302 EXOTIC MICROLEPJDOPTEHA. 



eloiij^ate dark fuscous spot on middle of cosi"a, benoath t\ns some 

 obscure brownish-ochreous suffusion ; short black longitudinal stri- 

 guke representing stigmata, first discal beneath posterior extremity 

 of this spot, plical rather obliquely before it ; a dark fuscous streak 

 along median portion of fold, and other short longitudinal streaks 

 iQoro or less indicated in disc preceding stigmata and tending to 

 unite with them ; short fine black longitudinal sfrigulce between 

 second discal and tormen, towards tornus, and beneath costa at | ; 

 small indistinct dai"k fuscous spots on costu posteriorly and along 

 termen : cilia grey sprinkled whitish, base grey-whitish, a median 

 broad shade of dark grey admixture. Hiudwings apex somewhat 

 produced ; grey, lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia light 

 grey ; 6 basal half of costa folded beneath, a dark grey costal 

 streak on this above. 



South Australia, Quorn, October ; two specimens. 



Chelaria euplecta Meyr. 



cj 2 • 12-14 mm. Head, thorax Avhitish-grey. Palpi whitish 

 speckled dark fuscous, tuft short, second joint with two, terminal joint 

 three dark fuscous bands. Abdomen light greyish, sides more or less 

 suffused dark fuscous, anal tuft whitish-ochreous ; rf valvoe moderate, 

 apex upcurved, broadly enlarged and rounded (ladle-shaped). Pore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 out of 6 ; pale grey closely 

 and suffusedly irrorated whitish ; a streak of dark fuscous suffusion 

 along costa from base to beyond ;J, its apex edged beneath with 

 ochreous-brown and terminated by a white tuft ; below this a tine 

 black subcostal dash from base to ^, beneath its middle an ochreous- 

 brownish dot ; a transverse blotch from middle of costa reaching 

 half across wing, widest on costa, costal portion dark fuscous, sub- 

 costal ochreous-brown, discal dark grey ; sometimes a blackish dot 

 beneath this indicating plical stigma; in 5 small blackish marks 

 on dorsum at | and | ; an irregular grey or dark grey spot in disc 

 at I ; four small dark fuscous spots on costa posteriorly, and a 

 rounded terminal patch of fuscous or dark fuscous suffusion, in 

 which are obscurely indicated a short blackish discal streak and 

 some blackish terminal dots : cilia dark grey, speckled whitish. 

 Hindwings apex somewhat produced ; grey, darker posteriorly ; 

 cilia grey ; 6 costa folded beneath on basal half, with long pale 

 greyish hairpencil extending from base to middle. 



New South Wales, Sydney, two cJs; Queensland, Brisbane, 

 one $ , but I think almost certainly identical. Itedescribed, as 

 the original description included also the three preceding species. 



Chelaria cirrhospila, n. sp. 



2 . 12 mm. Head whitish-grey. Palpi grey speckled whitish, 

 second joint dark fuscous except apex, tuft short, terminal joint 

 with three dark grey bauds. Thorax grey, shoulders speckled 



