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^CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF 
AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
By A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.R.E.S. 
Received 29th October , 1945 ; accepted for 'publication 26th November , 1945 ; 
issued separately 20th January , 1947. 
Fam. CARPOSINIDAE. 
Carposina hyperlopha n.sp. 
VTrep\o(f>os , high- tufted. 
, 28 mm. $ , 36-38 mm. Head grey ; face whitish. Palpi in 
male 4, in female 8 ; fuscous mixed with whitish. Antennae whitish 
with fuscous annulations ; ciliations in male 1 . Thorax and abdomen 
fuscous mixed with whitish. Legs fuscous with whitish rings ; posterior 
tibiae wholly whitish. Fore wings elongate, dilated posteriorly, costa 
moderately arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish 
thickly sprinkled with fuscous and grey ; five rows of fuscous brown tufts 
of raised scales edged whitish posteriorly, two before middle, one median, 
and two after middle ; costal and terminal series of fuscous dots ; cilia 
grey with narrow fuscous bars. Hindwings and cilia whitish-grey. 
Queensland : Burleigh (Tweed Hds.) in September (W. B. 
Barnard) ; three specimens. Type in Queensland Museum. 
Carposina poliosticha n.sp. 
77oXlootlxos, grey -lined. 
(J , 30 mm. Head whitish. Palpi 5 ; grey, upper edge of second 
joint whitish. Antennae grey- whitish with dorsal fuscous bars ; ciliations 
in male 1. Thorax and abdomen grey- whitish. Legs grey- whitish ; 
anterior pair fuscous with whitish rings. Fore wings elongate, costa 
slightly arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, slightly oblique ; 
whitish ; markings grey sprinkled with fuscous ; a sub-basal inwardly 
oblique fine from costa ; five fuscous costal dots ; an inwardly oblique 
line from near first dot towards one-fourth dorsum ; a narrow suffused 
fascia from fifth dot to tornus ; several terminal dots ; cilia whitish. 
Hindwings and cilia whitish. 
Queensland : Burleigh in September (W. B. Barnard) ; one 
specimen. 
Carposina trigonogramma n.sp. 
TpLyovoypa/jLiAos , marked with a triangle. 
$ , 16 mm. Head and thorax grey. Palpi 4 ; fuscous, upper edge 
grey. Antennae whitish-ochreous annulated with fuscous. Abdomen 
grey ; dorsum of basal segments whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous with 
whitish tarsal rings ; posterior tibiae mostly whitish. Fore wings narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish 
sprinkled with grey, more densely towards base ; a large fuscous triangle 
on costa from one -third to near apex, reaching half across disc, its apex 
opposite two-thirds dorsum ; a slender interrupted terminal line ; cilia 
grey- whitish. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 
Queensland : Bunya Mts. in March (W. B. Barnard) ; one specimen. 
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