226 BXOTIC MICROIEPIDOPTERA, 



Mimozela rhoditis, n. sp. 



c? 2 • 14-19 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sides brownish- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish, second joint with basal half and an apical 

 band grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous more or less suffused with 

 brownish, patagia brown with whitish edges. Abdomen grey. 

 Porewings oblong, moderately broad, costa anteriorly moderately, 

 posteriorly hardly arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, nearly 

 vertical ; ochreous-brown ; spots of blackish suffusion on costa 

 near base and at 1, latter followed by a white patch suffused with 

 rosy, from which a streak runs to termen beneath apex ; a slender 

 rosy-white streak from costa at | running into apex of this ; 

 stigmata dark ferruginous-brown, plical beneath first discal, second 

 discal transverse, edged with rosy-white ; basal and discal areas 

 irregularly suffused and marked with white and pale rosy, and 

 sprinkled with blackish ; veins between cell and termen more or 

 less streaked with pale rosy, interspaces marked towards termen 

 with a series of suffused blackish-grey marks irregularly surrounded 

 with white : cilia brownish, round apical area with a rosy-white 

 basal line. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with dark 

 grey subbasal shade. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October and January {Docld); three 

 specimens. 



Tonica malthacodes, n. sp. 



5 . 20 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint sprinkled with dark fuscous 

 towards middle, terminal joint with apex and two bands irrorated 

 with dark fuscous. Porewings elongate- oblong, costa gently 

 arched, sinuate towards middle, sinuation heightened by projecting 

 cilia on each side and preceded by a recurved tuft, apex obtuse- 

 pointed, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; whitish- 

 ochreous ; costal edge infuscated towards \ ; plical stigma repre- 

 sented by a large tuft of scales ; three or four dots of raised fuscous 

 and dark fuscous scales beneath costa posteriorly ; apical edge 

 infuscated : cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex infuscated. Hind- 

 wings whitish ; cilia whitish, at apex brownish-tinged. 



New Guinea, Ferguson I., in October (31eeJc) ; one specimen. 



Cryptolechia vallifera, n. sp. 



cJ . 16 mm. Head pale whitish-yellow. Palpi dark grey some- 

 what sprinkled with yellow-whitish, apex of second joint yellow- 

 whitish. Thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous, shoulders broadly 

 pale whitish-yellowish. Abdomen rather dark grey. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly sliglitly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen nearly straight, little obli(iue ; rather dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; a narrow irregular-edged pale whitish-yellowish streak 



