G04 EXOTIC MICROLEPICOPTKRA. 



tolerably pointed, termeii very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous, 

 basal third and a torual patch suffused with deep purple ; a trian- 

 gular pale yellow blotch on base of dorsum, its apex reaching | 

 across wing ; five small pale yellow oblique wedgeshaped marks 

 from costa between ^ and |, first minute ; cilia dark purple-fus- 

 cous, on costa with five pale yellow marks, first two minute, other 

 three moderate, triangular, beneath apex with a triangular pale 

 yellowish indentation. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October and November (Dodd) ; two 

 specimens. 



Tinea optabilis, n. sp. 



S . 9-10 mm. Head fuscous, face and palpi whitish. Antennae 

 dark fuscous. Thorax dark purple-fuscous, with small pale yel- 

 lowish posterior spot. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen rounded, 

 rather strongly oblique ; dark fuscous mixed with blackish ; a 

 brassy-yellow fascia about -I, moderate on costa and becoming 

 broad on dorsum, basal area before this and a moderate fascia 

 beyond it purple ; a pale yellowish dot on dorsum before termen ; 

 five pale brassy-yellow oblique wedge-shaped strigulse from pos- 

 terior half of costa, diminishing posteriori}- ; a purple streak along 

 termen, triangularly dilated towards tornus : cilia purple-grey, at 

 apex with a yellow- whitish patch, divided by two diverging black 

 hooks into three triangular spots, on termen with two dark fuscous 

 lines. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Queensland, Cairns, in September [Dodd) ; two specimens. 



Tinea ostrina, n. sp. 



c? . 11mm. (Head lost.) Thorax dark purple-fuscous. Abdo- 

 men dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, oblique ; dark fuscous 

 mixed with blackish ; a rather narrow yellow black-edged fascia 

 at g, basal area before it and a fascia beyond it coppery -purple ; 

 a purple streak along termen, upper extremity curved inwards 

 beneath a triangular yellow- whitish subapical dot : cilia dark 

 fuscous, on costa with three or four oblique whitish wedgeshaped 

 marks, and with a whitish spot on subapical dot. Hindwings and 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Queensland ; one specimen. 



HYPOPHRICTIS, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. 

 Antennae 1, in S rather stout, somewhat compressed, serrulate, 

 basal joint short, without pecten. Labial palpi rather long, curved, 

 ascending, second joint much dilated with dense scales projecting 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, thickened with scales, 

 compressed, rather rough anteriorly, obtuse. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairscales above. 



