-16 rXOTIC MICKOLEl'IDOPTIiRA. 



CECOPHORID.E. 



Macrobathra proxena, n. sp. 



2 , 10 mm. Head white sprinkled with dark fuscous. Palpi 

 white irregularly mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax blackish 

 sprinkled with whitish, patagia i)osteriorly white. Abdomen dark 

 grey. Forewings lanceolate ; blacki.sh mixed with light violet- 

 fuscous ; a narrow irregular rather oblique white fascia at j ; a 

 moderate irregular white spot on costa beyond middle, and a rather 

 larger one on dorsum beyond this ; an irregular triangular white 

 spot on costa at -i, and a small undefined one on tcrmen opposite it : 

 cilia grey, round apex sprinkled \\ith black. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia gre}'. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in December {Neave); one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Macrobathra astrota, u. sp. 



5.16 mm. Head bronzy-grey, face ochreous- whitish, sidetufts 

 pale yellowish. Palpi pale oclireous-yellowish, second joint with a 

 few dark fuscous specks, terminal joint with broad dark fuscous 

 median band. Thorax dark purple-tuscous. Abdomen dark grey. 

 Porewings elongate- lanceolate ; dark purplish-fuscous, with some 

 blackish scales ; discal stigmata indistinctly blackish ; a moderate 

 whitish-yellowish rather oblique fascia from | of costa to fold, 

 irregularly edged in disc with some black scales ; a small oclireous- 

 whitish dot on middle of costa: a seniioval ocbreous-whitish spot 

 on costa at | : cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark grey, lighter towards 

 base ; cilia grey. 



Queensland, Herberton, in January (Dodd) ; one specimen. 

 Allied to sijncoma. 



Macrobathra decatsea, n. sp. 



5 . 13 mm. Head black, face white. Palpi whitish, terminal 

 joint with a blackish line on each side. Thorax white, with a 

 rectangular black spot on middle of anterior margin, posterior 

 extremity black. Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate ; black ; a narrow slightly oblique white fascia 

 before ^ ; a small triangular white spot on middle of costa ; larger 

 triangular white spots on dorsum before tornus, and on costa at 4; : 

 cilia grey, on costal and dorsal spots white. Hindwings dark grey, 

 becoming paler anteriorly ; cilia grej', becoming ochrcous-Avhitish 

 towards tornus and dorsum. 



Queensland, 'J'ownsvillc, in June (Dodd); one specimen. 



