20 Mr. E. Meyrick o/? the 



wliite band above basal half of Ist segment ; rest of cilia white, on 

 hind margin of 2nd segment with a dark grey line near base. 

 Hind wings cleft firstly fi-om middle, secondly from near base, 

 1st segment moderate, somewhat dilated, hind margin obliqne, 

 2nd segment moderate, parallel-sided, hind margin very oblique, 

 3rd segment linear, above with a pecten of hairs towards base ; 

 whitish ; cilia white. 



A distinct species, intermediate between the following 

 and M. celidotus ; this and the following species are 

 especially characterised by the whitish hind wings. 



Mount Wellington, Tasmania, at about 3000 feet, in 

 February ; three specimens. 



Mimeseoptilus leuconephes, n. s. 

 3', 23 mm, Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen white, with a 

 few scattered fine fiiscous scales ; frontal tuft short, palpi moderate, 

 slender. Antennae white, spotted above with dark fuscous. Legs 

 white, anterior and middle pair irrorated above with dark fuscous. 

 Fore wings cleft from two-thirds, segments rather broad, parallel- 

 sided, hind margin of 1st segment subconcave, very oblique, of 

 2nd segment shghtly bowed, obHque; white, very faintly yellowish- 

 tinged, with a thin fine fuscous irroration, 1st segment somewhat 

 suffused with light fuscous ; a blackish irroration along basal half 

 of costa, tending to form small spots ; a row of four or five small 

 similar blackish spots along submedian fold towards base; a 

 blackish dot beneath costa at one-third, and another near before 

 cleft below middle ; some scattered dark fuscous scales beyond 

 middle of 1st segment : cilia white, on costa pale whitish-fuscous. 

 Hind wings cleft firstly from middle, secondly fi'om near base, 

 1st segment moderately dilated, hind margin rounded, oblique, 

 2nd segment moderate, slightly dilated, hind margin very oblique, 

 3rd segment narrow, acuminate : whitish ; cilia white. 



Allied to the preceding, but very distinct. 



Mount Kosciusko, New South Wales ; one specimen at 

 4700 feet, in January. 



Alucita 2}hricodes, n. s. 

 S,2f 14 — 17mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscoiis, 

 sprinkled with whitish, and tuft whitish ; abdomen with a narrow 

 white ring at one-third from base. Palpi dark fuscous, internally 

 whitish, 2nd joint obscurely banded with whitish at three-fourths 

 and apex, terminal joint banded with whitish at one-fourth 



