134: EXOTIC MICROLEriDOPTKKA. 



beyond tliis white, with a cui'ved grey streak running along casta 

 and thence very near tlie termen to tornus : cilia wliite, towards 

 tornus greyish (imperfect), Hindwiugs grey, darker posteriorly ; 

 cilia pale greyish. 



Victoria, iJrentwoocJ, in April ; one specimen. Type in Coll. 

 Lyell. 



Placocosma diantha, n. sp. 



5 . 12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, h.asal half of second 

 joint dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, lore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; dark fuscous ; a broad ochreous-white transverse fascia 

 towards base, anterior edge straight, posterior ii regularly convex ; 

 a whitish trapezoidal blotch suffused wilh yellow-ochrcous on 

 costa about | ; a triangular whitish spot on dorsum before tornus, 

 dorsally suffused with yellow-ochreous : cilia dark fuscous, beneath 

 tornus yellowish. Hiiidwings fuscous; cilia light fuscous, 



North Australia, Port Darwin {JJudd) • one specimen. 



ECLACTISTIS, n. g. - 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts slightly raised ; ocelli 

 present ; tongue developed. Antennae f , in J evenly ciliated, 

 basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 thickened throughout with dense appressed scales, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, rather stout, pointed but not acute. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae 

 in J with large brush of very long dense scales above, basal joint 

 of tarsi thickened with scales. I'orewings with 1 b furcate, 2 

 from near angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to about apex (rather 

 indefinite), 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, 

 cilia I ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 parallel. 



Presumably a development of Eidechria. 



Eclactistis byrseuta, n. sp. 



S . 14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale brownish-ochreous, 

 second joint of palpi infuscated except towards apex. Anterinal 

 ciliations 1. Abdomen and posterior legs pale ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; light brownish-ochreous, with scattered 

 dark fuscous scales ; a patch of fuscous or dark fuscous suffusion 

 along basal third of costa ; a dark fuscous spot on costa 

 beyond middle, and another at | ; stigmata dark fuscous, plical 

 slightly bejond first discal ; some undefined dark fuscous suffusion 

 towards tornus and along termen : cilia pale ochreous, basal half 

 somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous, at tornus with a fuscous 

 patch. Hindwings pale fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous with light 

 fuscous subbasal shade. 



New GuI^'£A, Sudest I. {Meelc) ; two specimens. 



