124 AUSTRALIAN GELECHTANAE 
apices paler. Hindwings with termen strongly sinuate ; 
6 and 7 closely approximated at base ; grey ; cilia grey. 
Q., Toowoomba, in April; one specimen. 
Gen. PLATYEDRA. 
Platyedra, Saund., Meyr., Exot. Micro. ui, p. 136. 
Closely allied to Gelechia, but differing in the presence 
of a pecten on the basal joint of antenne. 
PLATYEDRA GOSSYPIELLA Saund. 
36 2. 15-18 mm. Head whitish-brown.  Palpi 
whitish-brown ; second joint barred with dark-fuscous on 
external surface at base and before apex ; terminal joint 
with basal and subterminal dark-fuscous annulations. 
Antenne brownish ; basal joint with a pecten of five or six 
scales. Thorax brownish. Abdomen grey. Legs dark- 
fuscous annulated with whitish ; dorsal hairs on posterior 
tibie whitish. Forewings rather narrow, costa nearly 
straight, apex rounded; pale-brown unevenly irrorated 
with dark-fuscous ; markings obscure, a narrow sub-basal 
fascia, a discal dot at 4, a second beneath it on fold, and a 
third below middle at 2, but these may be obsolete and lost 
in suffusion ; a suffused subapical fascia; cilia pale-grey, 
bases partly fuscous. Hindwings with apex slightly pro- 
duced, termen sinuate ; pale-grey ; cilia pale-grey. 
A pest to the cotton, doubtless introduced. I suspect 
it feeds on other Malvaceae. 
N.A., Port Darwin and Batchelor (G. F. Hill). 
Q., Brisbane, in August, December and March. 
STEGASTA TENEBRICOSA 2. Sp. 
tenebricosus, dark. 
9. 20 mm. Head and thorax blackish with scanty 
whitish irroration. Palpi blackish with some white scales, 
internal surface mostly whitish. Antenne blackish. 
Abdomen dark-grey. Legs dark-fuscous ; tarsi annulated 
with whitish ; posterior tibia mostly whitish. Forewings 
with costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen 
obliquely rounded ; blackish sparsely irrorated with whitish ; 
