3fi4 EXOTIC MTCROLEPIDDPTERA. 



apex on coslal half, limited beneath by a fine dark fuscous longi- 

 tudinal lino from transverse mark, but sending a short rino white 

 streak along upper part of tornien : cilia light yellow-ochreous, with 

 bars of white suffusion above and below apex. Hindwings light 

 grey; cilia whitish. 



QuEKNSLAND, Brisbane, A.ugust(Z)of?(/); 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (23-119). 



Plemyristis oenochares, n. sp, 



c? 2 . 12-17 mm. Head, palpi dark fuscous, maxillary ])al])i 

 rough-scaled. Antennae almost 1. Thorax deep purple mixed 

 blackish. Forewings narrow, apex pointed, upturned, termeu 

 extremel}' obliquely rounded ; ashy-purple suffusedly irrorated dark 

 fuscous or blackish, tending to form blackish streaks along fold and 

 in median portion of disc ; a large blackish subdorsal tuft beyond 

 middle of dorsum and smaller ones before and beyond tornus; 

 usually an ochveous dot in disc at 4, preceded by a tuft of scales : 

 cilia grey tinged violet, and irrorated dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Nigeria, Ibadan, March, bred from dry cacao pods {Pomeroy) ; 

 Natal, Durban {Jayise)\ 6 ex. Type in Brit. Mus. Decadarchis 

 tninu^cida was bred from same pods, but this latter is a general 

 feeder on dry vegetable matter. 



(ECOPHORlDiE. 



Macrobathra synacta, n. sp. 



cJ . 13 ram. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 extreme base and anterior edge near tip black. Thorax pur]>le- 

 blackish. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish. Forewings dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; a moderately broad ochreous-whitish fascia at |, somewhat 

 narrowed towards costa ; triangular ochreous- white spots from costa 

 at I and dorsum before tornus just touching at tips : cilia dark 

 fuscous, on spots ochreous-whitish. Hindwings light grey, basal |- 

 saffused whitish-yellowish ; cilia whitish-yellowish suffused pale 

 grey except round tornus and dorsum. 



South Australia, Yatala, April; 1 ex, (Coll. Lower). Near 

 aliernatella. 



Macrobathra opposita, n. sp. 



S . 15 mm. Head black, face ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, terminal joint slightly sprinkled dark fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-white, anterior margin and posterior extremity black. 

 Abdomen pale yellow-ochreous, apical half sprinkled fuscous. 

 Forewings blackish-fuscous; markings ochreous-white; subquad- 

 rate costal spots at |, middle, and towards apex ; a transverse 

 blotch from dorsum at }, directed towards first costal spot but not 

 reaching it ; a subquadrate spot before tornus : cilia dark grey 

 mixed blackish towards base, beneath tornus ochreous-whitish. 

 Hindwings ratlier dark grey ; cilia light grey. 



Queensland, Toowoomba (lUeel-); 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (17218). 



