592 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOI'TERA. 



anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochroous, 

 more or less irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous ; blackish dots 

 near base above middle and almost on dorsum ; stigmata rather 

 large, blackish, plical somewhat before first discal ; a marginal 

 series of blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia light greyish-ochreous. Hindwings with upper part of termen 

 rather oblique ; grey ; cilia light grey. 



NoKTH Australia, Port Darwin (Z^ofA/) ; two specimens. Differs 

 from eremias by the small size, and plical stigma preceding first 

 discal. 



Crocanthes characotis, n. sp, 



5 . 11 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow, face and palpi 

 ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique ; 10 

 separate ; deep ochreous-yellow ; markings dark fuscous ; a dot 

 beneath base of costa, and a mark on base of dorsum ; two trans- 

 verse slightly incurved lines, at about ^ and 5 ; first discal stigma 

 small, following first line, second larger, preceding second line : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, on termen suffused with light grey. Hind- 

 wings grey ; costal area (interrupted by a bar at |), an irregular 

 apical patch, and an irregular terminal line pale yellowish ; a 

 cloudy darker grey spot on end of cell ; cilia whitish-yellowish. 



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



Crocanthes chordotona, n. sp. 



5 . 13 mm. Head and thorax pale yellow. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, terminal joint infuscated towards apex. Abdomen light 

 yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; 

 10 out of 7 ; deep ochreous-yellow, with a few scattered purplish 

 scales ; markings dark purple-fuscous ; three nearly straight trans- 

 verse lines, first almost basal, second at 5, third slightly beyond |, 

 somewhat inw^ards-oblique from costa ; second discal stigma 

 moderate, preceding third line : cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings 

 whitish-yellowish ; a grey dot on end of cell ; a sinuate transverse 

 grey line at | ; cilia pale ochreous-yellowish. 

 Queensland, Townsviile (Dodd) ; one specimen. 



TELEPHATA, n. g. 



Head with appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue short (?). 

 Antennae 1 (or over ?), in J very stout, compressed, simple, basal 

 joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, 

 subascending, second joint not reaching base of antenna;, much 

 thickened with dense scales, rough beneath, terminal joint some- 

 what shorter than second, moderate, scaled, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae and 

 basal joint of tarsi clothed with rough hairs above. Forewings 



