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From The Proceedings of The Linnean Society of New South Wales. ^nfi

Read 30th September, 1878.

Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera.
By E. Meyrick, Esq., B.A.

I CRAMBITES.

It is somewhat surprising that no progress should yet have
been made towards the knowledge of Micro-Lepidoptera in a
country which so abounds with the groups included under that
term as Australia does. In general, the small size and delicate
nature of the specimens preclude them from being commonly
sent home to England by travelling collectors ; but they offer a
wide field for the study of resident entomologists. According to
the very imperfect data at present possessed, I estimate the total
number of species occurring on the Australian continent to be
fully 10,000, as they much exceed the larger Lepidoptera here *n
number and variety. It is to be hoped, therefore, that, when
once a start has been made, entomologists will begin to take some
interest in the subject ; and it may not be out of place to state
that I shall always be ready to determine to the best of my
ability any species that may be entrusted to my care, and that
it would be of great interest to receive collections even of the
commoner kinds from various parts of the country.

A certain number of descriptions of Australian Micros were
included by Walker in his British Museum Catalogues ; these
names I have of course adopted when recognisable, but the
descriptions are commonly very incomplete, the determination of

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genera utterly unreliable and frequently erroneous, and the
original specimens often so scanty and mutilated as to be quite
unfit for description; whilst others, even the most conspicuous
species, are described under several different names. Besides
these, there are only a very few scattered descriptions by Zeller,
Newman, &c.

Of the species hereafter described, some of the Crambidae have
been named both by Zeller and Walker, since Zeller regarded
Walker's descriptions as generally unidentifiable ; the Grambi are,
however, generally recognisable, and his names should, therefore,
be adopted. Walker has also described certain Australian
insects as belonging to various genera in the Phycidm ; but I can
certify from inspection of the types that hardly any, or perhaps
none, are true Phycidce, but Py rales, Beltoides, and even small
Nuctuae.

With reference to the localities and dates here appended to
the species, it should be observed that, although correct so far as
they go, they must not be considered as necessarily at all com-
pletely expressing the facts, on account of the very limited data
accessible at present.

CHILONID^E.

SCHOENOJBIUS Dup.

Ocelli distinct. Tongue short. Antennae setaceous, in <$
longer, ciliated, in $ very short. Labial palpi very long, straight,
attenuated. Maxillary palpi triangular, appressed to labial palpi.
Wings elongate, apex of hind wings reaching beyond anal angle
of fore wings; in ? fore wings narrower and more acute than in
$ . Anal tuft of $ dense, woolly.

Schoen. imparellus n. sp.

$ 9|" — 12-|". Head brownish-ochreous- Labial palpi more than
twice as long as head, from brownish-ochreous to dark-fuscous.
Antennas brownish-ochreous or dark-fuscous, strongly ciliated.
Thorax brownish-ochreous to blackish-brown. Abdomen pale
greyish-ochreous, sometimes suffused with fuscous, whitish at
base. Anterior legs dark fuscous ; middle and posterior legs

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whitish or whitish-ochreous. Fore wings tolerably broad, mode-
rately dilated, hind margin strongly rounded beneath ; varying
from brownisb-ochreous to dark fuscous, darkest along costa ;
markings very variable or obsolete ; generally a small dark
fuscous or blackish discal spot at two-thirds ; sometimes another
obliquely above it near costa, and a third obliquely below it on
fold ; in the most distinctly-marked specimens there are two
transverse cloudy blackish-fuscous lines, the first from two-fifths of
costa to two-fifths of inner margin, strongly angulated outwards
above middle ; the second rising from costa before apex, curving
round and running to the median discal spot, thence continued
to the inner margin parallel to the first ; these lines are gene-
rally obsolete or absent ; a row of blackish spots on hind
margin ; cilia greyish-ochreous. Hind wings pure white, towards
apex more or less suffused with smoky fuscous ; cilia white,
smoky towards apex of wing.

$ 14" — 17". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs
white ; palpi little longer than head ; anal tuft whitish-ochreous ;
posterior tarsi externally fuscous-grey. Fore wings elongate,
tolerably broad, hind margin nearly straight, obliquely
rounded beneath ; satiny-white, sometimes more or less strongly
suffused throughout with whitish-ochreous ; cilia white. Hind
wings and cilia pure satiny-white.

Extremely variable; the <$ somewhat resembling gigantellux
(£, but darker, the ? very distinct.

Very common at Parramatta in February and March on the
river, the ? resting motionless on rushes, the $ more active ;
both come freely to light. The larva feeds in the cylindrical
stem-like leaves of Juncus prism atocarpus, growing in the water.

Chilo Zk.
Ocelli present. Tongue short. Antennas setacous, pubescent,
in $ hardly shorter than in $ . Labial palpi very long, straight,
porrected, attenuated. Maxillary palpi triangular, appressed.
Wings elongate, apex of hind wings reaching beyond anal angle
of fore wings. Hind wings with a basal pecten. Abdomen in $
somewhat tufted, in $ compressed-conical, with apical scales
obliquely truncate.

178 THE PKOCEEDINGS OE THE LTNNEAN SOCIETY

Ghil. parramattellus n. sp.

A 9" — 14". Head white. Palpi whitish-ochreous, mixed with
IV Sti . .

greyish-fuscous. Antennas ochreous-whitish. Thorax ochreous-

whitish, sometimes thinly sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen
white, sometimes tinged with ochreous-grey, anal tuft pale
ochreous-grey. Legs whitish, posterior tarsi sometimes with
dark grey rings. Fore wings moderately broad, costa nearly
straight, apex tolerably acute, hind margin nearly straight,
slightly oblique ; whitish-ochreous, more or less densely irrorated
with fuscous-grey in variable intensity ; extreme costal edge
whitish, only distinct in dark specimens ; a dark fuscous discal
dot slightly beyond middle of wing, very much nearer to costa
than to inner margin ; sometimes on the whitish costal margin
are indications of the commencement of transverse lines at one-
third and two-thirds, but they are imperceptible on the disc; cilia
whitish-ochreous to ochreous-grey. HinQ. wings white, with a
dark grey marginal line, sometimes suffused with greyish pos-
teriorly ; cilia whitish-grey, white at base.
Kp+^iUus < ? 10"- 12". Head whitish. Palpi whitish-ochreous, mixed
with greyish and dark fuscous scales. Antennae whitish. Thorax
whitish-ochreous, sometimes ochreous-brown on sides. Abdomen
white, sometimes partially tinged with ochreous ; ovipositor
short, triangular. Anterior legs whitish ; middle and posterior
legs pale greyish-ochreous. Fore wings much narrower than in £ ,
apex more sharply acute, hind margin straighter and more
oblique ; whitish-ochreous, the veins neatly outlined on each side
with darker-ochreous ; a small black discal dot beyond middle of
wing, nearer to costa than to inner margin ; a hind-marginal row
of clear black dots ; cilia whitish, with two grey parting-lines.
Hind wings clear white ; cilia white.

Apparently allied to the South American species G. neuricellus
Z. and obliteratellus Z.

Common at Parramatta along the river in February and March,
especially at light.

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CRAMBID^E.

::<f.vH.l*4*jt Prionophora n.g.

Forehead with overhanging projection of scales. Ocelli dis-
tinct, behind antennae. Tongue moderate. Antennae moderate,
in £ ciliated. Labial palpi moderately long, rather shorter than
thorax, porrected, attenuated. Maxillary palpi absent. Fore-
wings oblong, apex projecting, acute, hindmargin strongly con-
cave beneath apex, dentate throughout. Hindwings with basal
pecten, apex not reaching anal angle of forewing3, hindmargin
subdentate, with a deeper indentation a little below apex ;
clothed with long hair-scales towards base. Legs short. Abdo-
men moderate. Forewings with 12 veins; 8 and 9 stalked,
rising out of 7. Hindwings with 8 veins ; cell open posteriorly.

Readily distinguished amongst allied genera by the absence of
maxillary palpi, the peculiarly produced apex of forewings, and
the hair-scales towards base of hindwings.

Prion, ruptella Whr. Gat. 173 (firambus).

11" — 14". Head light ochreous, posteriorly whitish, with a
few blackish scales, sometimes forming a central blackish line.
Palpi whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with blackish scales, beneath
white at base. Antennas pale ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous,
sprinkled with blackish scales, and with five longitudinal rather
irregular black lines, with a short crest in front and another
behind. Abdomen and legs pale ochreous. Forewings moderately
broad, slightly dilated ; pale ochreous faintly tinged with pale
pinkish-brown ; a slender blackish subcostal streak suffused with
pinkish-brown, from base of costa to beyond middle, leaving a
pale costal streak ; a straight rather broader fuscous streak,
mixed with blackish, from base to costa immediately before apex,
strongly but irregularly margined beneath with black ; from pos-
terior half of its upper edge this sends three slender dark fuscous
lines to costa, separated by whitish spaces ; from J and § of its
lower margin it sends two slender dark fuscous streaks to hind-
margin ; except at junction of these, it is margined beneath with
an irregular, rather indistinct, silvery-white streak ; the median
vein and its branches marked out with strong dark fuscous lines ;

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from the fourth branch near its base rises an irregular black
streak running a little below the main median vein, meeting its
extremity on hindmargin, margined beneath by a broad silvery-
white streak, interrupted where it crosses the second and third
branches ; the basal part of the median vein and half the fifth
branch is margined beneath by a narrower silvery-white streak
ending in some black scales ; between the second and fourth
branches are several irregular spots of black scales ; a blackish
line from near base to anal angle ; a blackish spot almost on
inner margin near base, sending a cloudy blackish streak towards
hindmargin ; a blackish line along posterior half of inner margin ;
a row of irregular blackish spots before hindmargin between the
veins ; cilia whitish, partially tinged with pale pinkish-brown ;
with a dark fuscous spot at apex, and intersected at the junction
of each vein by a blackish line. Hind wings fuscous-grey, darker
towards apex and hindmargin ; cilia white.

This singular insect (erroneously referred by Walker to Cram-
bus) is rather common near Sydney and at Campbelltown, and
occurs also in the neighbourhood of Brisbane, in April, Sep-
tember, and December ; always beaten from Casuarina, on which
the larva doubtless feeds.

Crambus F.

Ocelli distinct. Tongue longer than thorax. Antennas seta-
ceous, in £ generally slightly ciliated or sometimes pectinated, in
$ simple. Labial palpi long, attenuated, compressed. Maxil-
lary palpi triangular, incumbent. Forewings oblong, acute ;
hindwings with basal pecten, not reaching beyond anal angle of
forewings.

The species of this cosmopolitan grass-feeding genus are
tolerably numerous in Australia ; those here described, all that I
have yet seen, may be thus tabulated :

A. Apex of forewings strongly produced 1. milvellus.

B. ,, „ not strongly produced

a. Forewings with two discal longitudinal silvery-
white streaks.
I. Upper streak starting from middle of wing 5. aurantiacus.
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II. Upper streak starting from very near base.

1. Lower streak quite straight ... .. 6. trivittatu*.

2. „ ,, deflected upwards at

apical extremity 7. bivittettus.

b. With one discal longitudinal silvery-white

streak.
I. Streak simple.

1. With a broad silvery- white streak

along inner margin ... 2. coneinnellw.

2. Without inner-marginal streak.

* Discal streak produced through cilia 4. torrentellus.
** ,, ending on hindmargin 3. lativittalis.

II. Furcate.

1. Streak shortly bifurcate, not reaching

beyond % 9. hopliUllus.

2. „ 3 or 4 branched, nearly reach-

ing hindmargin ... ... 12. relatalis.

c. With many irregular broad silvery-white mark-

ings 8. pleniferellus.

d. With more or less distinct white streaks

on all the veins.

I. Subcostal streak starting from ^ 13. opulenttllut.

II. „ „ almost from base.

1. Head white, with an ochreous stripe on

crown, hindwings whitish-
grey ... ... ... ... 15. enneagrammos.

2. Head pale ochreous ; hindwings white 14. invalidellus.

e. With an indistinct whitish streak or none.

I. Head white 10. cuneiferellu*.

II. „ ochreous-grey 11. dimidiellus.

Cr. milvellus n. &p.
5^". Head white, with a broad ochreous-brown longitudinal
stripe on crown. Labial palpi twice as long as head, dark fus-
cous, beneath white at base ; maxillary palpi whitish above.
Antennae whitish. Thorax fuscous, indistinctly whitish in front
and on lateral margins. Abdomen greyish-fuscous, anal-tuft
greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous-grey. Forewings short,
triangularly dilated, apex strongly produced, hindmargin obliquely
concave below apex, rounded beneath ; rather dark fuscous,
especially towards apex ; a rather broad white streak, very
irregularly waved on margins, proceeding from base to middle of

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182 THE PROCEEDINGS OE TBE LINNEAN SOCIETY

disc, there deflexed upwards and running to costa just beyond f ;
a white streak, internally very irregularly margined, from f of
fold to apex of wing, confluent above middle with a white band
along hindmargin ; inner margin almost entirely suffused with
white, and between first and second white streaks ground-colour
mixed with white scales ; a rather indistinct, outwardly curved,
wavy blue-whitish subterminal line, bordered with ground-colour
where it cuts the white subapical band; hindmarginal line strong,
black, marked on lower half with about five black spots ; cilia
white, with fuscous-grey parting-line, towards anal angle almost
entirely grey-fuscous. Hindwings rather pale fuscous-grey ;
cilia hardly paler.

1 £ , near Sydney, in March ; very distinct from all known

Gr. concinnelhis, Whr. Gat 165.
8"— 9". Head white, labial palpi twice as long as head, white,
on sides fuscous. Antennae whitish. Thorax white, lateral
margins dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Legs ochreous-
whitish internally, greyish-fuscous externally, tarsi with
whitish rings at apex of joints. Forewings elongate, slightly
dilated ; apex produced, acute, appearing from the cilia
slightly falcate, hindmargin beneath apical indentation hardly
oblique, rounded beneath ; dark fuscous or blackish, blackest
along costa ; a straight broad silvery- white streak from base to
apex, upper margin of basal half almost touching costa, apical
half gradually more attenuated ; a rather narrower silvery-white
streak along inner margin from base to anal angle ; a slender
bluish- white subterminal line, cutting the longitudinal streaks,
proceeding from beyond J of costa obliquely outwards, sharply
angulated on first streak, thence tolerably parallel to hind margin,
angulated again on second streak, ending before anal angle ; on
costa before subterminal line are two more oblique slender white
streaks, and between it and apex another less distinct, not oblique ;
behind subterminal line the space between the two longitudinal
streaks is cinereous-grey, sprinkled with white scales, and cut by
three longitudinal black lines ; the disc immediately before sub-
terminal line is also more or less sprinkled with cinereous-grey

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and whitish scales ; hindmarginal line blackish : cilia pale grey,
whitish at extremities of longitudinal streaks, and with a small
whitish spot about middle, and a grey fuscous indistinct parting
line ; above apex and below anal angle fuscous. Hindwings
whitish, subtransparent, suffused with pale fuscous grey at apex
and on upper margin ; cilia white.

Belongs to the section of which the European pascuellus L. is
typical, but differs from all other species by the broad silvery-
white inner-marginal streak. Occurs near Sydney, also about
Brisbane and Rockhampton. It would appear to have an extra-
ordinary range for an insect of this class, being stated by Walker
to occur also in Ceylon and South Africa.

