374 DESCRIPTIONS OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



165. Neph. egelida, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. griseis, leviter nigro-sparsis, punctis disci 

 quinque lineaque postica transverse angulata perobscuris nigris I 

 post, albido-griseis. 



<? . 18-20 mm. Head and thorax light grey. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, base of terminal joint, and base and apex of second joint 

 whitish. Antennae grey-whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Anterior and middle legs dark-fuscous, apex of joints whitish ; 

 posterior legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; light uniform grey, with a few scattered fine black scales ; 

 a very obscure blackish dot in disc before middle, a second on fold 

 somewhat beyond first, a third above middle, a fourth and fifth 

 transversely placed beyond middle ; a faint interrupted blackish- 

 grey transverse line from costa at I obliquely outwards to before 

 apex, thence sharply angulated and continued to anal angle : cilia 

 pale whitish-grey. Hind wings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 



A distinct species, easily known by its light uniform grey 

 colouring, the obsolescence of the markings, and the peculiar form 

 of the posterior line. 



Sydney, in August ; one of the earliest spring insects \ three 

 specimens. 



166. Neph. ennephela, n. sp. 



Major, alis ant. griseis, albido-mixtis, nigro-sparsis, mucula ad 

 basim superius dilatata, costaeque triangulo medio fuscis, punctis 

 disci sex lineaque postica transversa flexuosa nigrescentibus ; post, 

 albido-griseis ; capite griseo. 



$. 21-27 mm. Head whitish mixed with fuscous. Palpi 

 whitish mixed with dark fuscous, second joint externally dark 

 fuscous except at apex. Antennae light grey. Thorax fuscous- 

 grey mixed with whitish, with a small suffused dark fuscous spot 

 on shoulder. Abdomen grey- whitish, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish ; 

 posterior legs dull-ochreous whitish. Forewings elongate, poste- 

 riorly somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 



