Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. 47 



Type in National Museum, Melbourne. 



N.Q., Claudie River and Lloyd Island, in January; two specimens 

 taken by Mr. J. A. Kershaw. 



Fam. SCHOENOBIADAE. 



ScHo?:NOBirs melanostigmus, n. sp. 



J^ 20-23 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi extremely long (7); 

 second joint with long rough hairs; terminal joint long, smooth; 

 ochreous- whitish; antennae whitish. Abdomen whitish; tuft whitish. 

 Legs whitish; anterior and middle pairs suffused with pale-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 slightly bowed, slightly oblique; 11 running into 12; white, sometimes 

 faintly ochreous-tinged ; a rather irregular black median spot at ^ 

 over lower angle of cell; cilia whitish or ochreous- white. Hind- 

 wings and cilia white. Underside whitish. 



Type in National Museum, Melbourne. 



N.Q., Claudie River in January and February; three specimens 

 taken by Mr. J. A. Kershaw. 



SCHOENOBIUS CKOSSOSTICHI S. U. sp. 



S" $ 22-24 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish. Palpi very 

 long (6) ; second joint with a few long hairs; whitish with a few grey 

 scales. Antennae whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish, tarsi tinged with grey. Forewings elongate, apex acute, ter- 

 man straight, oblique, 11 running into 12, the latter separating close 

 to costal edge; ochreous-whitish sparely irrorated with fuscous in 

 dorsal half; a terminal series of blackish dots between veins; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. Hindwings and cilia white; underside whitish. 

 Type in National Museum, Melbourne. 



N.Q., Claudie River in February; two specimens take by Mr. J. A. 

 Kershaw. 



Gen. Styphlolepis. 



Styphlolepis, Hmps., P.Z.S., 1895, p. 912. 



An Australian genus allied to CirrhocJirista, from which it may 

 "be distinguished by vein 7 of the hindwings being approximated to 12, 

 or anastomosing at a point only, whereas in Cirrhochrista these veins 

 anastomose for a considerable distance. The stalking of 6 and 7 of 

 the forewings is an exceptional character in the genus, and is not 

 constant in those species in which it occurs. The larvae are internal 

 feeders, occurring often in dry districts. The perfect insects attain a 

 large size, and, owing to their retired habits, are very seldom seen. 

 The largest species hitherto discovered was bred from larvae found 

 in a Brisbane suburban garden, in which the owner, a zealous ento- 

 mologist, had worked and collected for thirty years, but had never 

 previously seen the moth. Five species are at present known, of 

 which two are here described; the other three are: — 



