476 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Scliediastis epipliracta, n. sp. 



c? . 15 mm. Head ochrcous-whito. Palpi ochreous-white, 

 second joint and tuft dark fuscous except anterior edge. Thorax 

 whitish, shoulders dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 ochroous- white, some scattered ochreous and fuscous scales; 

 markings dark fuscous; a quadrate spot on costa towards base, 

 connected with base bj^ a narrow irregular costal streak ; a 

 moderate irregular transverse fascia at | ; a small spot on dorsum 

 at I ; a rather narrow fascia from | of costa to tornus, with a 

 do wnAvard- directed triangular prominence in middle of anterior edge ; 

 a small irregular transverse spot from costa towards apex : cilia 

 oclireous-whitish. Hindwings liglit greyish ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitisb. 



Palestine, Haifa, July (Buxton) ; 1 ex. (Brit, Mus.). 



Lepidoscia tetraphragma, n. sp. 



cT . 14 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sides of crown suffused 

 dark fuscous. Paljji roughscaled, dark fuscous, above ochreous- 

 whitish. Thorax dark fuscous, patagia white except shoulders. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; 7 absent ; dark purplish-fuscous ; extreme 

 base, four direct transverse fascite, and apex ochreous-white, tbiid 

 fascia interrupted below middle : cilia grey, basally mixed dark 

 fuscous, a white patch round apex. Hindwings and cilia rather 

 dark fuscous. 



S. Australia, Adelaide ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Lepidoscia lainodes, n. sp. 



c? . 16 mm. Head whitish - ochreous, face light fuscous. 

 Antennal ciliations 3, Thorax purplish-fuscous. Forewings costa 

 gently arched, slightly sinuate towards middle, termen rounded, 

 rather strongly oblique ; 7 absent ; purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; 

 markings whitish ; subcostal and dorsal dots at l ; a fascia of 

 strigulation from middle of costa to ^ of dorsum, interrupted below 

 middle; a transverse mark from costa at |; a terminal series of 

 indistinct dots: cilia purplish-grey, a darker subbasal shade. 

 Hindwings clothed with hairscales, grey ; cilia grey. 



Queensland, Brisbane, May [Dodd), bred from short cylindrical 

 case covered with rather large fragments of bark ; 1 ex. (Wals. 

 Coll. 19815). 



Lepidoscia herbicola, n. sp. 



J. 13 mm. Head, thorax grey sprinkled whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, termen rather strongly oblique ; groy suffusedly irrorated 

 whitish, with small scattered rather dark fuscous strigulge ; a 

 transverse fuscous blotch in disc before middle ; an irregular 

 inwardly oblique fuscous fascia from costa at |, reaching about g 



