46 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LBPIDOPTERA. 



(J minute. Thorax and abdomen whitish-ochieous. 

 Legs whitish ; anterior pair pale -fuscous. Fore wings- 

 elongate -triangular, costa straight, apex round-pcinted, 

 termen slightly sinuate, oblique ; whitish suffused with 

 brownish-ochreous and on costa and termen with fuscous ; 

 lines fuscous ; first from J costa to ^ dorsum, nearly straight ; 

 second from | costa, bent outwards in disc, and then bent 

 inwards b^low middle, ending on f dorsum ; cilia fuscou?^ 

 apices whitish. Hindwings with termen gently rounded ; 

 whitish with faint brownish-ochreous suffusion ; an 

 outwardly curved transverse line at f ; a broad pale- 

 fuscous terminal suffusion ; cilia as fore wings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.A., Port Darwin, in February ; two specimens, 

 rsceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Metasia ecbleta, n. sp. 



ex^XtjTog, despised. 



(J 11 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in ^ minute. Abdomen giey. 

 Legs whitish ; anterior pair fuscous. Fore wings narrowly 

 tiiangular, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed ; 

 termen slightly rounded, oblique ; ochreous -whitish with 

 fuscous markings and irroration ; a fuscous streak along 

 costa to middle, another from base expanding into an 

 irregular spot in mid-disc before middle, and a third much 

 shorter on base of dorsum ; an outwardly curved line from 

 mid-costa to mid-dorsum ; a terminal suffusion containing 

 five or six ochrecus-whitish terminal dots ; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded ; grey ; cilia 



grey- 

 Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.A., Port Darwin, in October ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Calamochrous aspilus, n. sp. 



aaniXoa, spotless. 



5 25 mm. Head, thorax, and antennae whitish-brown. 

 Palpi 3 ; whitish-brown ; lower edge of basal and terminal 

 joints whitish. Abdomen whitish -brown, sides whitish. 



