CEC0PHOKID.E. 297 



Borkhaiisenia nyctora, n. sp. 



S. 11 mm. Head, ])alpi, and thorax fusoous mixed with dark 

 fuscous, face suffused with light gre\ish-ochreous. Antennal cilia- 

 tioiis 1. Abdomen gre}'. Forewiiigs elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, ternien very obliquely 

 rounded ; fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous : cilia pale fuscous, . 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous towards base. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia light grey. 



New South Wales, Mt. Victoria, 3GO0 feet, in November ; one 

 specimen, 



Borkliausenia taractis, n. sp. 



$ . 9 mm. Head Avhite speckled with dark fuscous. Palpi 

 white, basal | of second joint fuscous irrorated with black, terminal 

 joint with median area S[)eckled with black. Thorax white, 

 anteriorly speckled with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Porewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen very 

 obli(iuely rounded ; oclireous- white, with some scattered dark 

 fuscous scales ; an oblique blotch of fuscous and black irroration 

 beneath costa near base ; stigmata black, plical obliquely before 

 first discal ; patches of fuscous suffusion sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous on costa before and beyond middle and towards apex, and 

 on dorsum before and beyond middle and on tornus, all connected 

 by an irregular patch extending through disc, stigmata lying in 

 these : cilia whitish, tinged with fuscous and sprinkled with 

 blackish. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grej-. 



New South Wales, Parramatta, in September ; one specimen. 

 Allied to chromntarclia. 



MORPHOTICA, n. g. 



Head smooth; tongue developed. Antennae |, in S moderately 

 ciliated, basal joint very long, somewhat thickened towards apex, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi very long, lecurved, second joint 

 rather thickened with ap])ressed scales, terminal joint longer than 

 second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, ap- 

 pressed to tongue. Posterior tibiie rough-scaled above. Forewings 

 with 2 from towards angle, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, ovate-lanceolate, 

 cilia 1 ; an elongate hyaline patch beneath cell, 2-4 rather approxi- 

 mated towards base, 5-7 slightly approxiaiated towards base. 



Morphotica mirifica, u. sp. 



cJ . 15 mm. Head pale shining ochreous. Palpi shining 

 Avhitish-ochreous. Antennal ciliatious 1. Thorax pale shining 

 bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; bright 

 clear yellow ; a narrow irregular curved dark bronzy-brown almost 

 basal fascia ; three small silvery-metallic spots in a transverse 