Or. lativittalis, Whr. Gat. 171 ; halterellus Z. Or. 33.
11" — 14". Head ochreous-brown, with a very slender (sometimes
obsolete) short white line above each eye. Labial palpi short,
hardly longer than head, ochreous-brown or dark brown, whitish
beneath ; maxillary palpi ochreous-brown. Antennae dark fuscous.
Thorax ochreous-brown or dark brown, anterior margin narrowly
and a lateral marginal stripe silvery white. Abdomen whitish,
slightly tinged with ochreous. Anterior and middle legs dark
fuscous, posterior legs whitish. Forewings moderately broad,
dilated, hindmargin nearly straight, lightly rounded beneath ;
varying from brownish-ochreous to deep brown; a narrow silvery-
white costal streak from base to a little before apex, posteriorly
slightly dilated ; a very broad straight silvery-white, strongly
black-margined central streak from base to hindmargin, its upper
apical angle produced upwards into a tooth along hindmargin to
apex, the lower part of its hindmarginal edge also black-margined:
cilia ochreous-brown, darker greyish-fuscous at anal angle, with
indistinct darker parting-line. Hindwings pale greyish-fuscous,
whitish towards base, in $ with a slender pencil of brown hairs
in a depression at base ; cilia whitish, tinged towards base with
ochreous-grey.

Easily known by the up-turned apex of the single median
streak, and remarkably short palpi. A common species, occurring
round Sydney, and up to the summits of the Blue Mountains ;
also at Melbourne and King George's Sound ; from October to
March. Walker's name has one year's priority.

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Or. torrentellus n. sp.

15" — 15f". Head ochreous, with a small whitish spot on crown,
and a pale line above each eye ; collar whitish. Labial palpi more
than twice as long as head, ochreous, at apex fuscous, beneath
white towards base ; maxillary palpi ochreous. Antenna?
fuscous, basal joint ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown, with a
broad silvery-white stripe on each shoulder. Abdomen pale
ochreous. Anterior and middle legs fuscous, posterior legs
ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderately broad, hardly dilated,
hindmargin very oblique, rounded ; very pale ochreous, towards
apex and at base suffused with brownish-ochreous, and very
slightly on disc ; a very narrow silvery-white costal streak
from middle of costa to apex, sometimes produced further
towards base, much attenuated at extremities ; very broad
straight silvery-white median streak from base to hindmargin,
continued also quite through cilia, strongly but irregularly
margined on both sides with blackish scales, least distinctly on
disc, very broadly and strongly towards apex, especially on upper
margin ; sometimes the upper margin of this streak tends
slightly to be produced upwards on hindmargin : cilia, except
on the white streak, fuscous-grey, with a rather darker parting
line. Hindwings white, in $ slightly suffused with greyish
towards apex ; cilia white.

Differs from preceding by the longer palpi, paler colour, and
median streak produced through cilia, as well as the absence of
any distinct apical tooth ; from allied European species by its
large size, and the very great breadth of the median streak.
Hitherto only from neighbourhood of Duaringa, Queensland ;
two specimens in Sydney Museum, sent by Mr. Greo. Barnard.
Or. aurantiacus n. sp.

10" — 10J ". Head bright ochreous, with a whitish line above
each eye. Labial palpi twice as long as head, deep ochreous
tinged with fuscous, beneath white towards base ; maxillary palpi
whitish above. Antennae silvery-grey, basal joint whitish.
Thorax bright deep ochreous, with two parallel longitudinal
silvery- white streaks on back. Abdomen silky-white. Legs white
beneath fuscous. Forewings rather short, broad, hindmargin,

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tolerably straight, rounded beneath ; bright orange-ochreous ;
a silvery-white, internally fuscous-margined, rather narrow costal
streak from near base to f , much attenuated towards both ex-
tremities ; a broad silvery-white fuscous-margined streak from
middle of wing below costa, posteriorly abruptly angulated
upwards and ending in apex, rather suddenly attenuated at both
extremities ; a broad straight silvery-white fuscous-margined
streak from base through middle of wing, posteriorly attenuated,
barely or not quite reaching hindmargin ; a narrow silvery-white
partially fuscous-margined streak along inner margin from base
to anal angle ; a clear dark fuscous line along inner and hind-
margins : cilia silvery-white, with two sharp dark fuscous parting
lines. Hindwings pale fuscous, more whitish towards base ;
cilia pure white.

Differs markedly from the two succeeding species by the
basally abbreviated upper streak, shorter wings, &c. Several
specimens near Newcastle in January.

Cr. trivittatus Z. Or. 34 ; jivittellus Wkr. Gat 171 (nee Don.) f
11" — 15§". Head ochreous, with a clear white line above each
eye, and sometimes whitish behind. Labial palpi two and a half
times as long as head, ochreous-brown or dark brown, beneath
clear white ; maxillary palpi whitish above. Antennae dark
fuscous. Thorax ochreous, darkest on shoulders, with two broad
silvery-white longitudinal stripes on back. Abdomen pale grey-
ish-ochreous, basal segment silvery- white. Anterior legs greyish-
fuscous, middle and posterior legs whitish. Forewings rather
broad, hind margin very slightly sub-concave beneath apex,
almost straight; light brownish-ochreous, generally paler towards
inner margin ; extreme costal edge white from a little before
middle to a little before apex ; a silvery-white blackish-margined
streak starting from very near base immediately below costa, at
first narrow and parallel to costa, before one-third deflected from
costa and continuing parallel to median streak, becoming much
broader, its extremity abruptly deflected upwards shortly before
hind margin, becoming attenuated, and endiug in apex ; a nearly
straight broad silvery-white blackish-margined median streak
from base to hind margin, somewhat attenuated towards its ex-

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186 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LTNNEAN SOCIETT

tremity ; a silvery-white streak along inner margin from base to
anal angle, internally rather indistinct, externally margined by a
greyish-fuscous streak along inner margin ; hind-marginal line
dark fuscous : cilia silvery-white, fuscous at tips, and with a
broad cloudy dark fuscous parting-line. Hindwings greyish
fuscous, in °. more whitish, hind-marginal line fuscous ; cilia in
<$ greyish or whitish, with darker grey parting line, in $ white.

Differs from aurantiacus by the upper discal streak nearly
reaching base, from bivittellus by the straight extremity of the
lower discal streak, from both by the duller ground colour. A
common and very generally distributed species, ocqurring from
Sydney to the summits of the Blue Mountains, also about Mel-
bourne, Adelaide, Rockhampton, and in Tasmania, in December
and January.

Zeller described this as new, quoting Erich son as authority
that bivittellus Don. is not this, but the following species; Walker,
considering this to be Donovan's insect, re-named the other
recurvellus.

Or. bivittellus, Don.; Z. Or. 34 ; recurvellus, Wkr. Cat. 171.

15". Head deep orange, posteriorly ochreous, with a silvery-
white line above each eye. Labial palpi more than twice as long
as head, slender, acute, exteriorly crimson-orange, towards apex
fuscous, interiorly pale ochreous, beneath white at base ; maxil-
lary palpi ochreous, above deep orange. Antennae in $ deeply
dentate, ciliated with little tufts of hairs, dark fuscous, basal
joint silvery-white. Thorax saffron -orange, with a rather broad
longitudinal silvery-white stripe on each side of back. Abdomen
whitish-ochreous, anal tuft darker ochreous. Anterior and middle
legs dark greyish-fuscous ; posterior legs whitish, tarsi suffused
with greyish-fuscous. Pore wings broad, dilated, hind margin
nearly straight, lightly rounded beneath ; deep saffron-orange,
towards apex and hind margin tinged with crimson ; a slender
silvery-white costal streak from beyond middle to beyond three-
quarters, other parts of costa slenderly dark fuscous ; a silvery -
white strongly black-margined longitudinal streak proceeding
from costa a little above base, at first rather narrow, dilating
gradually, at one- third deflected from costa and continued

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parallel to median streak, becoming broadest at two-thirds,
abruptly curved upwards immediately before hind margin, be-
coming more attenuated, and ending in apex ; a straight silvery-
white strongly black-margined median streak from base, its apex
sharply curved upwards shortly before hind margin, and ending
in a short point directed towards apex of wing, not reaching hind
margin ; a moderate fuscous streak along inner margin, bordered
internally by a narrow silvery-white black-margined streak from
base to anal angle ; hind-marginal line blackish : cilia silvery-
white, fuscous-grey towards tips, and entirely at anal angle.
Hindwings greyish-fuscous, slightly paler towards base ; cilia
greyish-fuscous.

Common at King George's Sound, but apparently exclusively
western. Easily known by its brilliant colouring, and the re-
curved extremities of both discal streaks.

Gr. pleniferellus Wkr. Gat. 173.

9" — 11". Head white, face, a longitudinal median line, and a
spot behind each eye ochreous. Labial palpi twice as long as
head, ochreous mixed with fuscous, beneath white towards base ;
maxillary palpi ochreous, whitish above. Antennae whitish,
tinged with ochreous. Thorax ochreous, darkest anteriorly,
whitish posteriorly ; anterior margin and five longitudinal lines
(central, sub-dorsal, and lateral) slenderly white, often indistinct-
Abdomen ochreous- whitish, basal segment white. Legs white.
Forewings broad, strongly dilated, hind margin slightly wavy,
very slightly sub-concave beneath apex ; bright ochreous, darkest
towards costa ; a rather narrow silvery-white sub-costal streak,
very close to costa, from base to beyond middle ; a broad silvery-
white, very elongate-triangular, median streak from base, its
apex reaching to a little beyond middle, its upper edge parallel
to costa, lower edge parallel to inner margin, outer edge much
more oblique than hind margin and black-margined ; from mid-
dle of its lower edge proceeds a slender silvery-white tooth along
fold, not reaching middle ; an indistinct white streak along inner
margin near base ; a straight rather broad oblique silvery-white
streak from three-fourths of costa to before middle of inner mar-
gin (parallel to posterior edge of median streak), generally quite

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188 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LTNNEAN SOCIETY

or partially interrupted below middle and on fold, posteriorly
emitting two black-margined wedge-shaped teeth, one between
the two interruptions and one immediately above them ; an out-
wardly curved pale metallic-grey subterminal line a little before
hind margin, starting from a white spot on costa ; between sub-
terminal line and the transverse streak is a transverse curved row
of six or seven silvery- white, sub-ovate, more or less (sometimes
very strongly) elongate spots, the narrow interspaces strongly
lined with blackish scales ; between subterminal line and hind
margin, touching both, are four silvery-white spots, first sub-tri-
angular, subapical ; second quadrate, in middle ; third and
fourth quadrate, adjacent, above anal angle ; hind-marginal line
dark fuscous, with sub-triangular blackish spots on extremities of
veins : cilia silvery-white, tips and a parting-line fuscous-grey.
Hindwings whitish-grey, in $ slightly darker, hind-marginal line
dark fuscous ; cilia white, with a faint grey parting-line.

Common in the Sydney district, and around Melbourne, in
February and March.

Or. hoplitellus n. sp.

10" — 11". Head ochreous-brown, with a whitish line over each
eye. Labial palpi twice as long as head, ochreous-brown, mixed
with darker-fuscous, beneath whitish. Antennas dark fuscous,
in<£ strongly pectinated. Thorax deep ochreous-brown. Abdo-
men whitish, towards base tinged with greyish-fuscous. Legs
dark fuscous, posterior pair more whitish above. Fore wings
moderately broad, hind margin very slightly sub-concave, almost
straight ; deep brownish-ochreous, partially suffused with darker
brown ; a straight narrow silvery-white sub-costal streak, pro-
ceeding from costa near base, and ending on costa again shortly
before apex, enclosing a narrow fuscous costal streak ; a silvery-
white, strongly blackish-margined, central streak from base, gradu-
ally dilating to beyond middle, where it becomes abruptly bifur-
cate, both branches short, reaching to three-fourths of disc; upper
branch slender, abruptly swollen towards apex beneath ; lower
branch short-pointed, with a tooth above ; about the apex of each
branch is an irregularly oval cloud of mixed black and bluish-white
scales ; from between these two clouds proceeds a silvery- white,

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above strongly black-margined, broad streak obliquely upwards
to apex, sharp-pointed above, sending from its lower edge a more
or less distinct silvery-white line towards anal angle ; apex of
wing suffused with dark fuscous ; three or four triangular black
dots on hind margin towards anal angle ; an indistinct line of
dark fuscous scales along inner margin ; cilia silvery-metallic
grey, white at base towards apical halt of hind margin. Hind-
wings whirish-grey, indistinctly darker grey-fuscous at apex and
along hind margin ; cilia whitish.

A very distinct species ; abundant in a very restricted locality
near Sydney, in March.

Gr. cuneiferellus Wkr. Gat. 175.

7J* — 9^". Head clear white. Labial palpi twice as long as
head, white, towards apex and on sides mixed with greyish-
ochreous ; maxillary palpi white, beneath mixed with fuscous-
grey. Antennae whitish. Thorax white, towards sides and
behind tinged with pale greyish-ochreous. Abdomen pale greyish-
ochreous, towards base whitish. Legs white. Forewings short,
posteriorly dilated, in $ more elongate, hindmargin rounded ;
pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes more or less sprinkled pos-
teriorly with whitish and fuscous scales ; the veins more or less
perceptibly indicated by lines of fuscous scales ; a snow-white
median streak from base to hindmargin, often very indistinct or
obsolete, especially towards base, most conspicuous at |, margins
obscure ; indications of three transverse slender (sometimes
obscurely double) dark ochreous-brown lines ; first very faint or
absent, beyond J, only perceptible near inner margin, where it is
angulated ; second sometimes distinct, rising from middle of costa,
proceeding obliquely outwards to J of breadth, then sharply
angulated and proceeding obliquely inwards to median streak,
where it becomes obsolete, but is sometimes again sharply angu-
lated outwards ; third generally distinct, a little before hind-
margin, strongly waved, outwardly curved, at §■ of breadth from
costa sending a very sharp angulation inwards ; between third
line and hindmargin the ground-colour is replaced by black and
white scales arranged in alternate transverse lines, giving a
bluish-grey appearance, the veins indicated by whitish lines ;

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hindmarginal line blackish, unspotted ; cilia shining grey, pale
towards tips, intersected by a rather broad white longitudinal
mark at median streak, another less broad below it, and two
others much narrower and more indistinct above it, with faint
traces of a parting-line. Hindwings fuscous-grey, paler in $ ;
cilia white, with a fuscous-grey parting-line near base.

Var. a. Entirely suffused with greyish-ochreous, leaving no
trace of white colour either on head or forewings, or of the trans-
verse lines on forewings ; only markings the bluish-grey wedge-
shaped markings on hind margin ; cilia of hindwings also suffused
with greyish-ochreous.

Always distinguishable by the wedge-shaped hindmarginal
markings. The var. a is singular in appearance, and at first sight
appears distinct, but is probably only a dull-coloured spring
form ; two specimens (without the ordinary form) were taken by
Mr. Gr. H. Raynor, near Parramatta, in August. The ordinary
form is the commonest of the genus in New South Wales,
occurring in great abundance everywhere from Sydney to the
Blue Mountains, at Newcastle, and probably generally ; also
near Melbourne, and in the Rockhampton district, from November
to April.

Gr. dimidiellus n. sp.

54* — 8". Head ochreuus-grey. Labial palpi more than twice
as long as head, dark fuscous sprinkled with grey, beneath white
at base ; maxillary palpi whitish above, dark fuscous beneath.
Antennas ochreous-grey. Thorax brownish-grey. Abdomen
greyish-ochreous, anal-tuft paler. Legs greyish-white above,
fuscous beneath. Forewings elongate, not much dilated, hind-
margin rounded ; light ochreous, tinged with grey, the lower
half more or less slightly (especially posteriorly), the upper half
entirely suffused with ochreous-brown or dark-brown ; lower half
more or less partially sprinkled with dark fuscous scales ; a white
median streak from base to hindmargin, broadest at |, posteriorly
attenuated or partially obsolete, above generally margined with
blackish scales, especially posteriorly, where they are sometimes
very numerous, and form a cloudy blackish band along the streak ;
generally there are faint indications of two transverse lines, which

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are sometimes entirely obsolete, rarely distinct ; first line very
faint, double, only appearing as two ochreous-brown spots, mixed
with blackish scales, on inner margin before middle, and two
obliquely above them on lower margin of median streak beyond
middle ; second line sometimes tolerably distinct, waved, sharply
angulated above median streak and sometimes also with a second
indistinct angulation towards inner margin, whitish, edged inter-
nally with darker ochreous-brown ; hindmarginal line dark
fuscous, containing three or four distinct black dots towards
middle ; cilia fuscous-grey, rather metallic. Hindwings fuscous-
grey ; cilia whitish-grey or whitish, with a fuscous-grey parting-
line near base.

