312 riXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTF.KA. 



pointed, tcrmen faiiitly sinuate, obliijue ; yellow; a narrow light 

 yellowish-fulvous terminal fascia, widest just beneath apex, attenu- 

 ated to tornus : cilia pale yellowish-fulvous, becoming yellow- 

 whitish towards tip and beneath tornus. Ilindwings grey ; cilia 

 grey-whitish. 



Queensland, Brisbane, January (Docld) ; one specimen. Type in 

 Wals. Coll. (19128). Probably uearest mellijiua. 



Coesyra tricoronata, n. sp. 



c5' . 12-13 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellow. Palpi yellow- 

 whitish, basal half of secoud joint irrorated fuscous. Antennal 

 ciliations 2|. Thorax pale ochreous-yellow, anterior half dark 

 violet-fuscous except a spot in middle of anterior margin. Abdomen 

 ochreous-grey, segmental margins and anal tuft whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen nearly straight, rather strongly oblique ; light clear ochreous- 

 yellow ; markings light greyish-violet irrorated dark fuscous ; a 

 streak along costa from base to f , from its extremity a slightly 

 curved narrow irregular-edged fascia to dorsum at f ; a moderately 

 broad fascia from | of costa to toi'nus, narrowed towards costa, 

 anterior edge obtusely prominent in middle and in one specimen 

 connected with preceding fascia by some slight irroration ; a blotch 

 along upper half of termen, very narrowly and suffusedly separated 

 from preceding : cilia light ochreous-yellow, a light greyish-violet 

 tornal blotch sprinkled dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



West Austealia, Cape Naturaliste, December {Txirner)-, two 

 specimens. Type in Wals. Coll. (3U0285). Nearest thennistis. 



Coesyra thoenatica, n. sp. 



c? $ . 15-16 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi grey, apex 

 whitish. Antennal ciliations c? fasciculated (4). Thorax, abdomen 

 fuscous, anal tutt yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, ajjex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; luscous ; stigmata sometimes obscurely darker, plical 

 beneath first discal, usually obsolete ; faint spots of whitish- 

 ochreous suffusion on costa at | and dorsum at | more or less 

 indicated, sometimes a faint shade joining them, or some irroration 

 towards dorsum and termen : cilia fuscous sprinkled ochreons- 

 whitish, tips ochreous-whitish, Hindwings light orange ; a patch 

 of rather dark fuscous suffusion occui)ying apical fourth of wing, 

 and attenuated to middle of termen ; cilia grey. 



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

 mens. T3pe in Wals. Coll. (18243). Allied to pyrota and 

 melantlies, but differing from both by yellow head. 



ZAPHANAULA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli inferior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae f , in S moderately ciliated, basal joint, moderate, Avithout 



