193 



Monopis cirrhospila, n. sp. 

 KLppoa-TTiXo?, spotted with pale yellov/. 



d , 16 mm. Head pale yellow. Palpi fuscous. Antennae yellowish. sutTused 

 with grey except basal joint; ciliations in male ^. Thorax fuscous-brown. 

 Abdomen pale yellow. Legs pale yellow ; anterior pair fuscous. Forewings 

 suboval, costa strongly arched, apex rounded, termen very oblique ; fuscous- 

 brown ; a pale-yellow dorsal blotch before middle ; similar but larger blotch on 

 costa from f to -|, triangular and extending beyond middle, indented just posterior 

 to its apex ; five or six fuscous dots betweeen the two blotches ; cilia yellowish 

 irrorated with fuscous-brown. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia pale yellow. 



Northern Territory : Darwin, one specimen received from Mr. G. F. Hill. 



Monopis ochroptila, n. sp. 



(l)Xpo7rTLXo<;, pale winged. 



d, 9,. 11-20 mm. Head and palpi pale ochreous. Antennae grey. Thorax 

 and abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous ; anterior and middle 

 pairs with some fuscous suffusion. Forewings narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen very oblique ; pale ochreous-grey ; cilia concolourous. 

 Hindwings similar but paler, sometimes more greyish. 



Queensland : Dalby, in April ; Adavale, in April ; Victoria : Birchip ; six 

 specimens. 



Gen. Sarocrania, nov. 



a-apoKpavLos, brush headed. 



Head and face very densely rough haired. Labial palpi moderate, slender, 

 drooping; second joint with a few long hairs; terminal joint as long as second, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi long folded. Antennae about § ; without pecten ; in 

 male rather stout, simple. Posterior tibiae with long hairs on dorsum. Fore- 

 wings narrow ; 7 and 8 stalked out of 6, 7 to termen. Hindwings lanceolate ; 4 

 absent, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A derivative of Tinea. I have some difficulty in making out the complete 

 neuration, but think vein 4 is absent in both wings. 



Sarocrania ischnophylla, n. sp. 



icr;)(i/o<^v/\A.o?, narrow winged. 



d, 11 mm. Head ochreous-brown. Palpi, antennae, and thorax grey. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs fuscous ; posterior pair whitish-grey. Forewings 

 narrow, apex rounded ; smooth shining grey ; cilia grey. Hindwings lanceolate ; 

 pale grey ; cilia 2^, pale grey. 



Queensland : Mount Tambourine, in November ; one specimen. 



Tinea niphoplaca, n. sp. 



vi^oTrAaK-os, with broad snow-white spots. 

 9, 13 mm. Head snov^^-white. Palpi blackish; terminal joint whitish. 

 Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax blackish. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fus- 

 cous ; posterior pair grey, tarsi with whitish annulations. Forewings moderate, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded ; blackish ; a broad snow-white fascia at ■^, 

 narrowed almost to a point on costa, anterior edge straight, posterior rounded ; 

 a large snow-white spot on f costa, broadest on costa, inferior edge rounded ; 

 a white subapical dot ; cilia pale grey ; bases blackish. Hindwings broadly 

 lanceolate ; grey ; cilia -§-, grey. 



Northern Territory : Stapleton. one specimen received from Mr. G. F. Hill. 

 G 



