434: EXOTIC MICROLBPIDOPTERA. 



Dichomeris chalcophsea, u. sp. 

 2. ] 0-11 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen fuscous. Palpi fuscous, 

 tuft large, rough, terminal joint whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. 

 Forewings rather narrow, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; rather dark bronzy-fuscous, obscurelj- irrorated grey- 

 whitish; stigmata cloudy, obscure, dark fuscous, diseal approximated, 

 second transverse, plical rather obliquely before first diseal ; a 

 distinct angulated thick dark coppery-fuscous line from | of costa 

 to tornus, edged anteriorly by a faint line of whitish irroration ; 

 ajncal edge coppery-bronze : cilia pale fuscous, base within a dark 

 fuscous subbasal line spotted whitish, continuously whitish round 

 apex, a less marked dark fuscous postmediau line. Hindwings 

 fuscous ; cilia light fuscous. 



Queensland, Brisbane, October, March (Dodd) ; 2 ex. Type 

 Wals. Coll. (19492). 



Dichomeris liitivittata, n. sp. 



2 . 15 mm. Head grey. Palpi second joint dark fuscous, tuft 

 long, triangular, apical edge grey speckled white, terminal joint 

 whitish, apex and submcdian ring dai'k fuscous. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, patagia pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings rather narrow, 

 apex tolerably pointed, termen faintly bisinuate, rather oblique ; 

 mixed brownish and dark grey, appearing fuscous, becoming dark 

 fuscous anteriorly, and narrowly along termen ; a broad pa\e 

 greyish-ochreous costal streak from base to about |-, posteriorly 

 suffused, with five or six black specks just beneath costa and a 

 small black mark at base : cilia light greyish-ochreous,' on termen 

 suffused light grey, a blackish subbasal line. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia light ochreous-greyish. 



Queensland, Brisbane (Dodd)-^ 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (7992). 



Dichomeris mesoctenis, n. sp. 



6 . 16 mm. Head dark grey. Palpi tuft moderately long and 

 broad, second joint dark fuscous, apical portion and most of tuft 

 grey sprinkled whitish, terminal joint with basal third pinkish, 

 median whitish, apical dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Forewings 

 rather naiTow, somewhat dilated, termen almost straight, slightly 

 oblique ; fuscous, sprinkled with obscure brown strigula3 and 

 minute blackish dots ; costal edge dark fuscous at base, thence rosy- 

 brown to I ; some darker suffusion towards dorsum near base ; 

 stigmata small, blackish, accompanied by some white scales, plical 

 rather before first'discal; a small blackish mark on dorsum at i: 

 cilia rosy-brownish, basal half barred whitish-ochreous, tips Avhitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey, tips whitish ; on 

 undersurface an upwards-directed appressed pecten of long dense 

 grey hairscales from median line of cell throughout. 



Queensland, Brisbane, bred March from Alchornea ilicifoUa 

 (Euphorbiacece) (Dodd); 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (19916). 



Crocanthes doliopa, n. sp. 



$ . 13 mm. Head, thorax dark purplish-fuscous, face pale 



