250 EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTEEA. 



pointed, termen very obliqiielj^ rounded ; pale whitish-yellowish : 

 cilia concolorous. Hind-wings grey-whitish; cilia yellow-whitish. 

 West Australia, Carnarvon, in Octoher ; one specimen. 



Philobota vera, n. sp. 



2 . 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreoiis. Ab- 

 domen grey. Porewiugs elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 apex tolerably pointed, termen hardly perceptibly sinuate, oblique ; 

 whitish-ochreous ; a faint ochreous-yellowish erect spot on tornus: 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. Hiudwings grey ; cilia ochreous-grey- 

 whitish. 



NoETH Australia, Port Darwin (Dodd) ; one specimen. 



Philobota topica, n. sp. 



5 . 13 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi whitish, second 

 joint greyish-ochreous except apex. Thorax whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen grey. Porewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; whitish- 

 ochreous, faintly greyish-tinged posteriorly : cilia concolorous. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



NoKTH Australia, Port Darwin (Dodd) ; one specimen. 



CORMOTYPA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts spreading ; ocelli present ; 

 tongue developed. Antennae f, in c? moderately or strongly 

 ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, with pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, recurved, second joint reaching base of antennae, 

 thickened with appressed scales, somewhat loose towards apex 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, stout, scaled, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Pos- 

 terior tibiae clothed wath hairs above. Porewings with 1 b furcate, 

 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from 

 middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia | ; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5-7 nearly parallel. 



Type suhpunctella Walk. ; includes also Jiomotona Meyr., halanota 

 Moyr., and others. 



Cormotypa messoria, n. sp. 



S . 19 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-yellow, palpi 

 towards base sprinkled with fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1^. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous. Porewings elongate, posteriorly slightly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 oblique ; ochreous-yellow ; discal stigmata fuscous, second trans- 

 verse ; a fuscous somewhat curved mark from dorsum beyond 



