636 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA, 



1 . PHRICANTHES, n. g. 



Thorax with a moderate erect crest. Antennae in male 

 thickened, shortly ciliated. Palpi rather short, porrected, second 

 joint densely rough-haired beneath and at apex above, terminal 

 joint exposed. Posterior tibiae fringed with short hairs above. 

 Forewings moderately broad, costa in male simple, arched, hind- 

 margin slightly sinuate beneath apex ; surface with raised scales. 

 Hindwings strongly rounded, broader than forewings. Fore- 

 wings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 running to costa, 

 secondary cell indicated, vein 1 simple at base. Hindwings with 

 veins 3 and 4 rising from a point, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 

 and 7 separate, diverging. 



Belonging to the group of Penthina, and very similar in facies 

 to Helictophanes, but distinguished by the peculiar and abnormal 

 neuration of forewings, in which veins 7 and 8 are stalked and 

 both run to costa before apex, and vein 1 is not furcate at base ; 

 the neuration of hind wings is normal. 



The only species is of moderate size, and rather conspicuously 

 marked. 



1. Phric. asperana, n. sp. 



$ ? . Q^"-S". Head white, mixed above with dark fuscous, 

 forehead with a small blackish spot. Palpi white, second joint 

 black at base and with two interrupted black rings externally. 

 Antennae dark ochreous-grey, with slender blackish annulations. 

 Thorax dark fuscous mixed with black, and on shoulders with 

 whitish. Abdomen light brownish-ochreous. Anterior tibiae 

 black with two white rings, tarsi black with base and two rings 

 slenderly white ; middle tibiae white with three narrow black 

 rings, tarsi white with apex, a broad band near base, and two 

 slender rings black ; posterior tibiae whitish-ochreous minutely 

 speckled with black, tarsi whitish-ochreous with slender blackish 

 rings at base of joints. Forewings moderate, apex very obtuse, 



