1054 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



358. Ox. lyyrosema, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. niveis, macula costjfi basali, fascia antica obliqua 

 dorsum non attingente, macula doi'si postica, fascia e costa 

 anteapicali iu disco recte angulata in angulum analem percurrente 

 saturatius oclireo-fuscis ; post, dilute griseis. 



$. 14-15 mm. Head white, face fuscous. Palpi white, apex 

 of terminal joint, and second joint except apex dark fuscous. 

 Antennae whitish-grey. Thorax white, anterior margin broadly 

 blackish. Abdomen whitish ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior 

 pair whitish-ochi'eous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa mode- 

 rately arched, apex tolerably acute, hind-margin extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; white, with scattered ochreous-fuscous scales ; 

 markings rather dark ochreous-fuscous ; a small cuneiform spot 

 along base of costa ; a narrow inwardly oblique fascia from befoi'e 

 middle of costa, not reaching inner magin ; a dot on costa beyond 

 middle ; a small triangular spot on inner margin before anal angle ; 

 a rather strong streak from costa before apex to disc beyond 

 middle, thence rectangularly bent and continued to anal angle ; 

 some indistinct dots before hind-mai-gin : cilia whitish, with a 

 cloudy central pale greyish shade, on costa dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings pale grey, ochreous-tinged ; cilia whitish ochreous. 



Closely resembling the following, but immediately distinguished 

 by the broadly black anterior margin of thorax, and absence of 

 basal streak on inner margin. 



Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland, in September; Blackheath 

 (3500 feet). New South Wales, in November ; two specimens. 



359. Ox. acceptella, Walk. 



(Oecophora acceptella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 694 ; Oecopliora 

 connexella, ib. 695 ; 1 Gryptolechia abstersella, ib. 762.) 



Minor, alis ant. niveis, strigula dorsi basali, fascia antica 

 obliqua dorsum non attingente, macula dorsi postica transversa, 

 fascia e costa anteapicali in disco recte angulata in angulum 

 analem pei-currente laete ochreis ferrugineisve ; post, dilute griseis. 