Allied to cuneiferellus ; differs by the narrower wings, smaller
size, darker colouring, hindmarginal dots, &c. Also very common,
round Sydney and Parramatta, and in the district of the Lower
Hunter River ; also received from Roekhampton ; from January
to March.

Gr. relatalis Wkr. Cat. 172.

12" — 13J". Head pale ochreous, mixed with whitish, with a
very narrow white line above each eye. Labial palpi more than
twice as long as head, pale ochreous, much mixed with fuscous
towards apex, beneath clear white at base ; maxillary palpi white
above, fuscous at base. Antennae whitish. Thorax ochreous,
posteriorly white, and with a broad quadrate ochreous-white spot
behind collar. Abdomen silky-white, anal-tuft whitish-ochreous.
Anterior and middle legs grey-fuscous, thinly whitish-scaled
above ; posterior legs whitish. Fore wings elongate, moderately
broad, hindmargin subconcave below apex, thence strongly
rounded ; greyish-ochreous or greyish-brown tinged with ochreous,
especially towards base, towards inner margin rather abruptly
and broadly whitish-ochreous, and sometimes also more narrowly
along costa; a straight silvery-white, internally blackish-margined
subcostal streak from base to costa shortly before apex, with a
tendency to emit two or three faint branches towards costa pos-
teriorly ; a straight moderately broad silvery-white black-margined
central streak from base, parallel to subcostal streak, beyond
middle deflected downwards and continuing parallel to inner

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192 THE PROCEEDINGS OF TFTF. LINNEAN SOCIETY

margin, ending abruptly just before hindmargin ; from the point
of deflection proceeds a second branch similar and nearly parallel
to the first, but more slender and sometimes in great part obsolete;
from half-way between origin of this branch and base rises a
third very slender branch, proceeding nearly to anal angle, but
generally obsolete at extremity ; the interspaces between these
branches are somewhat suffused anteriorly with blackish ; im-
mediately above the point of deflection of the median streak, but
not touching it, rises a moderately broad, basally attenuated,
silvery-white blackish-margined streak proceeding directly towards
hindmargin, but ending abruptly before reaching it ; above this
is sometimes also a faint whitish short linear mark ; a white sub-
marginal streak from apex to anal angle, inwardly convex, not
touching hindmargin, receiving the apices of all the discal streaks,
broadest above, sometimes obsolete or absent on its lower half,
internally edged with fuscous shading ; immediately before and
parallel to this submarginal streak is sometimes a wavy pale
bluish line ; hindmarginal line dark fuscous, with three or four
elongate black dots towards anal angle ; cilia white, tips and a
strong parting-line (sometimes confluent) dark metallic-grey.
Hindwings whitish-grey, apex and hindmargin rather abruptly
darker grey, hindmarginal line fuscous ; cilia white, with a faint
grey parting-line near base.

Allied to the three succeeding species, differing especially by
the median streak having only two branches beneath, instead of
three or four. Not very common, but very widely distributed,
occurring at Sydney, and on the Clarence River ; near Melbourne
and Adelaide, and in Tasmania ; in March.

Gr. opulentellus Z. Cr. 46.

11 J"-12|". Head greyish-ochreous, with a rather broad whitish
line above each eye. Labial palpi more than twice as long as
head, fuscous, beneath whitish at base; maxillary palpi whitish,
towards base fuscous. Antennas dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous,
darker above, with a slender white longitudinal line on each side
of back, forming two conspicuous approximated white spots be-
hind the collar. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, more suffused with

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 193

grey towards base. Anterior legs fuscous ; middle and posterior
legs pale ochreous. Forewings moderately broad, hindmargin
oblique, rounded, subconcave beneath apex ; ochreous ; a very
narrow silvery- white costal streak from base to beyond middle ; a
broader silvery-white subcostal streak from one-third to costa
immediately before apex, attenuated at extremities ; a strong
silvery-white central streak on sub median vein from base to
hindmargin, roughly margined with blackish scales on apical half
above and on basal half beneath ; sending from its lower edge
four very slender silvery- whitish branches to hindmargin, the
lowest branch more or less blackish -margined, and the tolerably
broad ochreous interspaces sometimes mixed with blackish or
grey scales ; an elongate- triangular silvery-white subapical spot,
resting on hindmargin below apex and on posterior quarter or
median streak, partially or entirely cut longitudinally by two
blackish -ochreous lines ; below median streak a straight silvery-
white streak from near base to anal angle, and a silvery-white
streak from base to inner margin at one-third ; a fuscous line
along inner and hind margins, hindmarginal line marked with
seven or eight often obsolete blackish dots ; cilia white, becoming
metallic-grey at tips, and entirely about anal angle. Hindwings
pale greyish-fuscous, hindmarginal line dark fuscous ; cilia white.

This and the two following species are very nearly allied, and
it is probable that several other closely related species remain to
be found. Opulentellus differs from both the others by the sub-
costal streak not reaching nearer to base than one-third, the dark
fuscous anterior legs, and general distinctness of marking. Taken
commonly at Parramatta in April ; teller's specimen was taken
in Tasmania.

Cr. invalidellus n. sp.

11". Head pale ochreous, with a very slender whitish line
above each eye. Labial palpi more than twice as long as head,
acute, pale ochreous ; beneath whitish at base ; maxillary palpi
ochreous. Antennae ochreous-fuscous, in £ deeply dentate. Tho-
rax ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, anal tuft whitish.
Anterior legs ochreous, middle and posterior legs whitish. Fore-
wings rather elongate, apex acute, hindmargin slightly sub-con-

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194 THE PBOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

cave beneath apex, rounded beneath ; pale ochreous, thinly sprin-
kled between the veins with coarse dark fuscous scales ; a straight
rather broad white subcostal streak from base of costa to costa
again a little before apex, shading into pale whitish-ochreous on
costal margin, from two-thirds of its lower margin sending a
faint whitish branch to hindmargin below apex ; between the
subcostal streak and median vein the ground colour is suffused
with fuscous, darkest above, forming a broad streak from base to
two-thirds of disc, where it becomes obsolete, appearing again as
a dark fuscous spot at apex ; a dark fuscous spot on upper margin
of median vein at two-thirds ; median vein indistinctly whitish,
very obsolete towards base, sending four indistinct whitish
branches to hindmargin, which are interrupted just before
reaching hindmarginal streak ; fourth branch very faint ; be-
neath these are very faint indications of whitish lines on the
other veins ; a clear white streak along hindmargin from apex to
anal angle, broadest above ; hindmarginal line strong, clear, dark
fuscous, towards its lower half with five black elongate spots on
extremities of veins: cilia white, tips and a parting-line pale
metallic-grey. Hindwings white, hindmarginal line indistinctly
fuscous ; cilia white.

Distinguished from opulentellus by the more suffused markings,
and sub costal streak reaching base ; from enneagrammos by the
ochreous head and narrower forewings, from both by the white
hindmarginal streak, and clear white hindwings. One <$ in col-
lection of Mr. Masters, from Tasmania.

Cr. enneagrammos n. sp.

9" — 12". Head white, with a longitudinal ochreous stripe on
crown. Labial palpi more than twice as long as head, ochreous-
fuscous above, white internally and beneath; maxillary palpi
white, fuscous at base. Antennae slender, whitish above, dark
fuscous beneath. Thorax brownish-ochreous, whitish on back,
with a clear white double spot on collar. Abdomen ochreous-
whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings broadly dilated in
$ , narrower and more pointed in °. , hindmargin rounded, sub-
concave below apex ; varying from ochreous-grey to clear

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 195

ochreous, lighter towards inner margin ; extreme costal edge
narrowly white ; a straight rather narrow white sub-costal streak
from base to apex, sometimes emitting posteriorly two or three
slender white streaks to costa, or partially confluent with the
white costal line ; a rather strong white, above black-margined
posteriorly, central streak on sub-median vein from base to hind-
margin, sending from its lower edge four rather broad parallel
branches to hindmargin, separated by very narrow ochreous lines
(sometimes sprinkled with blackish), lowest branch often strongly
blackish-margined ; an elongate-triangular white subapical spot,
resting on hindmargin below apex and on posterior third of me-
dian streak, more or less distinctly cut by two rather obsolete
ochreous (sometimes mixed with blackish) longitudinal lines;
below median streak a white line from near base to anal angle,
and a white line from base to before middle of inner margin ;
inner margin whitish towards base ; hindmarginal line fuscous,
marked with seven or eight black dots ; cilia white, extreme tips
and a parting line greyish-ochreous. Hind wings whitish-grey,
marginal line dark fuscous ; cilia white.

Differs from its allies by its broader wings, white head, and
greater breadth of the white streaks on the branches of the
submedian vein. Common round Sydney and Parramatta, es-
pecially in rather damp places ; also near Melbourne and Mt.
Macedon ; in December and March.

It is possible that G. argyroneurus Z. (described from a single
South Australian specimen) may denote a variety of this insect,
as it possesses many of its characteristics ; but Zeller describes
the head as yellowish, the first and second branches of the median
vein as not reaching hindmargin, the second and third as becom-
ing confluent beyond the middle, and makes no mention of any
white sub-apical spot. Considering the close affinity of the spe-
cies of this group, it would be premature to adopt the name for
this insect.

Eromene Eb.

Ocelli distinct. Tongue moderate, spiral. Antennas setaceous,
crenulate. Labial palpi hardly as long as, or markedly shorter
than thorax, straight, porrected, acuminate. Maxillary palpi

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196 THE PJBOCEEDING8 OF THE LTNNEAN SOCIETY

shortly triangular. Forewings subtriangular, in $ with a
transparent spot at base of median cell, hindmargin with black
spots united by metallic-gold ; hindwings with basal pecten.

Of the four species hereafter described, the first two hardly
fall well into the genus, owing to their longer palpi, yet they
possess the general characters ; the others agree with Eromene in
all respects. They may be tabulated thus : —

A. — Forewings with broad silvery- white markings 2. bifractella.

B. — „ without distinct silvery-white markings

1. — Forewings with a central oblique fascia. 1. longipalpella.

2. — ,, with two slender transverse lines.

a. — Labial palpi hardly longer than head 3. praematurella.

b. — „ ,, nearly twice as long as head ... 4. dilatella.

Q^rd^rdr^A ^. longipalpellty 71. Sp.

10" — 11". Head whitish. Labial palpi twice as long as head,
whitish, mixed with dark fuscous scales, dark fuscous on sides ;
maxillary palpi white. Antenna whitish-ochreous. Thorax and
abdomen ochreous. Legs ochreous-grey, tarsi with ochreous-
white rings at apex of joints. Forewings elongate, rather dilated,
costa straight, hindmargin subdentate, slightly rounded ; ochre-
ous, suffused with white, especially on disc, which is almost en-
tirely white and rather thickly irregularly sprinkled with fine
black scales, especially towards posterior part of disc, sometimes
coalescing in parts to form irregular blackish spots ; towards base
the white colour forms a distinct median streak from base, which
shortly becomes dilated and suffused into the ground colour ; a
transverse central fascia of the ochreous ground colour, sprinkled
with whitish and blackish scales, gently angulated above and
below middle, bisected throughout by a violet-silvery metallic line,
indistinct on margins ; at two-thirds of disc, nearest to costa, is a
crescentic violet-silvery metallic mark, strongly margined with
black internally and less strongly externally; behind this are
four irregular elongate spots of black scales ; a silvery-metallic
outwardly-curved subterminal line, indistinctly margined inter-
nally with blackish ; costa before apex blackish ; a small white
spot on hindmargin in middle, a faint one below apex, and a
clear double one above anal angle ; hindmargin with seven black

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 197

spots on extremities of veins, lower ones largest and sharpest :
cilia silvery-metallic-grey, with a whitish line at base and in
middle, and intersected by slender white marks at the veins.
Hind wings pale fuscous-grey ; cilia white, with a fuscous-grey
parting line near base.

Near Melbourne ; not scarce.
C^w<^ v^ ufmdell\Whr. Gat 174 (Crambus). c

8" — 9 1". Head ochreous-brown. Labial palpi long, ochreous-
brown or dark brown, brassy-metallic on sides. Antennae in J
stout, subdentate, above white with dark fuscous rings, beneath
dark fuscous ; in $ slender, white with dark fuscous rings. Tho-
rax ochreous-brown, at base silvery-ochreous-grey. Abdomen
pale greyish-ochreous, somewhat silvery at base. Legs pale
greyish-ochreous, anterior pair and posterior tarsi partially suf-
fused with greyish-fuscous, Forewings subtriangular, rather
broad, dilated ; deep clear ochreous, darkest along costa ; a sil-
very-white black-margined costal streak from base, at first very
narrow, much broader posteriorly, deflected from costa about
middle, and ending at three-fifths a little below costa ; a broad
straight silvery-white black-margined streak from base to three-
fifths of disc, its apex abruptly blunt-pointed, perpendicularly
beneath apex of costal streak ; an indistinct silvery-white partially
black-margined streak of variable width along inner margin from
base, its apex in a straight line with those of costal and median
streaks : a subtriangular silvery-white black-margined subcostal
spot between costal^ streak and hind-margin, its base obliquety
concave, with the upper angle sometimes reaching costa, its
apex almost reaching the subterminal line ; an oblong silvery-
white black-margined streak between apex of median streak and
hind margin, reaching hind margin, bisected longitudinally by a
blackish line, and interrupted by the sub-terminal line ; the space
between this streak and anal angle is whitish-ochreous or whitish
(in ? silvery-white), irrorated with blackish scales ; the space
between it and subcostal spot is whitish-ochreous, irrorated with
blackish scales and bisected longitudinally by a blacish line ; a
sinuate bluish-silvery metallic line proceeding from inner margin

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198 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

immediately beyond the streak from base perpendicularly up-
wards to disc, suddenly bent round apex of median streak, and
continued between median and costal streaks to base ; a sinuate
(sometimes broken) transverse bluish-silvery metallic mark on
disc between the bend of this line and the subcostal spot ; a
bluish-silvery metallic subterminal line proceeding from a small
whitish spot on costa at two-thirds very obliquely outwards,
curving round a little below apex, and continued very near hind-
margin to anal angle ; a small white apical spot ; three deep
black dots on hind margin, on the junction of the white streak
from disc: cilia silvery-grey, metallic, white at base towards
apical half, often with a basal row of silvery-grey metallic spots,
Hindwings pale grey ; cilia in <$ whitish-grey, with darker parting
shade, in ? clear white.

Not very common ; occurs round Parramatta, near Duaringa,
and in South Australia, in February and March. This species
might, perhaps, be better placed in Crambus.

Wcjj^cM^k<rtc^_ ^. praematurella n. sp.

4<Y — 5". Head ochreous-brown. Labial palpi hardly longer
than head, dark fuscous, with a conspicuous oval yellow spot on
side towards base. Antennae ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown.
Abdomen pale ochreous-brown. Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore-
wings short, strongly dilated, hindmargin oblique, slightly retuse
below apex • in^yellow-ochreous, almost entirely suffused with
white except along costa, partially on disc and beneath apex ;
in ? ochreous-brown, darkest towards apex, densely irro rated along
inner margin and on posterior part of disc with whitish and
black scales ; two transverse slender lines ; first blackish,
from J of costa to J of inner margin, acutely angulated outwards
above middle ; second whitish, margined on each side with
blackish, proceeding from § of costa at first very obliquely out-
wards, curved round very strongly above middle, and continued
nearly parallel to hindmargin to anal angle ; between second line
and apex is a short white outwardly oblique streak from costa ;
on lower f of hindmargin a row of about eight quadrate black
spots, almost touching each other, largest towards anal angle ;

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 199

cilia white, with a deep metallic blackish -grey line almost along
base, and cut by three very broad metallic violet-grey bands, one
immediately subapical, one just above and one just below
middle. Hindwings in $ whitish, in ? dark fuscous-grey ; cilia
white, with fuscous-grey parting-line near base.
Two specimens (<£, ? ) near Sydney, in December.

