennae grey. Thorax light grey, with a 

 small blackish spot on shoulder. Abdomen ochreous-whitish . 

 Anterior legs dark fuscous ; middle legs grey ; posterior legs 

 ochreous whitish. Fore wings elongate, moderate, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; light 

 grey, densely irrorated with whitish ; a small transverse blackish- 

 grey spot on base of costa, reaching fold ; a small blackish-grey 

 spot on costa at \ ; a very flattened triangular blackish-grey patch 

 on costa from before middle to J, reaching \ across wing ; a 

 blackish dot in disc at J, a second directly beneath it on fold, a 

 third above middle of disc, a fourth and fifth transversely placed 

 and confluent in disc beyond middle, and a sixth rather below and 

 before these : between the first two and towards inner margin are 

 some scattered blackish scales ; a small blackish-grey spot above 

 anal angle ; a small blackish-grey spot on costa before apex, 

 emitting an outwards-curved interrupted line to anal angle : cilia 

 whitish, posteriorly slightly suffused with greyish, with a blackish- 

 grey median line. Hind wings grey ; cilia grey- whitish, with a 

 grey line. 



Has a strong general resemblance to the species of Nephogenes. 



Port Lincoln, South Australia, in November ; tolerably common, 

 but at that season most of the specimens worn ; probably October 

 is its usual month. 



33. Nephogenes Meyr. 



Head loosely haired, sidetufts moderate, spreading, loosely 

 projecting between antennae. Antennae in $ moderate, moderately 

 and evenly ciliated (1-1-J), basal joint with strong pecten. Palpi 

 moderate, second joint not reaching base of antennae, densely 

 scaled, rather loosely beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 curved. Thorax smooth. Fore wings elongate, moderate or rather 

 narrow, apex more or less rounded, hindmargin oblique. Hind- 

 wings hardly narrower than forewings, elongate-ovate, hindmargin 



