1608 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 
Mount Lofty, South Australia ; one specimen received from 
Mr. E. Guest. 
636. (190b.) Phil, argotoxa, n.sp. 
(J. 24-25 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 
legs rather dark fuscous ; terminal joint of palpi whitish above ; 
posterior tibife greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 
slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round -pointed, hind- 
margin very obliquely rounded ; rather dark fuscous, darker on 
costal half ; a rather narrow ochreous- white sub-costal streak 
from base of costa to costa again at 5 , including a small dark 
fuscous dot on its upper margin in middle, and a second on its 
lower margin at § ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings rather dark 
fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 
Mount Lofty, South Australia ; three specimens received from 
]\Ir. E. Guest. 
637. (191a.) Phil. melanoxantJia, n.sp. 
23-25 mm. Head orange. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal 
joint and apex of second ochreous-yellow. Antennae dark grey. 
Thorax orange, with a dark fuscous longitudinal stripe on each 
side of back. Abdomen pale yellowish-grey, anal tuft ochreous- 
yellow. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair ochreous-yellowish. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently 
arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin nearly straight, rather 
strongly oblique ; deep ochreous-yellow, in 9 lighter and duller ; 
a rather narrow dark fuscous streak, black-margined beneath, 
along costa from base to f , posteriorly pointed ; a small dark 
fuscous spot on inner mai’gin almost at base ; a black dot in disc 
at a second beneath it on fold, a third above middle of disc, a 
fourth in disc at a fifth below fourth, and a sixth near before 
and beneath fifth (in ^ these are smaller and partially obsolete) ; 
a short inwardly oblique dark fuscous streak from costa to 
sometimes emitting a curved line of more or less connected dark 
fuscous dots to before anal angle : cilia whitish-yellowish. Hind- 
wings grey, veins posteriorly obscurely whitish-ochreous ; cilia 
whitish-ochreous, base yelloArtsh-tinged. 
Albany, West Australia ; common in September and October. 