Er. dilalella n. sp.

6" — 7". Head dark ochreous-fuscous mixed with whitish.
Labial palpi nearly twice as long as head, long-haired beneath,
blackish-fuscous, with a suffused oval deep yellow spot on side
towards base. Antennae slender, dark fuscous. Thorax blackish-
fuscous, densely irrorated with whitish. Abdomen blackish-
fuscous, posterior margins of segments and anal-tuft clear white.
Anterior and middle legs ochreous-fuscous, posterior legs
ochreous-whitish. Forewings short, broad, subtriangular, very
strongly dilated posteriorly, hindmargin oblique, tolerably
straight ; blackish-fuscous, very densely irrorated with white
scales, towards inner margin often coalescing in $ into irregular
white patches ; first line slender, sometimes partially double,
irregular, blackish, suffusedly bordered with whitish, from two-
fifths of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, angulated outwards
below costa ; second line slender, blackish, partially double,
rising from a white spot on costa at three-fourths, proceeding very
obliquely outwards, strongly curved round close to hind margin,
and continued very near and parallel to hind margin to anal
angle ; a short rather oblique white streak from costa before
apex ; on lower two-thirds of hind margin a row of 8 quadrate
black spots, very near together, separated by ochreous-yellow
elongate marks ; cilia white, with a broad bright golden-metallic
line along base, and a broad dark metallic grey line along tips.
Hind wings in $ whitish, with irregular indistinct grey-fuscous
shades along hind margin, in $ blackish-grey ; cilia white, tips
and a parting-line near base strongly dark-grey.

Very closely allied to praematurella, differing principally by the
larger size, longer palpi, and the ochreous-yellow marks between
the hind marginal spots. Near Parramatta, locally common, in
September.

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200 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

PHYCID^E.
Nephopteryx Z.

Antennae filiform, in £ sinuate above basal joint, with a tuft
of scales in the sinuation. Labial palpi compressed, ascending or
porrected ; terminal joint moderately long. Maxillary palpi
short, filiform, appressed, alike in both sexes. Forewings long
and rather narrow, costa slightly curved ; hind wings moderately
broad, slightly indented. Forewings with 11 veins; 4 and 5
separate. Hindwings with 8 veins ; 2 rising close before poste-
rior angle of cell; 3, 4, 5 on a stalk from posterior angle of cell.

A rather large genus, of almost universal distribution.

A. Hind wings yellow 2. opimella.

B. „ whitish-grey 1. stenopterella.

Neph. stenopterella, n. sp.
7f" — 8J". Head, palpi, and thorax blackish, very minutely and
densely irrorated with whitish; labial palpi straight, porrected, in
J1 rather longer than head, in $ nearly twice as long as head.
Antennae fuscous, in £ very finely ciliated, with a large elongate
tuft of black scales in sinuation. Abdomen grey, segmental mar-
gins and anal tuft whitish-ochreous, second and third segments
from base entirely bright ochreous. Legs blackish, very densely
irrorated with whitish, tarsi with slender whitish rings at apex of
joints, posterior tibiae with a slender oblique black band towards
apex. Forewings elongate, very narrow, hardly dilated, costa
hardly arched, hindmargin very oblique, rounded ; blackish, very
densely strewn with whitish scales, so as sometimes almost to con-
ceal the ground colour, more blackish in $ ; first line rather in-
distinct, double, black, both sections very slender, very irregu-
larly waved, emitting several acute teeth posteriorly ; on inner
margin, at junction of first line, is a short transverse ochreous-
reddish spot, strongly margined internally with black ; about
middle of inner margin is a second less distinct reddish spot,
united to a double black discal spot beyond middle by an oblique
slender blackish cloud ; second line blackish, double, very oblique,
from a little before apex to a little before anal angle, shortly but
acutely angulated inwards above middle, and again before inner

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 201

margin : cilia dark grey, with many bluish-whitish points. Hind-
wings sab-hyaline, whitish-grey, narrowly darker at apex, and
very narrowly along hindmargin : cilia whitish-grey, with dark
grey parting-line near base.

Tolerably common near Sydney, at Bowenfels, and Newcastle,
from October to January ; comes freely to light.

Neph. opirnella, n. sp.

8". Head, palpi, and thorax blackish-fuscous, finely and thinly
irrorated with whitish ; palpi obliquely ascending, reaching con-
siderably above head. Antennee dark fuscous, in $ very finely and
shortly ciliated, with an angular tuft of black scales in sinuation.
Abdomen dark fuscous, with clear ochreous-yellow rings on seg-
mental margins. Legs blackish, irrorated with whitish, tarsi
with very slender whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior legs
ochreous-whitish above Forewings rather short, dilated, costa
slightly arched, hindmargin somewhat oblique, rounded ; blackish,
densely strewn with whitish scales, the absence of which produces
clear black markings ; first line indistinct, double, slender, oblique,
at one-third of wing, bordered posteriorly by a broad oblique
transverse band, clearly defined towards base, posteriorly more
suffused ; second line stronger, "distinct, double, from a little be-
fore apex to a little before anal angle, shortly angulated outwards
below costa, and again inwards above inner margin, between the
two angulations convex posteriorly ; half way between first and
second lines an oval black dot above middle of disc : cilia blackish-
grey, extreme tips and a slender parting-line bluish-white. Hind-
wings deep yellow, costa and hindmargin rather broadly bordered
with smoky-fuscous, towards anal angle becoming suffused into
ground colour; cilia smoky-grey, with a blackish parting-line
near base.

Several specimens near Parramatta, from June to August.

Pempelta Hb.

Antenna? filiform, in <3\ sinuate above basal joint, with a tuft

of scales in the sinuation. Forehead with a cone of scales.

Labial palpi ascending or recurved, second joint rather long,

terminal joint very short. Maxillary palpi of <£ ending in a long

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202 THE PBOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

tuff, concealed between labial palpi, of ? short, filiform. Fore-
wings moderately long, posteriorly dilated ; hind wings moder-
ately broad, slightly indented below apex. Fore wings with 11
veins ; 4 and 5 separate. Hind wings with 7 or 8 veins ; 2 close
before posterior angle of cell ; 3, 4, or 3, 4, 5, on a stalk.

Also a considerable genus, occurring throughout the world.
Besides the two species described, there are certainly several
others ; but as all are very similar dull-coloured insects, and
variable withal, I forbear describing the rest at present.

A. Forewiugs with a broad oblique blackish apical

streak . . . . . . . . 1. strigiferella.

B without apical streak 2. rufitinctdla.

Temp, strigiferella n. sp.
10"-12." Head greyish-ochreous, with a few whitish and black
scales. Labial palpi obliquely ascending, reaching somewhat
above head, greyish-ochreous, mixed with blackish at apex.
Antennae greyish-ochreous, in <$ thickened, dentate, minutely
ciliated, with a large triangular tuft of black scales in sinuation.
Thorax greyish-ochreous, with two or three black scales.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous, sometimes infuscated, anal tuft of
$ ochreous, ovipositor of ? rather long. Legs greyish-ochreous.
Forewings elongate, strongly dilated, hind margin moderately
oblique, rounded ; greyish-ochreous, generally faintly irregularly
streaked with whitish below costa, often somewhat suffused with
greyish fuscous, and thinly sprinkled with blackish scales, especi-
ally between veins ; indications of commencement of a grey-
fuscous double very oblique first line on costa at one-third ; a
little above inner margin at one-third an oblong-elongate short
black mark, sometimes very conspicuous ; beyond this, above
middle of inner margin, a small dark fuscous cloud, sometimes
obsolete, often confluent with a cloudy dark fuscous streak along
posterior part of inner margin ; a double black spot before two-
thirds of disc above middle ; second line indistinct, double, grey-
fuscous, angulated inwards a little below costa, and again very
faintly above inner margin ; a conspicuous broad blackish oblique
apical streak, reaching from apex nearly to discal spot ; a hind-
marginal row of black dots ; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey, with

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 203

two grey parting-lines. Hind wings whitish-fuscous-grey, towards
apex and hindmargin suffused with darker fuscous ; cilia
ochreous-grey-whitish, with dark-grey parting-line near base.

Common on dry grassy banks, and at light; round Sydney
and Newcastle in January.

Pemp. rufitindella n, sp.

13w Head brownish-ochreous. Labial palpi oblique, some-
what ascending, not reaching above head, ochreous-whitish mixed
with dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous-fuscous, in ? simple,
in <$ — (?). Thorax brownish-ochreous. Abdomen brownish-
ochreous above, paler on sides and posteriorly, slightly mixed
with fuscous-grey ; ovipositor of $ short, retracted. Fore
wings elongate, rather broad, dilated, hind margin moderately
oblique, rounded ; dark greyish-ochreous, suffused on disc and at
apex with brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with blackish and
dark carmine scales ; first line only indicated by a few blackish
scales beneath costa, very obliquely arranged ; a short longitu-
dinal blackish streak a little above inner margin at one-third,
beyond which there is a faint cloudy fuscous streak along or near
inner margin to anal angle ; a double black spot on disc a little
before two-thirds above middle ; second line very indistinct,
fuscous, double, on costa surrounded by a small blackish cloud,
angulated inwards a little below costa ; a hind-marginal row of
transversely elongate black dots ; cilia ochreous-whitish, towards
tips pale dull carmine, with two or three slender dark-grey part-
ing-lines, and irregular rows of ochreous-whitish points. Hind
wings fuscous- whitish, slightly suffused with darker towards
apex ; hind-marginal line clear, sharp, dark fuscous ; cilia
whitish, with a dark grey parting-line near base.

Easily distinguished from strigiferella by its larger size, more
rufous tint, and absence of apical streak. 2 ? s at light near
Parramatta in March.

Etiella Z.

Antennae filiform, in $ sinuate above basal joint, with a tuft
of scales in the sinuation. Labial palpi very long, as long as

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204 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

thorax, horizontally porrected ; second joint dilated above with
compressed scales, broadest before middle ; terminal joint very
long, slender, filiform. Maxillary palpi of £ ending in a long
tuft, concealed between labial palpi ; of $ short, filiform. Fore
wings almost parallel-sided, costa straight, curved just before
apex, hind margin moderately oblique ; hind wings moderately
broad, indented before apex. Fore wings with 11 veins ; 4 and
5 separate. Hind wings with 8 veins ; 2 rising before posterior
angle of cell ; 3 and 4 unstalked from posterior angle of cell.

Besides the three Australian species here described, only one
other species of this genus is known ; which, however, possesses
a wide range, extending over great part of Europe and America.
All the species have a considerable general resemblance.

A. — Costal edge wholly white 1. sincerella.

B. — „ ,, above white streak fuscous

a.— Fore wings dark slate grey ; metallic

border of first line continuous .. ... 2. Behrii.

b. — „ pale greyish ochreous-brown ;

border forming three separate circular
spots . . ... . . ... . . 3. chrysoporella.

Et. sincerella n. sp.
14" Head yellow-ochreous, forehead brassy-metallic. Labial
palpi more than twice as long as head, brassy-ochreous, mixed
on sides and at apex with dark fuscous scales ; tuft of maxillary
palpi of <$ nearly as long as second joint of labial palpi,
yellowish-ochreous. Antennas of $ thickened, minutely ciliated,
brownish-ochreous, above barred with white, with a large tuft of
hair-scales, blackish above, whitish towards base, in sinuation.
Thorax white, becoming ochreous-grey on sides and in front.
Abdomen silvery- white, posterior margin of segments whitish-
ochreous. Legs silvery white, tarsi infuscated beneath. Fore
wings elongate, tolerably broad, slightly dilated, hind margin
oblique, slightly rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous, becoming
darker clearer ochreous towards costal streak, thinly sprinkled on
veins with greyish-fuscous ; a tolerably broad pure white costal
streak from base to apex, margined at base and apex beneath by
short dsi.rk fuscous cloudy streaks ; an indistinct cloudy greyish-

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 205

fuscous streak along inner margin from near base to anal angle ;
very faint indications of a transverse oblique yellowish band
before one-third, margined internally with a few silvery- metallic
scales ; hind-marginal line cloudy dark fuscous ; cilia white,
with two cloudy fuscous grey parting-lines. Hind wings
whitish, towards apex and on hind margin narrowly suffused with
fuscous-grey ; hind-marginal line dark fuscous ; cilia white, with
an indistinct grey parting-line near base.

A distinct and conspicuous insect, larger and broader-winged
than its congeners, easily known by the wholly white costa and
obsolete fascia. One $ , taken by Mr. Burkitt at light at Grlades-
ville, Sydney, in September.

Et. Behrii Z. Is. 1848, 883.

8" — 10". Head in £ bright ochreous-orange, face brassy-
metallic ; in $ shining dark ochreous-grey. Labial palpi much
more than twice as long as head, dark brassy-fuscous ; maxillary
palpi in <$ long, bright ochreous-orange ; in ? very short,
fuscous. Antenna? dark fuscous with ochreous-whitish rings, in
£ thickened, with a large tuft of black scales and white silky
hairs in sinuation. Thorax dark ochreous-grey, in $ with a
bright orange suffused spot on anterior margin. Abdomen
whitish-ochreous, base of segments dark-grey. Legs ochreous
above, dark-fuscous beneath. Fore wings elongate, narrow,
slightly dilated, costa nearly straight, hind margin oblique,
slightly rounded ; dark slaty-grey, densely irrorated with
whitish, and sometimes in £ with scattered carmine scales-, a
straight moderately broad clear white costal streak from base to
a little before apex, enclosing a very narrow strip of ground
colour along costal edge, and margined beneath by a moderately
broad ferruginous streak running from base to apex of wing and
changing to black towards base and apex ; a transverse very
oblique ferruginous band from one-fourth of costal streak to one-
third of inner margin, internally edged by a pale golden metallic
line of raised scales, and within that by a broader blackish line ;
an indistinct small blackish spot on lower margin of subcostal
streak before two-thirds ; a hind- marginal row of rather

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206 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

irregular blackish spots, often indistinct ; cilia grey-whitish, with
three distinct darker-grey parting-lines. Hind wings in $ pale
fuscous- grey, in ? rather darker, apex dark fuscous-grey ; hind-
marginal line suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with
dark- grey parting-line near base.

Very closely allied to the European zinchenella Tr., from which
it differs by the narrower wings, costal white streak not reaching
apex, and rust-coloured, not yellow, transverse band ; from chry-
soporella by the rather smaller size, slaty-grey ground colour, and
unbroken transverse golden -metallic line. Very common and
generally distributed, occurring from Sydney to the summits of
the Blue Mountains, round Newcastle, at Melbourne and Ade-
laide, from September to January.

Et chry soporella n. sp.

10M — 10£". Head in £ bright yellow-ochreous, with a whitish
spot above the eyes. Labial palpi nearly thrice as long as head,
dark brassy-fuscous; maxillary palpi (?). Antennas fus-
cous with whitish rings, beneath whitish, in $ with a large tuft of
white silky hairs, clothed on one side with fuscous scales, in sinu-
ation. Thorax brownish-ochreous, in front blackish, with a clear
ochreous-yellow spot on anterior margin. Abdomen whitish-
ochreous, base of segments suffused with grey-fuscous. Legs
ochreous- whitish above, dark fuscous beneath. Fore wings elon-
gate, very narrow, scarcely dilated, costa straight until just before
apex, hindmargin oblique, slightly rounded; pale greyish-ochreous-
brown, irrorated with dark fuscous scales ; a straight white costal
streak, starting from a small tuft of ochreous-brown hairs almost
at base, to costa a little before apex, enclosing a very narrow dark
fuscous streak on costal edge, and margined beneath by a line of
dark fuscous scales, becoming a wedge-shaped mark at apex, and
beneath this again by a pale ochreous-yellow streak from near
base quite to apex; a rather curved oblique transverse pale
ochreous-yellow band from one-fourth of costal streak to one-third
of inner margin, margined internally by three separate circular
raised golden-metallic spots, before each of which is a blackish
spot ; an irregular suffused white spot towards inner margin be-

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fore transverse band ; a pale ochreous-yellow streak along fold
from transverse band to anal angle, shortly dilated above beyond
middle, beneath anteriorly margined with a silvery-white streak ;
branches of submedian vein posteriorly defined with dark fus-
cous, separated by indistinct whitish streaks ; hindmarginal line
dark fuscous ; cilia grey-whitish, with three irregular darker
parting-lines. Hindvvings whitish-grey, hindmarginal line dark
fuscous ; cilia whitish, with dark grey parting-line near base.

