512 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



Distinguished from Philobota (from the last group of which it 

 may probably be a development) by the longer cilia of the 

 antennae, and absence of basal pecten. The three species are very 

 similar and nearly allied, resembling some forms of Eulechria. 



la. Hindwings pale yellow ..... 239. selenias 



lb. ,, fuscous. 



2a. Thorax anteriorly dark fuscous 2 40. strophiella 



2b. ,, wholly ochreous-whitish 241. charidotis 



239. Comps. selenias, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. dilute albido-griseis, macula dorsi ad basim, 

 punctis disci tribus, tertio duplici, fasciaque antemarginali nigre- 

 s centibus ; post, dilute flavis. 



^. 16-22 mm. Head ochreous- white. Palpi ochreous white, 

 second joint with an oblique blackish median band. Antennae 

 white, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax light grey, with a 

 transverse blackish stripe before middle. Abdomen whitish- 

 yellow. Legs dark fuscous, tarsal joints with ochreous-whitish 

 apical rings ; posterior tibise whitish-yellow. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; pale whitish-grey ; costal edge ochreous- 

 whitish, becoming black near base ; a small black spot on inner 

 margin near base ; a large black dot in disc at J, a second beyond 

 it on fold, connected with inner margin by a grey spot, and 

 two transversely placed and confluent in disc beyond middle ; 

 an irregular dark fuscous fascia from costa at \ to before anal 

 angle, dilated below middle ; a row of blackish dots on hind- 

 margin : cilia grey-whitish, becoming grey towards base and on 

 anal angle. Hindwings pale yellow ; cilia pale yellow, becoming 

 grey around apex. 



Immediately recognisable by the pale yellow hindwings ; it 

 also differs from both the other species by the greyish tinge of the 

 forewings, and the small dark spot on inner margin near base. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), new South Wales ; two 

 specimens in October, of which that from the mountains is 

 considerably the larger. 



