316 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPXERA. 



costa to §, a dark leaden-metallic median line risino- out of fourth 

 and running to apex, space above it suffused witli ferruginous- 

 ochreous to near costa ; a blackish oblique mark from costa before 

 apex ; a dark leaden-metallic mark along termen above tornus : 

 cilia grej', round apex light greyish-ochreous, -with an indistinct 

 white dot at base on apex of wing. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia 

 grey. 



QuEENSLAKD, Caims, in October (Dodd) ; one specimen. 



Xestocasis balanochrysa, n. sp. 



cj' . 14-15 mm. Head shining purplish-bronzy, face light 

 yellowish. Palpi yellowish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark 

 fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous, apical third white. Thorax dark 

 purple-bronzy. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Forewings narrow- 

 lanceolate ; dark purple-fuscous ; markings orange-yellow ; a 

 broad almost basal fascia, extending on costa to ^, narrowed to 

 dorsum, edge straight or slightly curved, inwardly oblique, cut by 

 a slender streak of groundcolour along fold ; an elongate blotch 

 extending along costa from beyond middle to near apex ; an 

 elongate-triangular blotch on tornus ; apex shining golden-bronze : 

 cilia rather dark grey. Hindwings dark grey; cilia rather dark 

 grey. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October (Dodd); three specimens. 



Xestocasis crocodelta, n. sp. 



c? . 8 mm. Head shining bronzy-metallic. Palpi shining 

 ochreous-whitish, anterior' edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antenna? dark fuscous, apical fourth whitish, stalk thickened at 

 base. Thorax shining golden-bronze. Abdomen dark grey. Fore- 

 wings narrow-lanceolate ; deep purple, dorsal and ajncal areas 

 shining golden-bronze ; markings yellow, broadly edged with 

 blackish suffusion except below fold; an irregular-edged triangular 

 blotch on dorsum at ^, reaching | across wing, margins extended 

 as a blackish suffusion along costa to posterior spot ; opposite costal 

 and dorsal triangular spots at about | of wing : cilia grey, at apex 

 bronzy-shining, on tornal spot with a suffused pale yellow sput at 

 base. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Kanaka, Kumbervada, in February (Maxwell); one specimen. 



Xestocasis chromaturga, n. sp, 



(S 2 • 11-12 mm. Head shining purple-bronze. Palpi yel- 

 lowish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennaj 

 dark fuscous, apex and a band above middle white. Thorax deep 

 bronzy-purple. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings narrow-lan- 

 ceolate ; very deep shining purple ; two sliining brassy-whitish or 

 whitish-yellowish transverse fascioe, first at 1, linear on costal half, 

 moderate on dorsal half, second at |, slightly oblique inwards, 

 somewhat expanded at extremities, sometimes interrupted in disc, 