Very similar to ttehrii, distinguished by the more ochreous
ground colour, the golden-metallic edging of transverse band
forming three separate spots, and the ochreous-yellow and whitish
streaks towards inner margin. Several <£s from Melbourne and
Adelaide.

Eucarphia Hb.

Antenna? filiform, simple, in £ somewhat pubescent. Labial
palpi rather or very long, compressed, porrected, terminal joint
broad, not pointed. Maxillary palpi minute or absent. Ocelli
distinct. Fore wings more or less dilated, elongate ; hind wings
broad, somewhat indented below apex. Fore wings with 11
veins ; 4 and 5 separate. Hind wings with 8 veins ; 2 rising
before posterior angle of cell, 3 and 4 stalked.

A rather small genus, hitherto only recorded from Europe and
S. Asia.

Euc. vulgatella n. sp.

9 1" — 11 1". Head pale greyish- ochreous, mixed with whitish.
Palpi twice as long as head, pale greyish-ochreous, densely irror-
ated with dark-fuscous on sides and at apex. Antenna? pale
greyish-ochreous, in <$ thickened. Thorax and abdomen pale
greyish-ochreous, anal tuft of $ pale ochreous, ovipositor of $
rather long, conical, bristly. Legs pale ochreous, tarsi of ante-
rior and middle legs slightly infuscated. Fore wings elongate,
narrow, costa nearly straight, hind margin oblique, slightly
rounded ; whitish-ochreous or pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes
suffused with pale brownish-ochreous, entirely more or less
densely irrorated with blackish, especially on veins, and broadly
dusted with whitish along costa ; a faint tendency to show a
darker subcostal streak, only appearing distinctly as a short

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208 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

blackish very oblique streak from apex ; at one-third a black dot
above middle, and a second, much smaller and often obsolete,
almost perpendicularly beneath it or slightly nearer base, on fold ;
immediately before two-thirds a third larger sub-elongate black
dot in middle of disc ; an indistinct, often obsolete, transverse row
of five or six black dots from extremity of apical streak to anal
angle ; a row of large irregular (often indistinct) black dots on
hind-margin ; cilia grey, with whitish points, a whitish basal line
and two dark-grey parting-lines. Hind wings pale grey, hind
marginal line dark-grey ; cilia pale-grey or whitish, with dark-
grey parting-line near base.

Rather variable in intensity of colouring. Very common,
from Sydney to Bowenfels, and at Melbourne ; from September
to January, in dry grassy places.

Euc. ensiferella, ». sp.

12". Head brownish-ochreous, face dark fuscous. Palpi twice
as long as head, densely scaled, externally dark-fuscous, internally
ochreous- whitish. Antennae fuscous. Thorax ochreous, on shoul-
ders brownish. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs dark-fuscous.
Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa nearly straight, lightly arched
before apex, hind margin oblique, hardly rounded; light pinkish
brown-ochreous ; a rather broad ochreous- white costal streak from
base to a little before apex, remainder of costa blackish, the blackish
scales also extending basally half-way along both margins of
costal streak ; a straight slender ochreous- white median streak
from base to hind margin, a little below apex, near base confluent
with costal streak, beneath margined with blackish scales, much
most strongly between middle and two-thirds ; between costal and
median streaks an indistinct blackish transverse mark at two-
thirds, and behind it a longitudinal streak of blackish scales, end-
ing in a cloudy spot just below apex ; three branches of median
vein faintly, and sub-dorsal vein more strongly defined with
blackish scales ; a cloudy hind -marginal blackish line; cilia grey,
mixed with blackish-fuscous, Hind wings dark fuscous-grey,
darker towards hind margin ; cilia grey mixed with fuscous, with
a paler basal line.

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OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 209

Conspicuously different from vulgatella by the two longitudinal
ochreous-white streaks, and absence of discal dots. 1 <$ from
Melbourne.

Lasiocbra n. g.

Forehead with a short hardly projecting cone of scales. Ocelli
present. Tongue short, scaled at base. Antenna? simple, in <£
thickened, densely clothed on basal half with thick scales. Labial
palpi moderate, obliquely ascending, terminal joint short. Maxil-
lary palpi short, filiform. Forewings rather short, dilated ; hind-
wings moderate, slightly indented beneath apex. Legs rather
short. Abdomen stout.

Characterised by the peculiar thickly-scaled antennas of £ . I
have not yet been able to examine the venation.

Las. canilinea n. sp.
7" — 8". Head, palpi, and thorax black ; labial palpi white be-
neath towards base Antennae in <^ black on basal half and at
apex, whitish between, in $ entirely blackish. Abdomen black,
with ochreous-yellow rings on posterior margin of segments ;
anal tuft ochreous-yellow. Legs blackish, tarsi with slender
whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish
except at apex. Forewings short, moderately broad, dilated,
hindmargin somewhat oblique, slightly rounded ; blackish, very
thinly sprinkled with whitish on disc ; first line white, nearly
straight, oblique, at about one-third ; second line white, from a
small triangular white spot on costa at three-quarters to a little
before anal angle, middle third broadly curved or obtusely angu-
lated outwards ; cilia blackish. Hindwings bright deep yellow,
hindmargin broadly and costa narrowly blackish-fuscous ; cilia
smoky-blackish, with indistinct darker black parting-line near

This species has considerable superficial resemblance to Neph-
opteryx opimella; apart from the structural distinctions, it may
be generally known by its clear blackish colour, and rather sharp
white lines. Several specimens from Goulburn and Parramatta.
Ceroprepes Z.
Forehead obtuse. Ocelli present. Antennae setaceous, in<£
with a small tubercle above basal joint, strongly pectinated on

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210 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

one side, apex simple. Maxillary palpi short, filiform. Labial
palpi moderate, ascending, cylindrical. Tongue long, scaled at
base. Forewings dilated ; hindwings moderately broad.

Only one other species of this genus is known, from India ; it
does not closely resemble the Australian one.

Ger. ahnella n. sp.

11" — VI". Head, palpi, and thorax slaty- whitish, densely ir-
rorated with slaty-fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen
slaty- whitish, densely mixed with fuscous, in <$ more blackish,
with segmental margins pale ochreous ; in both sexes on poste-
rior margin of basal segment are two ochreous valve-like projec-
tions, ending in £ in a long, in ? in a short tuft of scales, one on
each side of back, beneath which is in $ a large, in $ a small ex-
cavation or orifice in side of abdomen. Anterior legs pale slaty-
grey, irrorated with dark fuscous, in $ internally black, with pale
rings at apex of joints of tarsi ; middle and posterior legs slaty-
whitish, irrorated with slaty-fuscous, with a strong oblique black
band at one-third before apex of tibias, and joints of tarsi black
at base. Forewings rather strongly dilated, hindmargin scarcely
oblique, rounded ; slaty-whitish, very densely irrorated with
slaty-fuscous ; a strong black nearly straight oblique transverse
line near base from costa to inner margin ; first line double,
strong, black, from hardly beyond one-third of costa to before
middle of inner margin, slightly angulated outwards a little be-
low costa, lower half of its inner margin marked by a strong
ridge of raised scales ; second line double, black, faintly waved,
from just before apex to just before anal angle, making a rather
strong curved projection inwards below costa, and a rather indis-
tinct sharply-acute angulation inwards above inner margin ; half-
way between first and second lines above middle of disc a trans-
verse elongate-linear raised black mark, behind and beneath
which is an indistinct blackish cloud, sometimes produced be-
neath to lower extremity of first line ; hind marginal line strong,
black, broken by very small slaty-whitish spots about veins :
cilia grey, intersected by a strong line of slaty- whitish scales
before middle, and with tips and two lines of points before tips

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OF NEW SOUTH WALKS. 211

alaty« whitish, immediately before each of which they are suffused
with blackish. Hind wings pale clear ochreous -yellow, on upper
margin towards apex suffused with dark fuscous ; hindmarginal
ine dark fuscous ; cilia pate ochreous-yellow, with a dark fuscous
parting-line near base, and towards apex becoming suffused with
smoky fuscous.

A very conspicuous insect. The singular orifices and valve-
like arrangements at base of abdomen I conjecture to be auditory
organs, from the analogy of other insects. Several specimens
bred from larvae feeding rather gregariously in silken nests on
Exocarpvs cwpressiformis, near Parramatta in April; imagos
emerged from June to September.

Mtelois Z.

Forehead smooth, Antennae filiform, simple, in <$ finely
ciliated. Ocelli distinct. Labial palpi pointed, erectly ascending,
terminal joint short. Maxillary palpi short or obsolete. Fore-
wings of variable breadth, costa straight or slightly curved ; hind
wings rather broad. Fore wings with 11 veins ; 4 and 5 stalked
or separate. Hind wings with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 rising stalked
from posterior angle of cell.

A large and rather heterogeneous group, occurring throughout
the world.

A. Forewings with a broad curved white subcostal band... 1. subarcuetta.

B. ,, ,, no white subcostal band ... ... 2. eosmiella.

Z^qJ^a*- *My$l. subarcuella n. sp.
6|" — 7". Head dark grey mixed with blackish. Palpi short,
arched, blackish mixed with whitish-grey scales. Antennae
whitish, with dark fuscous rings. Thorax dark purple grey.
Abdomen fuscous-grey, segmental margins and sides pale
ochreous ; anal tuft ochreous. Anterior legs purple-fuscous,
irrorated with whitish, tarsi and apex of tibiae blackish, tarsal
joints with whitish apical rings ; middle and posterior legs above
purple-fuscous, irrorated with whitish, beneath ochreous- white,
tarsi black with slender whitish rings at apex of joints. Fore_
wings short, somewhat dilated, costa nearly straight, hind margin
rather oblique, rounded ; dark purple-fuscous, somewhat irrorated

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212 THE PBOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

with purple-whitish scales, especially towards hind margin ; a
broad, somewhat curved, white subcostal streak, sprinkled with
purple scales, rising from costa a little above base, and ending on
costa again a little before apex, enclosing a short narrow black
costal space ; apical extremity of subcostal streak margined
posteriorly by a short broad oblique blackish band from apex of
wing ; first line hardly visible, purple fuscous, about §, angulated
in middle ; second line very indistinct, straight, double, dark
purple-fuscous enclosing a paler central space, from extremity of
subcostal streak to anal angle ; a row of cloudy blackish spots on
hind margin, generally very indistinct ; cilia fuscous-grey, with
purple-whitish points. Hindwings subhyaline, pale grey, darker
at apex ; hind marginal line dark fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish-
grey, darker at apex, with a dark-grey parting-line near base.

Two (£'s from Blackheath on the Blue Mountains, in March.
^<n^< ify^ cosmiella n. sp.

9". Head and palpi blackish irrorated with whitish, palpi
whitish at base and internally. Antennae dark fuscous with
indistinct whitish rings. Thorax blackish-fuscous. Abdomen
dull ochreous, suffused with fuscous at base of segments. Legs
blackish, densely irrorated with whitish, tibias with a black band
before middle, tarsal joints with whitish apical rings. Forewings
elongate, rather narrow, slightly dilated, hind margin rounded ;
blackish, very densely irrorated with whitish, except on each
side of first line, where the black colour predominates for some
breadth ; first line represented by a rather broad white slightly
curved transverse band, sprinkled with blackish scales, and with
an indistinct central blackish streak in lower half; second line
indistinct, double, black, rising from costa before apex, immedi-
ately making a strong angulation inwards, thence returning and
continued to inner margin before anal angle ; between first and
second lines an indistinct double black spot above middle of disc :
cilia grey, with many bluish-whitish points. Hindwings thinly
scaled, whitish-grey, very narrowly darker grey at apex and along
hind margin : cilia whitish, with a dark grey parting-line near

ise.

One <$ from Melbourne.

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OF NEW 90UTH WALES. 213

Anerastia Hb.

Forehead with blunt, cone of scales. Tongue short or absent. No
ocelli. Antennae filiform, in <$ more or less distinctly sinuate above
basal joint, pubescent or ciliated, in $ simple. Labial palpi long
horizontally porrectedor obliquely ascending, second joint dilated
above, terminal joint long filiform. Maxillary palpi short or
obsolete. Forewings elongate, narrow, hindmargin very oblique ;
hindwings uniformly rounded, faintly indented. Forewings with
10 veins ; 4 and 5 coincident. Hindwings with 7 veins ; 3 and 4
long-stalked.

A not large, but universally distributed genus, the species
of which frequent dry sandy places. Besides the one described,
which is very conspicuous, I have seen two other Australian
species, much more nearly resembling European forms, but not
in fit condition for description.

Aner. mirabilella n. sp.

7" — 7|". Head dark fuscous, ochreous at back, with a slender
whitish line above each eye. Palpi twice as long as head, densely
scaled, horizontally porrected, dark reddish-fuscous, beneath
white at base. Antennae fuscous, thinly whitish-scaled. Thorax
ochreous-grey-brown, on sides brownish-crimson. Abdomen
whitish-ochreous. Anterior and middle legs externally whitish,
internally dark fuscous-grey ; posterior legs white. Fore-wings
rather elongate, not dilated, apex rounded, hindmargin oblique,
rounded beneath ; pale carmine, with a rather "large oval white
spot on middle of inner margin, blackmargined except on lower
edge; cilia whitish, with a pale carmine basal line, and blackish
at apex and towards anal angle. Hindwings pale fuscous-grey,
suffused with pale ochreous towards base and at apex, with a
rather large irregularly elongate sharp black patch on middle of
inner margin, forming a continuation of the dorsal spot on fore-
wings, when the wings are expanded ; cilia pale ochreous.

The continuation of the markings of forewings over hindwings
is a very unusual and curious circumstance in this group, and in
conjunction with the exceptional character of these markings,
causes a singularly exotic facies. Two £ s, near Sydney, iv
January.

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Homokosoma Curt.

Forehead with a blunt ridge of scales. Tongue strong. Ocelli
distinct. Antennae filiform, in <$ with a short notch above basal
joint. Labial palpi moderate, obliquely ascending, slender, some-
what compressed ; terminal joint rather more than half as long
as second, filiform, rather pointed. Maxillary palpi filiform,
appressed. Forewings long, moderately dilated, costa faintly
curved, more strongly before apex, hindmargin very oblique,
almost straight. Hindwings narrow, pointed, flatly rounded,
hardly indented. Forewings with 10 veins ; 8 absent, 4 and 5
stalked. Hindwings with 7 veins ; 3 and 4 unstalked from
posterior angle of cell.

A small genus, occurring through Europe and Asia ; the larvae
feed in the flower-heads of Composite. The two species described
are readily distinguished from each other by their size and
different markings.

