4;J0 EXOTIC MICRO LBPIDOPTBRA. 



whitish, second joint with two blackish bands, tuft short, terminal 

 joint with three grey rings. I'orewings narrow, apes pointed, 

 terinen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 out of 6 ; grey, closely 

 and sufFusedly irrorated white, slightly tinged yellowish in places ; 

 a brownish streak along basal fourth of costa with some blackish 

 scales; a black dot on dorsum at | ; a semioval blackish spot on 

 middle of costa, preceded and followed by slight blackish marks ; 

 a direct transverse blackish fasciate streak from dorsum beneath 

 this, not reaching it ; a small dark grey spot on costa at I ; a black 

 longitudinal sometimes interrupted strigula in disc at | ; some 

 greyish suffusion towards terraen, and two or three slight blackish 

 marks : cilia pale grey sprinkled whitish, basal half barred darker 

 grey suffusion. Hind wings apex rather produced; light grey; cilia 

 pale ochreous-greyish. 



Q,CfEE.vi?LAND, Brisbane, January, February [Dodd) ; 5 ex. Type 

 Wals. Coll. (19497). 



Chelaria metaphorica, n, sp. 



5 . 9 mm. Head, thorax grey speckled whitish. Palpi whitish 

 sprinkled grey, second joint dark fuscous with yellow-ochreous sub- 

 apical band, tuft short, terminal joint with three dark fuscous 

 bands. Forewings narrow, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 out of 6 ; dark grey irregularly irro- 

 rated whitish ; a small elongate blackish spot on costa at )^, and a 

 larger one on costa before middle, each edged beneath by an ochreous 

 dot; an ochreous dot near base above middle, edged above by a 

 minute black strigula ; a small blackish spot on dorsum at ^; two 

 or three undefined blackish-grey dots in basal area ; a fine black 

 twice or thrice obscurely interrupted longitudinal line in disc from 

 before middle to near termen, and a short similar line beneath 

 anterior portion of this representing plical stigma ; a very short 

 black strigula on fold near tornus, and several minute dots or 

 strigula3 indicated near costa posteriorly : cilia grey sprinkled 

 whitish. Hindwings apex strongly produced ; grey, lighter towards 

 base ; cilia light grey. 



Queensland, Brisbane, January {I>odd) ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. 

 (19443). 



Chelaria ammonura, n. sp. 



(^ 5. 9-10 mm. Head, thorax pale grey sufi'usedly irrorated 

 white. Palpi whitish, tuft short, second joint with two, terminal 

 three or four dark fuscous bands. Valvse c? strongly recurved 

 upwards, narrow, sickle-shaped, tolerably pointed. Forewings 

 rather narrow, obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 7 and 8 out of 6 ; light fuscous, suffuscdly irrorated whitish ; a 

 small elongate spot of blackish irroration on costa towards base, 

 suft'used beneath ochreous-yellow ; a similar larger spot on costa 

 before middle, slight marks before and beyond this, and a small 

 spot at I ; irregular small black spots or fiue dashes representing 

 stigmata, variable in development ; a small blackish mark on dorsum 



