126 EXOTIC MICROLEriDOPTEEA, 



Philobota cirrhodes, n. sp. 



6 $. 10-17 mm. Head and thorax deep yoUow. Palpi pale 

 j'oUowish, anterior edge of terminal joint grey. Antennal ciliations 

 of (^ 1. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 ii\)ex obtuse, termen straiglit, rather strongly oblicjne ; yelloAv ; 

 costal edgo dark fuscous towards base ; an inwardly oblique cloudy 

 streak of grey suffusion from tornus, reaching ^ across wing: cilia 

 yellow, outer half ochreous-tinged. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 

 cilia greJ^ 



Tasmania, in January and February [Barnard) ; two specimens. 



Philobota g3i*niinalis, n. sp. 



c? . 27 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow. Palpi fuscous, 

 posteriorly ochreous-yelloAV. Antennal ciliations 1. xibdomen 

 fuscous, segmental margins and anal tuft yellowish. Forewings 

 elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; ochreous-yellow ; 

 costal edge blackish towards base ; second discal stigma small, dark 

 grey: cilia yellowish, tinged with grey on termen and becoming 

 grey at tornus. Hindwings grey; cilia grey-whitish, greyer towards 

 base. 



West Australia, Perth, in January (BjrtJioiid) ; one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. Near ti/roxantha. 



Philobota Solaris, n. sp. 



f^ . 16 mm. Head whitish, crown tinged with yellowish. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint externally suffused with grey except towards 

 base and apex. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax orange-yellow, 

 anterior margin suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded; orange; costal edge blackish at 

 base : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey. 



Wi:;sT Attstralia, Perth, in December {Berthoud) ; one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Philobota flaccida, n. sp. 



iS . 19 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint sprinkled with grey. Antennal cilia- 

 tions 1. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, oblique ; 

 ochreous-whitish ; costal edge dark grey towards base ; stigmata 

 minute, indistinct, grey, plical somewhat beyond first discal : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, hardly tinged 

 with grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



West Australia, Perth, in November {Berthoud); one specimen. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