Horn, vagella Z., Is., 1848, 863.
7J" — 8". Head whitish, densely mixed with slaty-fuscous,
especially on forehead. Palpi arched, dark slaty-fuscous irrorated
with whitish. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark slaty-fuscous,
irrorated with whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, partially
suffused with grey. Legs thinly ochreous-whitish-scaled above,
dark fuscous beneath. Forewings extremely narrow, hardly
at all dilated, hindmargin very oblique, slightly rounded ; dark
fuscous, towards costa blackish, densely irrorated throughout
with slaty-whitish scales, coalescing to form a more or less
distinct white irregular subcostal streak from near base to about
two-thirds of disc, sometimes faintly streaked with brownish ; a
blackish circular spot near base in middle ; first line tolerably
strong, cloudy, blackish, from one-third of costa to a little beyond
one-third of inner margin, strongly angulated outwards above
middle, indistinctly margined basally with whitish ; second line
indistinct, blackish, not far from and nearly parallel to hind-
margin, broken and shortly acutely angulated inwards below
costa; at two-thirds of disc are two blackish obliquely placed
dots above middle, lower nearer to base ; cilia grey-whitish, with

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two indistinct irregular slaty-grey parting-lines. Hind wings
whitish-grey, apex darker, hind marginal line suffused, dark
fuscous ; cilia whitish, with faint darker-grey parting-line near
base.

The narrowest-winged species of the genus. Tolerably common
in the Sydney district ; also at Melbourne and Adelaide, from
September to January.

Horn, distichella n. sp.

4" — 6". Head, antennae, and thorax pale greyish-ochreous ;
palpi slightly arched, externally dark fuscous, internally and
beneath whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Anterior legs
dark fuscous ; middle and posterior legs ochreous-whitish.
Fore wings rather short, tolerably broad, moderately dilated,
hind margin very oblique, rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, strewn
with coarse blackish scales ; a broad brownish-ochreous streak
along fold from base to anal angle, and a shorter, sometimes
broader, one above it on disc ; a rather large cloudy blackish dot
on disc at two-fifths, and a second obliquely below it, much
nearer base, on lower edge of fold ; a straight row of about five
or six similar dots crossing wing in a line from four-fifths of
costa to anal angle, second from costa generally largest, elongate,
next three close together, confused, sixth almost on anal angle ;
cilia ochreous-whitish. Hind wings pale grey, hind-marginal
line broad, dark fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish.

Differs from the nimbella group by the merging of the second
line with the discal spots ; allied rather to sinuella F., but super-
licially very different in appearance. Common and generally dis-
tributed in New South Wales, from Parramatta to Bowenfels, and
on the Lower Hunter K., from January to March.

Bphestia, Gn.
Eph. elutella Hb.
This and the three following species are naturalised importa-
tions from Europe, and are too well known to need description.

Sydney, Parramatta ; common in houses. The larva feeds on
biscuits, chocolate, &c.

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216 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Eph. interpunctella Hb.
Sydney, Parramatta, common. The larva feeds in corn -bins,
apparently especially on maize, in company with Sitotroga ceredl-
ella, doing considerable damage.

gallerim;.

Galleria F.
Gall, mellonella L.
Specimens of this insect are sent from Queensland, where it is
considered destructive ; the larva feeds in bee-hives on the wax.

Achroea Hb.
Achr. grisella F.
Sydney, Parramatta, Melbourne ; common in February and
March. The larva feeds in bee-hives on the wax, causing very
great destruction if not checked ; but I have also seen it very
abundant in a fruit-shop in Sydney, which may indicate some
versatility of habit.

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205

Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera.

By E. Meyrick, B.A.

II. CEAMBITES (Continued).

In the following paper, which may be regarded as supplementary
to the one published in Vol. III., pp. 175 —216, 1 have described
all the remaining species of the group yet known to me as
occurring in this region, and have also been enabled to make a
few corrections and additions, relative to the species previously
described. Although these insects have been mostly collected
within a limited area, and represent only a fractional part of the
whole number of species of this group occurring in Australia,
they are yet sufficiently numerous to warrant a few general
remarks on the geographical distribution of that section of the
Lepidoptera of which they are representatives.

The most remarkable point to be noticed is the almost universal
generic identity of the Australian species of Crambites with
European types ; but except in the case of imported species, no
specific identity, and very rarely any close specific resemblance
exists. The species yet described fall under 22 genera ; of these
two are represented by imported species only, three are also
Asiatic or American, one endemic, and the remaining 16 genera
are all European, and generally more or less cosmopolitan. This
peculiarity becomes more remarkable if we contrast the Crambites
with some of the principal families of Tineina, standing lower in
the scale of development ; in these (as will be shown in subsequent
papers) only the larger and more dominant genera of Europe are
represented, the great majority of species belonging to endemic
genera. Thus taking for comparison the Gelechidce, a family
which, like the Crambites, is distributed with remarkable evenness
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206 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

obtained shows that out of 68 genera, containing over 200 species,
only 14 genera, represented by 48 species, are common to Europe
and Australia ; whilst m the (Ecophoridce, a family which here
attains its maximum of development, we find that out of about
35 genera, with 220 species, only three genera are shared with
Europe. The persistence of generic types in the case of the
Cramlites is therefore an exceptional circumstance, and in
conjunction with their universal distribution must be taken to
indicate an origin very remote in time, and a character little liable
to be influenced by external circumstances.

The only case of close specific resemblance to a European
species is that of Etiella Behrii, Z., which is closely allied to E.
zinckenella, Tr., a species which possesses the (for a Phycite)
extraordinarily wide range of Europe, Africa, and America. The
Micro-Lepidoptera have as yet been so little studied outside the
European region, that no profitable comparison with other faunas
could be made. We have, however, on Walker's authority, at
least one instance — Crambus concinnellus, Whr. — of a Micro, native
in this country, occurring also in India and Africa.

The additional species described hereafter are 26, of which 23
are new ; and I have also quoted from Zeller the diagnoses of
three species which he has described, but which I have not yet
met with, in order that the list may be serviceable as a general
summary of our knowledge ; the few unidentified descriptions of
Walker, are not worthy of a place until otherwise confirmed.
With these additions the entire number of described species will
be 71.

CHILONID^E.

Chilo, Zk.

CHI. parramattellus, P.L.S., N.S.Wales, Vol. III., p. 178.

The capture of further specimens has proved that the insects
described as male and female of this, are in reality distinct species,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 207

I had indeed suspected this at one time, but having a number of
males of one form, and a number of females of the other, without
the corresponding sexes, taken under the same circumstances, they
were assumed to belong to the same species, the differences being
such as usually indicate the sexes in this genus. Since then the
other sex of each species has turned up, so that no further doubt
exists. The name parramatteUvs must bo retained for the male
described. The female of this species is similar in all respects, but
generally more suffused with fuscous.

Chil. leptogrammellus, n. sp.

Described in Vol. III., p. 178, as Chil. parramattellus, female;
the description need not therefore be repeated here. The male is
rather larger than the female, (12"-12|-"), with broader and less
acute fore-wings ; in other points similar.

Taken at Sydney and Parramatta, in December, and again in
February and March.

Chil. (?) schistellus, n. sp.

$ . 15." Head whitish. Labial palpi 2£ times as long as
head, densely scaled, dark fuscous-grey, above mixed with whitish,
beneath white at base. Maxillary palpi rather short, whitish, at
base fuscous-grey. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark
fuscous-grey, mixed with whitish on back, becoming white
posteriorly. Abdomen stout, white ; anus compressed, truncate,
ovipositor elongate-conical. Legs dark fuscous-grey ; tarsi
tinged with ochreous. Fore-wings elongate-oblong, broad ; costa
gently arched ; apex obtuse ; hind-margin strongly rounded,
oblique ; dark fuscous-grey, becoming much paler towards
inner margin ; costa slenderly white from base to apex, the white
colour tending to be shortly produced along the costal vein-
branches ; a broad central white streak from base to hind-margin
along median vein, attenuated basally, near hind-margin
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208 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

dark fuscous streak ; from its lower edge beyond middle are
indications only of commencement of two other branches ; between
median streak and costa are two elongate, white streaks, starting
in confluence from a point just beyond middle, becoming wider,
and running near-together to hind-margin ; a hind-marginal row
of seven black dots, alternating with the white streaks ; cilia
fuscous-grey, base and tips suffused with whitish. Hind-wings
white, apex infuscated, hind-marginal line dark fuscous,
interrupted ; cilia white, with fuscous parting-line, only distinct
round apex.

One female on the Parramatta Biver, in December. This hardly
appears to be a true Chilo, but the female shows no generic point of
difference, except in the more rounded wings, and abnormal
crambideous markings ; possibly the male may possess more
definite characters.

CKAMBID^E.

Ancylolomia, HI.

Ocelli distinct. Labial palpi moderate or long, straight,
porrected ; maxillary palpi triangular, appressed. No tongue.
Antennso in male, dentate or pectinated ; in female simple. Fore-
wings with hind-margin broadly sinuate beneath apex ; marked
with metallic lines between the veins, and with usually three
undulated strigae before hind-margin. Hind- wings with basal
pecten.

Distinguished from allied genera by the shape and markings
of fore- wings.

Anc. Westicoodi, Z. Cr. II

"Antennis $ breviter pectinatis, palpis brevibus ; alis anticis
latis, argenteo-venosis, pallide flavidis, in disco saturatioribus ;
intervallo strigarum duarum antemarginalium lato albo, striga
interiore infra medium acute dentata.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 209

Differs from other species of the genus by the absence of a
white streak, and generally by the shorter palpi, broad white
space before hind-margin, and acute tooth of the second striga.
From Tasmania." Z. he. tit.

(Prionophora ruptella, P.L.S., N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 179.

The discovery of the larva of this species has revealed the
totally unexpected fact that this insect belongs to the Geometrina,
the larva being a twelve-legged looper, feeding on casuarina.
The pupa is abnormally shaped, elongate-cylindrical. The imago
is quite abnormal amongst Geometrce, and I cannot conceive to
what species it is allied ; its long palpi and elongate fore-wings
give it a very singular appearance in the group. It is fortunate
that I have been able to correct the very natural error of Walker
and myself.)

Crambus, F.
Cr. apicistrigellus, n. sp.

7"- 8". Head brownish-ochreous. Labial palpi in male 2|, in
female 2£ times as long as head, dark fuscous, whitish beneath
towards base. Maxillary palpi dark fuscous, mixed with lighter.
Antennas whitish-grey, in male thickened, dentate, finely ciliated,
in female simple. Thorax ochreous-brown. Abdomen whitish-
ochreous-grey, in male with elongate attenuated anal tuft, in
female with short conical ovipositor. Legs white, anterior pair
sometimes suffused with pale grey above. Fore-wings elongate,
in male moderately broad, costa nearly straight, hind-margin
oblique, slightly rounded, indented a Utile below apex ; in female
narrower, with costa straighter ; dark ochreous-brown, more or
less strongly irrorated with dark fuscous ; three short outwardly
oblique white streaks from costa, first two befeween £ and f ,
extremely oblique, almost coincident with costa, acute, separated
by a narrow dark fuscous line, third less oblique from four-fifths
of costa nearly to hind-margin a little below apex, attenuated

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210 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

posteriorly ; a small irregular oval white apical spot ; a
white central streak from base to f of disc, at first narrow,
rapidly dilated, upper edge straight, lower edge twice
toothed obliquely inwards, apex more oblique than hind-margin,
indented in middle ; sometimes this streak reappears on hind-
margin as a laterally- suffused blotch ; second line visible from
extremity of third costal streak to anal angle, slender, blackish,
five times very acutely angulated inwards ; in female the whole
of the markings are lost except the white costal streaks, the rest of
the wing being unicolorous : cilia white, tips and sometimes
almost the whole, suffused with dark fuscous, and the dark
fuscous parting-line near base, very strongly marked round apex
of wing. Hind-wings pale fuscous- grey ; cilia whitish, with
faint-grey parting-line.

Intermediate in general character between the groups of Or.
candiellus, Hs. and pratellus, L., but narrower-winged than any
allied European species, and otherwise distinct. Amongst
Australian species nearest to concinnellus, Walker, but at once
separated by the absence of the dorsal white streak.

Occurs at South Creek, and in abundance at Parramatta, but
local ; comes in plenty to light ; double-brooded, the first brood
in October and November, the second in February and March.

Or. bifractellus, Walker.

I have come to the conclusion that this species (described in
Vol. III., p. 197, as an Eromene) was correctly placed by Walker
in Or ambus. Its nearest allies are the group of trivittatus, Z.y
and especially aurantiacus, which it resembles in form, differing
however from all by the broken longitudinal streaks, and metallic
fascia.

Or. impletellus, Walker, Cat. lib.
£ 11"-13". Head ochreous-brown, with a whitish spot over
each eye, and indistinctly whitish behind antennae. Labial

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BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 211

palpi 2A- times as long as head, attenuated, fuscous, above and
beneath narrowly white. Maxillary palpi, white, at base fuscous.
Antennae dark fuscous, subdentate, finely ciliated. Thorax
ochreous-brown, with a small white spot behind, and two slender
white posteriorly confluent longitudinal streaks on each side.
Abdomen dull whitish-yellow. Anterior and middle legs fuscous,
tibiae with central suffused whitish bands, tarsi with broad
whitish rings at apex of joints ; posterior legs yellow- whitish, tarsi
suffused with fuscous towards base of joints. Fore-wings broad,
subtriangular, costa hardly arched, hind-margin obliquely truncate,
waved above and below middle, suddenly rounded beneath ; dark
fuscous, tinged with ochreous, but with all the scales white at base,
causing an appearance of alternate lines, "with numerous irregular
white markings ; a white central streak from base to just beyond
middle of disc, at first narrow, expanded to £ of disc, thence
acute -pointed, including a central similar streak of ground-colour ;
from middle of its lower edge it sends a white streak along fold
to just beyond middle, whence, becoming broader, it is extremely
acutely angulated back to inner margin at £, along which it is
continued to base ; a short outwardly oblique white streak from
costa at two-fifths, before which is a short white partial streak
along costa ; an elongate oblique-transverse curved white discal
spot, margined with black, at f of disc, its lower angle pointing to
anal angle of wing ; above this is a subquadrate oblique white
costal spot, only separated from discal spot by its black margin ;
subterminal line white, commencing as a strong inwardly oblique
streak from costa a little before apex, bent outwards a little below
costa, thence slenderer and often broken, gently curving down
to anal angle ; immediately before this is a transverse row of
eight lanceolate white spots, costal one broadest, ovate, eighth
elongate, above inner margin ; a cloudy white streak on inner
margin from \ to § ; a short crooked oblique white subapical
streak, and three semi-ovate, clear white, hind-marginal spots,
one in centre of hind-margin, and two adjacent just above anal

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212 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

angle, all margined above and below with black ; hind-marginal
line blackish ; cilia pale grey-fuscous, with a dark central line,
and chequered with three double, whitish, squares, alternating
with the white hind-marginal spots. Hind-wings pale ochreous-
yellow, apex slightly infuscated; hind-marginal line cloudy
fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous-yellow.

$ 10". Smaller and paler than male, white markings broader
and more suffused, labial palpi proportionately shorter, antennas
simple ; abdomen and hind-wings dull white, apex of hind-wings
infuscated.

Nearly allied to pleniferellus, Walker, from which it differs by the
hind- wings being ochreous-yellow in male, white in female, whilst
in p leniferellus they are grey in both sexes ; and also by the
differently arranged markings of fore-wings. In shape of wing
and oth er respects this insect is evidently allied to the group of
craterellus, Sc. and chrysonuchellus Sc.

Mr. G-. H. Raynor took this species in some abundance near
Hobart Town, Tasmania, whence also Walker's specimens were
sent ; it occurred early in January.

Cr. pleniferellus, Waller.

To the references for this species should have been added, as a
synonym, aurosus, Felder and Rogenh., Novara-Reise, tab. 137,
fig. 31, under which name Zeller has also since described it in
the Horae Societatis Rossicae, 1877, p. 45 ; Walker's name has
the priority and must be retained, as it is identifiable with
certainty.

Cr. longipalpellus.

It seems that this species also (described Vol. III., p. 196) is,
like hifractellus, better transferred to this genus ; it is not
however, closely allied to any species known to me.

BY E. MEYMCK, B.A. 213

Cr. rclatalis, Walker.
Mr. Raynor found this species very common in Tasmania early
in January, round Hobart Town and Launceston ; probably it
occurs throughout the island.

