142 AUSTRALIAN GELECHIANAE 
second, whitish towards apex. Antenne dark-fuscous, 
basal } whitish. Thorax ochreous-whitish. Abdomen grey, 
tuft whitish. Legs fuscous mixed with whitish ; posterior 
pair mostly whitish. Forewings with costa nearly straight, 
apex rounded, termen very obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 
stalked ; dark-fuscous; a narrow basal ochreous-whitish 
fascia ; a broad ochreous-whitish fascia from ? costa narrow- 
ing to tornus; cilia dark-fuscous. Hindwings with termen 
slightly sinuate ; thinly scaled, pale-grey ; cilia pale-grey. 
Q., Brisbane; one specimen bred from Hucalyptus 
twenty-five years ago and not met with since. 
PROTOLECHIA ALBIFRONS 7”. Sp. 
albifrons, white anteriorly. 
6. 1l mm. Differs from blacica only as follows— 
Head and palpi wholly white. Abdomen and legs mostly 
whitish beneath. 
N.A., Port Darwin, in February ; one specimen received 
from Mr. F. P. Dodd. It is possible that the differences 
between this and the preceding may be merely sexual. 
PROTOLECHIA INVOLUTA n. sp. 
involutus, covfused. 
9.18 mm. Head whitish irrorated with fuscous. 
Palpi fuscous with some whitish irroration ; terminal joint 
as long as second. Thorax and antenne dark- fuscous with 
some whitish scales. Abdomen grey, tuft whitish-ochreous. 
Legs fuscous irrorated, and tibiz and tarsi annulated, with 
whitish. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex 
round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 
stalked ; whitish densely irrorated with dark-fuscous ; 
markings dark-fuscous edged with whitish ; a spot on base 
of dorsum, a small median spot at 4, another larger but 
less defined between this and middle, a third at ?, and a 
fourth at apex, both rather large; five costal dots in 
posterior ?; a fine subterminal line from apical spot to 
tornus ; cilia fuscous with three rows of whitish dots, the 
last apical. Hindwings with termen not sinuate; dark- 
grey ; cilia grey-whitish with a grey sub-basal line. 
N.Q., Townsville, in April ; one specimen received from 
Mr. F. P. Dodd.- 
