320 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Limnoecia chrysothorax, n. ep, 



(5 . 13 mm. Head pale yellowish, face whitish. Palpi smooth, 

 grey. Antennce grey, towards tip whitish. Thorax golden- 

 ruetallic. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewiiigs narrowly elon- 

 gate-lanceolate ; blackish-fuscous; base golden-metallic; three 

 narrow shining white transverse fasciae, hrst at i, not reaching 

 dorsum, second slightly beyond middle, slightly dilated on dorsal 

 half, third at |, slender, slightly incurved : cilia light grey, 

 towards base mixed darker. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



QUEENSLAND, Brisbane, November (Dodd) ; one specimen. Ty[)e 

 in Wals. Coll. (24075). Conspicuous by the golden-metallic 

 thorax. 



Limnoecia pterolopha, n. sp. 



$. 11-12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint thickened 

 with scales angularly projecting at apex beneath, basal | blackish, 

 terminal joint with loosely projecting hairs posteriorly, a blackish 

 band just below apex. Antenna? whitish, basal and supramedian 

 dark fuscous bands. Thorax ochreous-white, shoulders and a 

 posterior spot blackish. Abdomen pale grey, segmental margins 

 white, two basal segments pale ochroous dorsally. Forewings 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; blackish-fuscous ; markings whitish- 

 ochreous ; a broad irregularly trisinuate streak running from 

 middle of base to tornus and lower half of tormen, a very slight 

 projection from this almost reaching costa at ^ ; a moderate 

 roundish spot resting on costa beyond middle, narrowly separated 

 from streak ; a small spot on costa towards apex : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, on tornal area greyish-tinged, on costa dark fuscous except 

 on spot. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Queensland, Brisbane, January (Dodd); two specimens. Typo 

 in Wals. Coll. (19615), The scaling of both second and terminal 

 joints of labial palpi varies much in this genus, and the peculiar 

 structure of this species does not warrant generic separation ; it 

 may even be mainly sexual, since I think it probable (thougli 

 uncertain) that the specimen described below is the other sex of 

 the same species. 



(5 . 10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint scales 

 slightly projecting at apex beneath, basal half blackish, terminal 

 joint slender, a blackish band beneath apex. Antenna? whitish 

 sufTusedly dotted blackish. Thorax blackish, patagia white except 

 shoulders. Abdomen light grey, three basal segments light ochreous, 

 anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceo- 

 late ; blackish-fuscous ; markings ochreous-Avhite ; a triangular 

 spot in middle of base ; a moderate oblique streak from ^ of costa 

 to fold, thence continued as an irregular streak to tornus and lower 

 part of termen, almost interrupted beyond middle ; a transverse 

 spot from middle of costa almost reaching streak ; a spot on costa 

 at I ; cilia ochreous- whitish, towards tornus tinged ochreous- 

 grey, on costa dark fuscous except on spot. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 light greyish-ochreous. 



Queensland, Brisbane, August (Z>orA/) ; one specimen. 



