New Australian Lc]iido2Jtera. 31 



whitisli-fuscons. Under surface of hindwings more whitish-tinged, 

 mottled with dark fuscous. 



Rosewood, Queensland ; one specimen, attracted by light, 

 in December. During flight the elongated anterior legs 

 were projected in front of the head, giving a very peculiar 

 appearance. 



Micrxschus pyrrhantha, n. sp. 



^. 15 m.m. Head and thorax reddish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 whitish-yellowish sprinkled with reddish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa rather strongly arched j)osteriorly, apex 

 obtuse, termen angulated on vein 4, concave on upper half, straight 

 and oblique on lower half ; dull reddish-ochreous, darkest in disc 

 and towards costa ; small whitish-yellowish triangular spots on costa 

 before and beyond middle. Hindwings pale grey, suffused Avith 

 pale reddish-ochreous, becoming whitish-yellowish anteriorly. 



Sydney, New South Wales, in March ; one specimen. 



SoiMa, Walk. 



Face with conical horny scaled prominence. Paljii moderately 

 long, porrected, second joint clothed with rough scales expanded 

 towards apex above, terminal joint short, obtuse. Thorax and 

 abdomen without crests. Forewings normal. Hindwings : 3 and 4 

 approximated, connate, or short-stalked, 5 rather approximated, 6 

 and 7 connate. 



S. omopis, n. sp. 



9 . 18 m.m. Head and thorax brown. Abdomen pale yellow- 

 ochreoiis, base pinkish. Forewiugs elongate-triangular, costa sinuate, 

 apex acute, termen concave on upper half, angularly prominent on 

 vein 4, oblique and slightly concave below this ; brown, towards 

 termen whitish-fuscous ; median area suffused with rosy-pink except 

 towards costa, more broadly towards dorsum ; costal edge blackish - 

 mixed ; first and second lines rising from white costal dots and pale 

 yellow subcostal marks, first from | of costa, indicated by a few 

 dark grey scales, slightly curved, second from before middle of 

 costa, broken outwards beneath subcostal mark, thence slender, 

 waved, irregular, whitish -grey, edged anteriorly with some black 

 scales ; an indistinct dark fuscous discal dot ; three white dots on 

 posterior half of costa ; a prseterminal series of black dots : cilia 

 fuscous-crimson obscurely spotted with orange-ochreous, tips whitish 

 except at apex and on median projection, where they are dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings with termen bent on vein 7, thence nearly 



