DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN 
ELACHISTIDE, ETC. 
Ву Oswaıp B. Lower, F.E.S. (Lond.). 
[Read June 7, 1904.] 
TINEINA. 
СЕСОРНОКІР 2. 
PHLÆOPOLA SCIASPILA, n. Sp. 
Male, 12 mm. Head and palpi whitish, second joint of 
palpi with a blackish apical and a blackish lateral stripe on 
basal two-thirds, and blackish apical ring. Thorax white, 
irrorated with fuscous, anteriorly dark fuscous. Antenne 
greyish. Legs greyish, posterior pair fuscous, tibiæ and 
tursi banded with whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, 
costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ; white, finely 
irrorated with fuscous and with blackish markings; a basal 
spot in middle; a spot on costa at one-fifth ; a second below 
and beyond; a third in middle beyond last two; an irregular 
elongate spot on costa at three-quarters; a short spot at end 
of cell, and another before and below; a darker suffused spot 
on costa at five-sixths, from which proceeds an oblique, fus- 
cous shade towards anal angle; a few small, suffused dots 
along lower half of termen; cilia fuscous whitish, with a 
darker line below apex. Hindwings fuscous; cilia fuscous- 
whitish. A small species, distinct by the number of dots; 
the first four are very clear. Nearest turbatella, Walk. 
Duaringa, Queensland. One specimen; in November. 
OCYSTOLA HELIOTRICHA, n. Sp. 
Male, 20 mm. Head, thorax, antenne, abdomen, and 
legs black, antennal ciliations four. Palpi orange, terminal 
joint black. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly 
arched, termen oblique; orange; a narrow black streak along 
basal fourth of costa, extended at base to inner margin, 
thence continued along inner margin and gradually dilated 
to beyond middle, thence broadly dilated to reach costa, and 
fill up rest of apical and terminal portions of wing, upper 
half slightly curved anteriorly; cilia orange, with a black 
spot at apex. Hindwings orange; a broad, black band along 
termen; cilia black. 
Exceptionally distinct by the orange wings and black 
markings. 
Tasmania (probably Hobart); one specimen ; in November. 