Or. (j ram melius, Z., Cr. 46.
" Palpis longis, alis anticis subelongatis, acutis, margine postico
oblique rotundato; pallidissime ochraceis, vena mediana incrassata
nivea nitidula rainum longissimum inf erius exserente, vitta lutea
earn superius marginanto in alae apicem perducta, strigula venoe
transversa) lineolisque marginis postici fuscis, ciliis niveis. ^"

Allied to the group of relatalis, Walker, and opulentellus, Z., in
which it is readily distinguished by the single branch of the
median streak, and pure white cilia. Habitat given doubtfully
as Australia, but probably correctly.

Or. perlatalis, Walker, Cat. 174.
12"- 13". Head greyish-ochreous ; a frontal line, a line over
each eye, and a spot behind antenna} whitish. Labial palpi
fully thrice as long as head, greyish-ochreous mixed with darker,
internally whitish, beneath white at base. Maxiliary palpi
greyish-ochreous, with a few whitish scales. Antenna) dark
fuscous, in male rather thickened, very finely ciliated. Thorax
brownish-ochreous, on back suffused with fuscous grey, with a
rather broad white longitudinal line on each side of back,
confluent behind. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, towards base
suffused with smoky-grey. Legs daik greyish-ochreous, tarsi
wholly suffused with dark fuscous. Eore- wings moderately
elongate, rather strongly dilated, costa nearly straight, apex
subacute, hind-margin distinctly sinuate below apex, very strongly
rounded off beneath ; whitish-ochreous, tinged with grey ; a
slender white costal streak from very near base to about f,
leaving extreme costal edge of groundcolour ; a discal white
streak, beginning very acutely at one-fifth from base, widening
gradually until three-fifths, where it is abruptly furcate, the upper

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214 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MlCRO-LEPIDOPTERA.

branch, moderately broad, hardly attenuated, running to costa
just before apex, the lower branch constricted at base, becoming
broader and more suffused, running straight to middle of hind-
margin ; above this lower branch are three, and beneath it two
wedge-shaped white marks on hind-margin between adjacent
veins, variable in size, sometimes very small, sometimes large
and almost confluent, those nearest the branch always largest,
connected at base by a white streak along hind-margin ; a rather
narrow white streak from base along lowest branch of submedian
vein to anal angle, slightly bent at three-fifths, posteriorly often
indistinct ; a small white spot on inner margin at base ; cilia
ochreous-whitish, basally rather darker, with faint central parting
line. Hind-wings pale fuscous grey, more whitish towards base ;
cilia whitish, with faint grey parting-line.

Intermediate between relatalis, Wlh. and opulentellus, Z. ;
differs from all the allied species except grammellus, Z., by the
j>ale washy tint of ground-colour, and single branch of median
streak; from grammellus, Z., by the furcation of the median
streak, and hind-marginal spots ; from the Tasmanian wvalidellus,
which is also a pale species, by the furcate streak and grey hind-
wings.

Taken in plenty by Mr. Gr. H. Eaynor, near Launceston,
Tasmania, early in January.

Cr. enneagrammos.
Also common near Launceston, Tasmania, early in January.
Although in Yictoria and Tasmania this insect appears in January,
near Sydney, although still single brooded, it is not on the wing
until March.

Cr. argyroneurus, Z., Or. 47.
' ' Alis anticis oblongis, acutis, margine postico infra apicem
retuso, griseo-ochraceis, vitta tenui subcostali, venaque mediana
incrassata cum ramis argenteis, ramo secundo teitioque partim
connatis, ciliis albidis nitidulis. <$ ."

B.A. 215

This species, of which. Zeller's first specimen came from
Adelaide, appears to be certainly distinct from any species which
I have seen. Subsequently (Hor. Soc. Ross. 1877, p. 58) he
mentions having seen a second specimen in all respects similar
to the first. He describes it as closely allied to opulentellus, Z.,
but distinguished especially by the costal white streak reaching
base, the thickened branches of median streak, and the partial
confluence of the second and third branches. In the two former
points it agrees well with enne a gr aminos, but differs by the
yellowish maxillary palpi, and union of second and third branches
of median vein, with partial obsolescence of second, nor has
Zeller mentioned any white triangle above the median streak.
None of the very numerous specimens of emieagrammos which I
have seen from Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania,
possess either of these characteristics.

In addition to the Crambi described here and previously, Walker
gives in his catalogue five other descriptions, which I have not
thought deserving of inclusion in the list, but of which a brief
notice may be useful. The description of Cr. ramostriellus, Cat.
172, is hardly intelligible, and almost certainly unidentifiable,
unless it is synonymous with the succeeding relatalis. Demissalis,
vetustellus, and delatalis, Cat. 176, are no doubt Crambi of the
perlellus group, but may possibly be all synonymous ; the first
two are from Western Australia, the third from Queensland.
Ochraceellus, Cat. 177, from Sydney, is of dubious character; it
seems improbable that so conspicuous a Crambus could occur here
at all commonly (Walker's specimens were sent by three different
collectors) without being found in any one of the local collections
I have seen.

Argyria, HI., (Catharylla, Z.)

Characters of Crambus, except that the labial palpi are
relatively shorter, generally not longer than head and half thorax ;
from Eromene, which it resembles in the shorter palpi, it differs

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216 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA.

by the absence of the transparent spot at base of hind-wings in
male. From both it is removed by the white, sometimes f asciated,
fore-wings. The genus is distributed through nearly all warm
countries, excepting Europe.

Arg. argyraspis, n. sp.

6" -8". $ $ . Head snow-white, with an orange spot behind
each eye. Labial palpi rather more than twice as long as head,
gradually attenuated, snow-white above, orange-ochreous beneath.
Maxillary palpi white, atbase ochreous. Antennae orange-ochreous,
annulated with white, in male rather thickened, subdentate.
Thorax shining snow-white, with a rather broad ochreous -orange
longitudinal line on each side of back. Abdomen ochreous-
whitish. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae, and all tarsi
bright ochreous-orange above. Fore-wings triangular, very
broad posteriorly, costa almost straight, hind-margin truncate,
very slightly oblique, anal angle hardly obtuse ; shining snow-
white ; costa narrowly dark ferruginous from base to apex, faintly
dentate beneath at £ and five-sixth ; inner margin narrowly dark
ferruginous from near base to anal angle, emmitting an acute
projecting tooth inwards at £; hind-margin very narrowly dark
ferruginous, marked with a row of subelongate black spots, and
with a marginal black line on apical half ; cilia ferruginous-
orange, with a purple-fuscous parting-line near base. Hind-
wings in male whitish, in female very pale fuscous-grey, hind-
marginal line dark fuscous ; cilia whitish.

The species is distinguished in the genus by its small size, the
ferruginous costal and inner margins, and absence of fascia. Two
specimens (1(£. 1?) were taken by Mr. F. Burkitt, in my
presence at Bulli and Wollongong at the beginning of October,
flying before sunset in grass-fields, ojuo ** T<mjTv»Jj ^ sUuLc^ia^dL.

DlPTYCHOPHORA, Z.

Ocelli distinct. Labial palpi rather short, porrected or ascending;
maxillary palpi triangular, appressed. Tongue spiral. Fore

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 217

wings with hind-margin twice slightly emarginate or indented
below apex ; hind- wings with basal pecten.

A small, recently defined, genus, distinguished especially by
the two indentations below apex of fore-wings. The only other
species known besides the Australian are from South America.

To this genus, and not to Eromene should be referred the species
described in Yol. III., p. 198-199, as praematuretta and dilatella,
which I now, from the examination of further sj)ecimens, consider
to be merely the spring and summer broods of the same rather
variable insect, for which the n&mepraemattyrelhi must be retained.
It is common, but local, in marshy places near Sydney, from
October to February. It is very similar to the South American
species, but differs by the possession of usually eight hind-marginal
spots, instead of three.

PHYCIDiE.

Nepiiopteeyx, Z.,

JVeph. euraphella, n. sp.

9". $ . Head silvery-grey, mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi
arched, ascending, attenuated, hardly reaching forehead, whitish-
grey, densely mixed with blackish-fuscous. Antennae grey.
Thorax silvery-grey, densely mixed with blackish -fuscous.
Abdomen silvery-grey, suffused with dark fuscous, except on
apical rings of segments. Legs dark slaty-fuscous, irrorated
with whitish; tarsi dark fuscous with whitish rings at apex of
joints ; posterior tibiae with an oblique rather broad blackish
ring a little before apex. Fore-wings elongate, narrowed at base,
costa bent in middle, thence parrallel to inner margin, apex
rounded, hind-margin obliquely rounded ; pale grey, irregularly
irrorated with darker grey and dark fuscous scales, the darker
scales predominating along costa and hind-margin, and more
narrowly along inner-margin ; along fold and beneath costa the
ground-colour is mixed with whitish ; first line from £ of costa

218 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPLDOPTERA.

to two-fifths of inner margin, straight, moderately oblique, rather
broad and strongly marked, black ; second line from about five-
sixths of costa nearly to anal angle, rather slender, black, bordered
externally with whitish, angulated sharply inwards below costa,
and again obtusely at £ above inner [margin ; an irregularly
crescentic black spot on disc at f , a little below costa, beneath
which the dark scales of ground-colour form an obsolete dark
shade, resting on inner margin : cilia pale fuscous-grey,
indistinctly shaded with darker. Hind-wings almost wholly
transparent, suffused with pale-grey posteriorly ; hind-margin
very narrowly clouded with darker fuscous-grey ; cilia pale grey,
darker round apex, with cloudy darker parting-line.

The male being unknown, the'species may not perhaps be a true
Nephopteryx. It is intermediate in breath of wing between
stenopterella and opimetta, and cannot possibly be confused with
either ; stenopterella has straight porrected palpi, and opimella
yellow hind- wings.

One female taken at light at Wollongong in the beginning
of October.

JVeph. infusella, n. sp.

8£". $ . Head pale grey. Palpi hardly longer than head,
curved, ascending, terminal joint slender, whitish, mixed with
fuscous-grey. Antennae grey. Thorax pale slaty-grey, darker
on back, with a few black scales. Abdomen whitish ochreous,
base of segments pale grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, finely
irrorated with fuscous, all tibiae with an indistinct oblique
blackish band, in anterior pair above, in middle and posterior
pair below the middle ; tarsi black, with broad ochreous-whitish
rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, gradually
dilated, costa rounded before obtuse apex, hind-margin rounded,
oblique ; pale slaty-grey, irregularly thinly irrorated with blackish
scales ; a rather broad outwardly curved central transverse band
of blackish scales, internally obscurely bordered on disc with

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chestnut-brown, externally suffused ; upper half of second line
barely indicated with blackish scales, sharply angulated at £ from
costa ; a row of several ill-defined spots of black scales on hind-
margin ; cilia pale grey, with whitish points. Hind-wings
whitish-grey, subliyalino, hind-marginal • line dark fuscous,
suffused ; cilia whitish, with fuscous-grey parting-line.

Of this species also the male is not known ; it is however certainly
allied to eurapfietta, with which it also agrees in general habit,
but may be readily known by its central dark band, and the
absence of the strongly-marked first and second lines.

One female received from neighbourhood of Duaringa,
Queensland taken by Mr. G. Barnard.

Neph. fornacclla, n. sp.

7". $ . Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax, dark grey ; palpi
obliquely ascending, reaching not much above head. Abdomen
dark iridescent ochreous-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, irrorated
with dark fuscous, tarsi dark fuscous with whitish-ochreous rings
at apex of joints. Eore-wings elongate, narrow, costa gently
arched, hind-margin obliquely rounded ; dull grey, clouded with
darker, along costa rather broadly sprinkled with whitish ; first
and second lines obscurely darker grey ; first line angulated
above middle ; second line double, near hind-margin, sending a
short acute angulation obliquely inwards a little below costa ;
discal spot rather large, single, cloudy, transverse ; cilia dark
grey. Hind-wings deep golden-fulvous ; cilia greyish-fulvous,
with indistinct darker parting-line.

Tolerably nearly allied to stenopterella, which it resembles in
shape, size, and general markings, but differs by the ascending
palpi and golden-fulvous hind-wings.

Two females taken at light, Parramatta, late in February.

Considerable dissimilarity exists between the five hitherto
described Australian species of Nephopteryx, but the variation is

220 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPLDOPTERA.

analogous to that which occurs amongst the European species.
Thus opimella closely resembles in form the short-winged European
vaccimella, Z. ; euraphella and infmella have the general figure of
genistella, Dup. ; whilst the narrow-winged stenopterella and
fornacella bear much similarity to Metzncri, Z., to which indeed
stenopterella seems rather nearly allied.

Pempelia, HI.

Pemp. melanostyla, n. sp.

10". ?. Head grey- whitish, mixed with darker. Palpi hardly
longer than head, obliquely ascending, terminal joint horizontal ;
whitish above, blackish beneath. Antenna} filiform, blackish.
Thorax whitish-grey, coarsely irrorated with blackish. Abdomen
dark iridescent grey ; sides, apical rings of segments, and anal
tuft pearly whitish. Legs whitish ; anterior pair, and all tarsi
blackish, with pale rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings elongate,
moderately broad, gradually dilated, costa hardly arched, hind-
margin rather oblique, slightly rounded ; grey whitish, coarsely
irrorated with black scales, partially confluent over disc ; first
line strong, black, somewhat clouded, from two-fifths of costa to
two-fifths of inner margin, indistinctly waved, hardly curved
beneath costa, ending on inner margin in a small sub-quadrate
black spot, the lower angle of which is produced along inner
margin nearly to base as a strong black streak : second line
hardly perceptible, waved, blackish, obsolete ; a row of large
black dots on hind-margin ; cilia dark fuscous-grey, tips and a
parting-line grey- whitish. Hind- wings sub -hyaline, whitish ;
hind-marginal line slender, black : cilia whitish, with dark grey
parting-line.

Not near to any other species ; the well-characterised first line
readily distinguishes it from the rest of the genus.

One female taken at light at Parramatta, by Mr. GK H. Eaynor,
in September.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 221

Pemp. strigiferella, Vol. III., p. 202.

In my description hardly sufficient latitude is allowed for the
extreme variation of this changeable species. The males vary
greatly in intensity of marking ; sometimes all markings, even
the characteristic subapical streak, are almost obsolete, and the
entire insect is nearly uniform pale greyish-ochreous. The female,
when in fine condition, which is rarely the case, usually shows
the first and second lines clearly marked, much more so than in
male, and is sometimes much suffused with smoky fuscous.

The species appears to be especially (perhaps wholly) a coast
insect, occurring abundantly along the sea-line from Newcastle
to Kiama, throughout the summer months.

Pemp. caliginosella, n. sp.

9|-"« & ?• Head light ochreous-brown. Labial palpi rather
longer than head, obliquely ascending, light ochreous-brown, in
maleochreous-whitishbeneath. Antennae greyish-ochreous, in male
thickened, dentate, very finely ciliated, with a flattened tuft of
black scales, whitish on sides, in sinuation ; in female simple,
filiform. Thorax brownish-ochreous, irregularly suffused with
blackish scales. Abdomen pale ochreous, segments basally
suffused with grey, in male with pale ochreous anal tuft, in
female with pointed elongate-conical ovipositor. Legs pale
oahreous brown, slightly irrorated with blackish. Fore-wings
moderately elongate, sub-triangular, narrow at base, regularly
dilated, hind-margin obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous-
brown, almost entirely suffused with blackish fuscous except
on a narrow segmental patch on costa between two-fifths and
four-fifths, and a broader area above anal angle, extending
more or less along inner and hind-margins; all markings
obscured, except faint traces of a dark fuscous cloudy second
line ; a hind-marginal row of black dots : cilia pale brownish-
ochreous, with two suffused grey-fuscous parting-lines. Hind-
wings pale fuscous-grey, darker posteriorly, hindmarginal line

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222 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN" MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, with dark fuscous-grey parting-
line.

