BLACHISTID^ (ECOPHOEIDiE. 509 



Elachista spiculifera, n. sp. 



c? . 7-8 mm. Head, thorax whitish irrorated dark fuscous. 

 Palpi whiiirth, sprinkhKl bhickisli anteriorl)-. Abdomen grey, anal 

 tuft whitish. Forowings lanceolate ; dark brownish-grey, irrorated 

 wliitish : a more or less developed line interrupted blackish line along 

 fold from near base to | of wing ; stigmata black, first discal small, 

 somewhat elongate, plical somewhat beyond this, elongate, second 

 diacal daah-liko : cilia greyish, round apex more or less suffused 

 white and sprinkled dark grey, with a median series of black points, 

 llindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 



CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet (JS^etvcome) ; S. India, Ootacaraund, 

 8500 feet (Fletcher) ; September to December, 10 ex. 



Elachista fucosa, n, sp. 



c{ . 9 mm Head groy- whitish. Palpi whitish irrorated blackish 

 except tips of joints. Thorax dark grey sprinkled whitish. Fore- 

 wings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; grey suffusedlj'- irrorated 

 whitish and speckled dark fuscous ; a fulvous streak along fold from 

 base to f , and one in disc from above apex of this to | ; a thick 

 oblique dark fuscous streak from costa at ^ to median streak, edged 

 anteriorly whitish, and a similar spot on dorsum beneath its apex; 

 a short black dasli in disc towards apex (second discal stigma) : cilia 

 light greyish, base speckled black, at apex a short black median line. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey, towards base slightly tinged 

 fulvous. 



SouTa Australia, Adelaide, September ; 2 ex. (type Coll. Lower). 



(ECOPHORID^. 



Macrohathra monoxantha, n. sp. 



5.13 mm. Head, thorax dark fusoous. Palpi ochreous-whitish 

 lined dark fuscous. Forewings lanceolate ; dark fuscous ; a broad 

 yellow irregular-edged transverse fascia occupying from ^ nearly to 

 middle : cilia dark grey. Hindwings fulvous-grey, towards apex 

 dark grey ; cilia grey tinged ochreous towards base. 



Queensland, Cairns, February (Bodd); 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Macrobathra crococosma, n. sp. 



2 . 14 mm. Head pale yellowish. Palpi whitish-yellow, anterior 

 edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Thorax purplish-fuscous, 

 posterior extremity pale yellowish. Abdomen light ochreous- 

 yellowiah, tinged greyish posteriorly, Forewings elongate-lanceo- 

 late ; purplish-fuscous, irrorated dark fuscous towards margins of 

 markings; markings light ochreous-ycllow; a broad transverse fascia 

 at |, somewhat narrowed tow'ards costa ; a transverse spot on middle 

 of costa, and somewhat broader rounded spot on dorsum opposite ; 



