classification of the Pterophoridce. 15 



pencil, valves large. Legs white, longitudiually striped with black. 

 Fore wings cleft from before middle, segments linear ; light 

 ochreous ; extreme costal edge slenderly blackish ; a white streak 

 along inner margin from base to near cleft ; some white scales 

 tending to form obscm'e bars on both segments about their middle 

 and towards apex ; costal cilia blackish, spotted with white on base, 

 with a white basal streak towards apex ; rest of cilia dark gi'ey, 

 with a white bar at anal angle, and five small spots of black scales 

 on lower margin of 2nd segment, first close before cleft, last sub- 

 apical. Hind wings cleft firstly from before one-third, secondly 

 from near base, segments linear ; dark fuscous ; cilia grey, 3rd seg- 

 ment with two or three black scales on inner margin beyond 

 middle, and a fringe of long white hair-scales between this and base. 



The black scales in the dorsal cilia of the hind wings 

 are very slight and inconspicuous, yet always perceptible ; 

 the fore wings have obscure whitish markings, and are 

 without any black dots, such as are found in the three 

 following species. 



Toowoomba, Queensland; Bathurst, New South Wales; 

 Adelaide, Wirrabara, and Port Lincoln, South Australia ; 

 rather common from September to November. 



Trichoptilus leptomeres, n. s. 

 (?, 14 — 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light brownish 

 ochreous ; palpi with 2nd joint nearly reaching crown, with 

 tolerably long scales, terjninal joint nearly as long as 2nd. An- 

 tennae whitish, longitudinally lined with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 light ochreous mixed with whitish, with a longitudinal yellowish 

 white dorsal stripe, bordered with deeper ochreous ; apex in male 

 with two long fine obliquely upwards projecting divergent hair- 

 pencils. Legs white, longitudiually lined with black. Fore wings 

 cleft from before middle, segments Imear ; rather light brownish 

 ochreous ; a blackish dot before cleft ; some white scales towards 

 apex of both segments ; costal ciha brownish ochreous, with a spot 

 at two-thirds, another towards apex, and an apical spot white ; 

 rest of ciha grey, somewhat mixed with whitish, with a white bar 

 at anal angle, a row of black towards middle of upper margin of 

 2nd segment, near base, median, and subapical. Hind wings cleft 

 firstly from one-fourth, secondly from near base, segments linear ; 

 dark fuscous ; cilia grey, 3rd segment with a small spot of black 

 scales on inner margin beyond middle, and a fringe of long white 

 hair-scales between this and base. 



