AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
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grey ; ciliations in male minute. Abdomen pale grey. Legs fuscous. 
Fore wings narrow, lanceolate, costa straight, apex acute ; whitish thickly 
sprinkled with grey ; markings fuscous ; a dot above and another 
beneath fold ; a narrow outwardly curved fascia at two -fifths ; some 
minute marginal dots around apex ; a larger dot on mid-termen ; cilia 
pale grey. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia pale grey becoming whitish 
towards tornus. 
North Queensland : Lake Barrine (Atherton Tableland) : two 
examples from fruits of Eugenia paniculata in August. 
Blastobasis mesomochla n.sp. 
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<J , 16 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi stout, tolerably 
pointed ; dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male minute. 
Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous. Fore wings narrow, costa nearly straight, 
apex obtuse ; fuscous ; markings blackish ; a median longitudinal 
bar from one-third to three-fifths ; a median dot at three-fourths ; 
minute marginal dots around apex ; cilia grey, around apex fuscous. 
Hindwings and cilia grey. 
South Australia : Adelaide in November ; one specimen received 
from Mr. J. 0. Wilson. 
Blastobasis celaenephes n.sp. 
KeXcuvec/jrjs, darkly clouded. 
(J , 14 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi rather stout, grey 
with four fuscous rings on second joint ; terminal joint very short, rather 
acute. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male minute. Abdomen grey. 
Legs fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa straight to three -fourths, thence 
arched, apex pointed ; grey sprinkled with brownish and fuscous ; 
markings blackish ; an obscure double transverse line at one-fifth ; 
median dots at one-half and before apex ; a costal dot at one-third ; a 
short median dash before apex ; minute pale dots around apex ; cilia 
grey. Hindwings and cilia grey- whitish. 
Queensland : McPherson Range (4000 ft.) in November ; one 
specimen. 
Blastobasis leucochyta n.sp. 
A evKoxvros, suffused with white. 
cJ , 10 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. Palpi slender, 
tolerably acute ; fuscous. Antennae fuscous ; in male simple. Legs 
pale grey ; anterior pair fuscous. Fore wings narrow, costa slightly 
arched, apex pointed ; grey ; a short slender median white streak from 
base ; a white costal dot at one-fourth, followed by a fuscous dot ; two 
suffused white dots, beneath middle at one-third and subdorsal at middle, 
variable in size ; a white -margined fuscous dot at three-fourths ; a white 
dot at apex and two on termen ; cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Exceptional in the slender male palpi. 
Queensland : Tweed Hds. in May ; one specimen. 
