42S -EXOTIC MTCROLEPIDOPTJOBA. 



round apex several whitish bars, Hiudwings rather dark gro}-, 

 thinly scaled at base ; a broad dark fuscous streak occupying costal 

 third tliroiighout ; cilia fuscous, 



Queensland, Brisbane, October (^Dodd) ; 1 ex., Wals, Coll. 

 (18794). 



Protolechia secta, n. sp. 



2 . 15 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreoua 

 irrorated blackish. Thorax whitish-ochreous ^*pIinkle(l fuscous, 

 patagia irrorated dark fuscous, i'orewings rather narrow, apex 

 tolerably pointed, termen very obli(iuely rounded; pale ochreous 

 irrorated dark fuscous, some irregular ferruginous-ochreous suffusion 

 towards base, on fold, and beneath costa ; discal stigmata represented 

 by elongate blackish streaks, plical similar but shorter, rather 

 beyond first discal; a blackish mark on fold towards extremity; 

 an angulated series of cloudy blackish marks just before posterior 

 part of costa and termen, preceded by cloudy ferruginous-ochreous 

 spots : cilia grey sprinkled dark fuscous and barred i)ale ochreous, 

 base pale ochreous. Hindwings grey, paler towards base ; cilia 

 light grey, 



Queensland, ]irisbane, October [Dodd); 1 ex., Wals. Coll. 

 (23ti54). Near odorifeni, but without reddish-ochreous patch on 

 base of costa or spot at tornus. 



Protolechia nyctias Meyr. 



QuRENSLAND, Brisbane, January, a series bred from Eucahiptns 

 maculata (^Dodd); white scales accompanying stigmata variable in 

 devflopment but always visible, sometimes forming consjdcuous 

 small white dots, as also round termen and posterior part of costa. 



Protolechia cryptosperma, n. sp. 



2 . 2'6 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous, tip of palpi 

 whitish. Eorewings slightly dilated, termen somewhat oblique ; dark 

 fuscous; stigmata represented each by a whitish speck surrounded 

 Avith somewhat darker suffusion, plical somewhat beyond first discal ; 

 an almost marginal series of whitish dots round posterior third of 

 costa and termen: cilia grey mixed dark fuscous towards base. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grev, a dai'ker subbasal shade. 



ViCXoiuA, Birchip ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Protolechia trocMas. n. sp. 



$ . 16 mm. Head, thorax light ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint with some blackish specks and a subapical 

 ring. Forewings apex obtuse-pointed, termen rather oblique ; 

 light brownish-ochreous, scattered dark fuscous specks; small 

 blackisli dots on costa at base and ^ : stigmata dark fuscous, discal 

 small, plical forming a small spot rather obliquely beyond first 

 discal; a roundish fuscous l)lotch above tornus, and rather smaller 

 one at apex, apex itself dark Inscous : cilia whitish-ochieous, at 

 apex a fuscous sjmt. Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale grey, 



Queensland, Cairns, November {Bodd); 1 ox. Next sciflina. 



