310 EXOTIC MICBOLEPinOPTERA. 



QuRBNSLAND, Brisbane, October (Z)o'/(Z) ; seven specimens. Type 

 in Wals. Coll. (18022). Nearest creninodes, but brownish instead 

 of grey ; extremely similar to Fluloboiu pnlverea, but besides neural 

 diil'erenco the shape of forevviugs is distinct, the termeu in 2iulverea 

 being straighter. 



Macliiinia teratopa, u. sp. 



(5 . 20 mm. Head grey, pale-sprinkled. Palpi light grey irroratcd 

 dark grey. Thorax slaty-pur])li8h irroratcd light grey. Abdomen 

 whitish-grey, segmental margins fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, ternien rounded, rather oblique ; pale grey irre- 

 gularly irroratcd dark grey, with strong violet gloss, especially 

 anteriorly ; a very large deep fulvous semiovate dorsal imtch sharply 

 limited by a white rim, extending from 5 of dorsum to near tornus, 

 and reaching | across wing, anterior end vertical, posterior pro- 

 jecting angularly just over tornus ; two or three irregular blackish- 

 grey dots following posterior edge of this ; a blackish somewhat 

 sinuate line from near g of costa to near middle of terraen, a short 

 portion in middle deep fulvous : cilia light grey, whitish-speckled, 

 ilindwings grey-whitish; a broad suffused grey terminal fascia; 

 cilia light grey. 



New South Wales, llichmond R. {OUiff); one specimen. Type 

 in Wals. Coll. (3619). 



Machimia restricta, n. sp. 



S 2 • 18-19 mm. Head, thorax pale ochreous-grey. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with obliipic blackish subapical ring, extreme 

 base of terminal joint blackish. Antennal ciliations d" al,?>l|. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings moderate, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 somewhat oblique ; pale ochreuus-grey, extreme costal edge tinged 

 whitish; markings blackish ; a minute dot on costa near base ; a 

 dot towards costa near base ; stigmata moderate, plical rather 

 beyond first diseal; a more or less developed strongly curved series 

 of minute irregular dots from beneath costa at g traversing second 

 diseal stigma to above dorsum at | ; a series of somewhat larger 

 dots from beneath middle of costa very obliquely outwards to a 

 point nearer to apex than to second diseal stigma, thence angulated 

 and slightly curved to dorsum before tornus ; a marginal row of 

 dots round apical third of costa and termen : cilia pale ochreous- 

 grey, becoming whitish towards tips. Hindwings grey, towards 

 base paler and tinged whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 becoming whitish towards tips. 



Queensland, Brisbane, September, October (Dodd); five speci- 

 mens. Type in Wals. Coll. (1800-1). Nearly allied to sohrieUa, and 

 may have been confused with it, but distinct by subbasal dot, and 

 form of subterminal scries of dots. 



