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furcate towards base, 2 from |, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 

 to hindmargin, 11 from middle. Hind wings over 1, suboblong, 

 apex produced and pointed, 15 and Ic densely haired towards 

 base, 16 shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 from a point or short- 

 stalked, 5 parallel, 9 and 8 approximated at base, 8 connected 

 with cell at a point before middle. 



Appears to be a development of Catoryctis. 



34. Phthon. scotarcha, n. sp. 



Both sexes 13-2 1mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, "vvdth a 

 fine white streak above eyes. Palpi blackish, second joint with 

 white longitudinal line on each side, terminal joint with a white a 

 line in front. Antenna white, annulated with blackish ; abdomen 

 grey, sides whitish-yellowish. Legs grey, irrorated with yellow- 

 whitish, posterior tibia? pale whitish-yellowish. Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa strongly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin rather 

 deeply sinuate, oblique ; fuscous, densely irrorated with blackish- 

 fuscous ; a straight white dark-margined longitudinal line from 

 base below^ middle, more or less nearly approaching hindmargin 

 above anal angle, but suffused and indistinct posteriorly, inter- 

 rupted by a small dark fuscous spot in middle : cilia dark fuscous, 

 with partially indicated yellow-whitish bars. Hindwings light 

 yellow ; sometimes some fuscous scales at extreme apex ; cilia 

 wdiitish-fuscous, with a darker fuscous line near base. 



Quorn and Wirrabara, South Australia, in October ; taken 

 plentifully on a fence beneath some EucaJyptus-tveQ^ during a gale. 



8. Crypsicharis, n. g. 



Head with appressed hairs ; ocelli absent ; tongue well-devel- 

 oped. Antennfe moderate, in male filiform, ciliated with fascicles 

 (2), basal joint moderately elongate, Avithout pecten. Labial palpi 

 very long, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, terminal 

 joint shorter than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, appressed to tongue. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. 

 Posterior tibia? rough-haired above. Forewings with vein 1 furcate 

 towards base, 2 from 4, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hind 

 margin, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex round- 

 pointed, costa in male with long pencil of hairs from base lying be- 

 neath inner margin of forewings, towards base below median and 

 towards inner margin clothed with long hairs, 3 and 4 from a 

 point, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 approximated towards base but widely 

 separate, 8 connected with cell at a point before middle. 



Doubtless an ofishoot of Lichenaula. 



35. Cry JOS. neocosma, n. sp. 



Male 18-1 9mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, and thorax whitish- 

 ochreous, slightly brownish-tinged. Abdomen whitish. Legs 