Very closely allied to strigiferella, but smaller, costa somewhat
straighter, and distinguished by the peculiar suffusion and pale
patches of the fore-wings ; the sexes are precisely similar, whilst
in strigiferella they differ markedly.

One pair, taken early in February near Sydney.

The group of five closely allied species, to which this belongs,
conspicuous only by their dull colouring, do not come very close
to any European species of the genus ; they are perhaps nearest
to P. fusca, Sw.

Pemp. oculiferella, n. sp.

<J . 11"-12|". Head, palpi, and thorax, pale dull ochreous, with
a few scattered blackish scales, centre of thorax blackish ; labial
palpi longer than head, nearly straight, obliquely ascending ;
maxillary palpi ochreous-brown, tuft-like, nearly as long as labial
palpi. Antennae blackish, subdentate, finely ciliated, with a
long flattened tuft of black hair scales in basal sinuation.
Abdomen pale dull ochreous, thinly irrorated with blackish.
Legs pale ochreous, very densely irrorated with blackish. Fore-
wings elongate, moderately broad, gradually dilated, costa straight
until a little before apex, hind-margin rather oblique, slightly
rounded ; pale ochreous, along disc tinged with reddish-brown,
along costa and inner-margin rather broadly suffused with dark
fuscous, and irrorated with blackish and a few whitish scales ;
the inner-marginal shade is blackish at £, where it includes a
small round pale ochreous spot, open above, containing a central
black-dot ; a short broad oblique blackish-fuscous apical streak ;
two small black discal dots at f , one directly above the other ;
veins posteriorly faintly shaded with blackish ; a hind-marginal
row of strong black spots : cilia fuscous-grey, with rows of
whitish points. Hind- wings fuscous-grey, paler towards base,
hind-marginal line dark-fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, with dark
grey parting-line.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 223

$ . 9"-10V'. Smaller and darker than male ; fore-wings much
or almost wholly suffused with dark grey-fuscous, through which
the markings are only faintly visible, excepting a distinct circular
ochreous spot at £ of inner margin, enclosing a white dot ; some-
times the ochreous colour is extended along or near inner-margin.
Hind- wings slightly darker than in male.

Allied to strigiferella and its associates ; it is variable in intensity
of colouring, but generally well characterised by the inner-
marginal small ocellus, which is black-centered in male, white-
centered in female ; the male is also distinguished by the partial
reddish-oclireous tinge of disc, and the female is the darkest in
the group, and also exceptional in being smaller than male.

Not uncommon at light at Parramatta ; it appears to be double-
brooded, occurring from November to January, and again in
March.

Pemp. digrammella, n. sp.

9". <$ $ . Head ochreous-brown. Labial palpi considerably
longer than head, nearly perpendicularly erect, pale ochreous, on
sides dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous, in male thickened,
finely ciliated, with a triangular tuft of blackish scales in sinuation,
in female simple. Thorax brownish-ochreous, on back greyish.
Abdomen in male ochreous, in female whitish-ochreous-grey,
base of segments suffused with dark grey. Legs in male
ochreous, in female ochreous-whitish, more or less densely
irrorated with dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, rather
narrow, costa gently arched, hind-margin obliquely rounded ;
pale whitish-ochreous, suffused (especially in male) with
brighter brownish-ochreous, coarsely irrorated along costa
and posteriorly on veins with blackish scales ; first line whitish,
oblique, slightly curved, from before £ of costa to two-fifths of
inner margin, internally rather broadly edged with fuscous,
externally with a black marginal dot above middle and another
on fold ; second line whitish or ochreous-whitish, strongest on

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221 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICUO-LEPIDOPTEPA,

costa, proceeding from five-sixths of costa obliquely inward**,
sharply angulated outwards above middle, then inwards and
ruining straight to anal angle, obscurely edged on both margins
with dark fuscous, its outer margin edged on costa with an oblique
short blackish-fuscous wedge-shaped streak reaching apex ; a
large black clot in middle of wing before f , placed in a slender
longitudinal whitish line ; an obsolete row of blackish hind-
marginal spots : cilia pale grey, with three clear darker parting-
lines. Hind-wings rather pale fuscous-grey, darker posteriorly,
hind-marginal line dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, with darker
grey parting-line.

Closely allied to strigiferella, rufitinctella, and oculiferella, but
differing from all (except the much larger female of strigiferella)
by its clearly expressed first and second lines, as well as by its
small size, and single (not double) discal black dot. The sexes
are quite similar in size and appearance.

One pair taken at light at Parramatta by Mr. GK H. Eaynor,
in December.

Pemp. apotomella, n. sp.

8"-10y. $ ?. Head whitish-ochreous, almost entirely suffused
with brownish-ochreous. Labial palpi rather longer than head,
obliquely ascending, whitish-ochreous mixed with brownish.
Antennco whitish-ochreous, in male finely ciliated, with a flattened
tuft of black scales in basal sinuation, in female slender, simple.
Thorax brownish-ochreous posteriorly, shading into dark purple -
fuscous anteriorly, sometimes tinged with dull crimson. Abdomen
golden-ochreous, paler on sides. Legs rather pale ochreous,
anterior pair partially suffused with fuscous. Tore-wings
moderately elongate, gradually dilated, costa gently arched,
hind-margin oblique, slightly rounded ; pale dull greyish-crimson,
suffused between veins with grey scales ; a broad ochreous-whitish
costal streak from base to apex, slightly attenuated at each
extremity, margined beneath by a broader dark grey-fuscous

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 225

streak from base to apex, the lower margin of which is suffused
into ground-colour ; cilia pale dull greyish-crimson. Hind-wings
pale fuscous-grey, subhyaline towards base, darker at apex,
hind-marginal line fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey.

Apparently allied to the European P. semirubella, Sc, but
much smaller, witli narrower and more pointed forewings, more
suffused with dark grey, and with broader costal streak.

Three specimens (one male, two females) sent from Duaringa,
Queensland, by Mr. G. Barnard.

Spermatopiithoha, Ld.

Forehead with an obtuse cone of scales. Ocelli present.
Antenna) slightly sinuate above base in both sexes. Labial palpi
rather short, ascending, compressed, terminal joint horizontal.
Maxillary palpi filiform, appressed, in male rather long, in
female quite short. Fore-wings with 11 veins, 4 and 5 stalked.
Hind- wings with 7 veins.

This genus contains only one European species ; the species
described below is doubtfully associated with it, though certainly
akin ; it has the facies and general character of a Pempelia, but
is without the characteristic antennal tuft of male. The Australian
species possesses instead three minute acute teeth on the inner
side of antenna? a little above base ; the basal joint is also thickened .

Sperm, mesactclla, n. sp.

7¥. $ . Head pale ochreous, frontal cone blackish. Palpi
slightly longer than head, straight, obliquely ascending, second
joint pale ochreous, becoming blackish at apex, terminal joint
entirely black. Antenna) pale ochreous, basal joint swollen,
laterally compressed, sinuate above base, fourth to sixth joints
each with a small black acute slender tooth. Thorax pale
ochrcous-grey, anterior margin tinged with dull carmine.
Abdomen pale ochreous, bases of segments irrorated with pale
grey. Logs ochreous- whitish, slightly irrorated with fuscous,

226 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPiDOPTERA,

all tarsi and apex of posterior tibiae entirely dark fuscous. Fore-
wings moderately elongate, gradually dilated nearly to apex,
hind-margin slightly oblique, rounded beneath ; -pale whitish-
ochreous, suffused with darker ochreous, and thinly sprinkled
with blackish-scales ; a very broad whitish subcostal band, thinly
sprinkled with black scales, from base to costa just before apex,
completely covering costa except a very narrow strip from £ to f- ;
this subcostal band is margined beneath from £ to apex by a
rather broad cloudy fuscous-grey streak, mixed with blackish ;
second line barely indicated by an obsolete prolongation of this
cloud towards anal angle ; a row of dark fuscous scales along
hind-margin : cilia fuscous-grey, paler towards tips, with indistinct
rows of whitish points. Hind- wings unicolorous pale grey, hind-
marginal line clear dark fuscous ; cilia pale grey, towards anal
angle whitish, with strong dark fuscous parting-line.

This species bears considerable superficial resemblance to the
South European Pemp. sororiella, Z., but, besides the structural
differences, is without the distinct first and second lines of that
insect.

One male taken at light, Parramatta, in October.

Eucarpiiia, III.

Euc. neotomella, n. sj).

12". <$ . Head white. Labial palpi thrice as long as head,
densely haired, terminal joint attenuated, white, mixed on sides
with fuscous-grey, Antennoe whitish, thickened, dentate, rather
strongly ciliated. Thorax whitish, almost wholly suffused with
light grey. Abdomen white, basal segments ochreous. Legs
white, beneath tinged with grey. Fore-wings rather short,
moderately broad, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hind-
margin oblique ; fuscous-grey, densely mixed with whitish scales,
so as to appear much paler, darkest towards costa, especially on
basal half ; a tolerably broad straight clear white subcostal streak

BY E. MEYKICK, D.A. 227

from base nearly to costa just before apex, attenuated and obsolete
at extremity ; cilia white, with several rows of indistinct pale
grey points. Hind-wings white, very faintly tinged with fuscous
towards apex, hind-marginal line " fuscous-grey ; cilia white,
with faint grey parting-line.

Not to be confused with any other Eucarphia; it somewhat
resembles superficially Etiella sincerella, but, in addition to the
generic differences, may be known by its white head and sub-
costal (not costal) white streak.

One male at light, Parramatta, in October.

Euc. vulgatella, Yol. III., p. 207.

In addittion to the localities given, this species occurs generally
in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven districts, and was taken by Mr.
Eaynor commonly throughout Tasmania.

Euc. cnephaella, n. sp.

12"-12£". $ . Head greyish-ochreous, collar irrorated with
black scales. Labial palpi more than twice as long as head,
porrected, slightly bent downwards, laterally compressed, greyish
ochreous, on sides and apex suffused with fuscous. Antennae
fuscous-grey. Thorax greyish-ochreous, more or less densely
irrorated with blackish scales. Abdomen whitish-ochre ous
irrorated with dark fuscous-grey. Legs pale ochreous, suff usedly
irrorated with dark fuscous. Fore- wings rather short, moderately
broad, posteriorly gradually dilated, hind-margin moderately
oblique, slightly rounded; whitish-ochreous, discally suffused
with clearer ochreous, rather closely and irregularly irrorated
with blackish-grey scales, sometimes so densely as to overcloud
the ground-colour ; these dark scales generally disappear along
the fold, leaving an obsolete paler line ; an irregular strong
blackish spot in middle of base ; first line cloudy, blackish, rather
broad, from £ of costa obliquely outwards to disc, there
rectangularly bent in and proceeding obliquely inwards to two-

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228 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

fifths of inner margin ; second line cloudy, blackish, indistinct,
strongly waved throughout, tending to separate into elongate
points, broadly sinuate inwards beneath costa ; a cloudy blackish
oblique apical blotch or streak, obscuring origin of second line ;
a single large elongate black dot on disc at f , midway between
costa and inner margin ; in suffused specimens the markings
are partially obscured ; a hind-marginal row of about eight small
cloudy black dots : cilia fuscous-grey, with several rows of whitish
points. Hind- wings pale fuscous-grey, rather darker towards
apex ; hind-marginal line clear, dark fuscous ; cilia greyish-
whitish, with strong clear dark fuscous parting-line.

Closely allied to Euc. vulgatella, but easily recognised by the
broader fore-wings, with more arched costa, and the strongly
marked transverse lines, which in vulgatella are hardly indicated.
Also very similar to Pemp. strigiferella female, from which it may
be known, even when alive, by the very different long porrected
palpi.

Three females taken at light, at Parramatta, in October and
March ; it is therefore probably double-brooded.

Myelois, Z.
My el. oenobarella, n. sp.
7"-8i". S ? • Head brownish-ochreous. Palpi slender,
recurved, reaching forehead, pale ochreous, mixed with blackish
scales on sides, apex entirely blackish. Antenna) ochreous-
whitish, annulated with black, in male thickened, finely ciliated,
in female filiform. Thorax brownish-ochreous, suffused with
dull carmine, with spots of blackish scales in centre and on
shoulders, and with a few blackish scales posteriorly. Abdomen
pale ochreous, segments suffused with dark grey-fuscous except
on apical rings ; in male with bright ochreous anal tuft. Legs
pale ochreous, irrorated with carmine and dark fuscous scales,
tarsi dark fuscous with pale ochreous rings at apex of joints,
middle and posterior tibiae with oblique black central bands.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 229

Fore-wings elongate, narrow, slightly dilated, hind-margin
slightly oblique, rounded beneath ; brownish-ochreous, irregularly
and densely mixed with blackish, and with a few whitish- ochreous
or whitish scales, and suffused in irregular patches, except along
costa, with ochreous-orange or dull carmine ; a short black basal
streak on inner-margin ; first line broad, whitish, cloudy, from £
of costa obliquely outwards, angulated inwards on disc, then
outwards on fold, thence to inner margin at two-fifths, bordered
externally throughout by a broad cloudy blackish fascia ; second
line narrow, whitish, waved, from five- sixths of costa to anal
angle, sending a strong blunt angulation inwards below costa,
and a short acute one just above anal angle, margined throughout
on both sides with blackish, most strongly internally ; two round
black dots on disc at f , above middle, the upper one nearer base ;
hind-marginal line black, interrupted on veins ; cilia ochreous at
base, becoming pale grey. Hindwings pale grey, slightly darker
posteriorly ; hind-marginal line clear, dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-
grey, tinged with ochreous, with indistinct darker grey parting-
line.

This is at present the only Australian representative of the
genus, the other species originally referred to Myelois being more
correctly placed elsewhere ; it is narrower- winged than the typical
European forms.

One pair taken at Sydney and Parramatta in October, the male
at light, the female at rest on a fence. o,( c*^^ *> -^^

Euzophera, Z.

Forehead smooth. Ocelli present. Antennae not sinuate,
simple. Labial palpi rather short, ascending filiform, terminal
joint shorter than second, rather pointed. Maxillary palpi very
short. Fore-wings usually narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa more
or less curved. Hind-wings rather narrow, flatly rounded.
Fore- wings with 1 1 veins ; 4 and 5 stalked or rarely separate.

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230 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA.

Hind-wings with 7 veins ; 2 before (rarely from) posterior angle
of cell.

This genus, which contains about a dozen European species,
is nearly allied to Myelois, from which it is distinguished by the
hind- wings having only 7 veins.

Euz. leucarma, n. sp.

7". $ . Head dark grey, mixed with whitish. Palpi nearly
straight, obliquely ascending, reaching a little above head, blackish
mixed with purplish- white, second joint with a terminal white
ring. Antennae somewhat compressed above basal joint, thickened,
finely ciliated, whitish-ochreous. Thorax dark grey. Abdomen
blackish-grey, sides, apex, and apical ring of each segment pale
dull ochreous. Anterior and middle legs dark purple-fuscous,
tarsi with whitish-ochreous rings at apex of joints, middle tibise
whitish on apical half except an oblique blackish band at £ ;
posterior legs whitish, beneath dark fuscous. Fore-wings rather
short, broad, subtriangular, costa slightly arched, hind-margin
hardly oblique, anal angle rounded ; dark purple-grey, becoming
broadly blackish towards costa, elsewhere with apex of each scales
whitish-grey ; first line represented by a rather broad oblique
white fascia from before i of costa to £ of inner-margin, broadly
margined on each side with black, but partially suffused and
indistinct externally towards inner margin ; a large indistinct
whitish blotch, irrorated with dark fuscous, on costa between %
and five-sixths, in the lower part of which is a crescentic black
discal spot; second line hardly lighter than ground-colour,
obsolete : cilia dusky-grey, with ochreous-whitish points. Hind-
wings pale grey-fuscous, darker towards apex ; cilia pale grey,
with cloudy darker parting-line.

The broadest winged species of the genus ; nearly allied to
su-barcuella, but readily known by the white transverse fascia.

One male at light, Parramatta, in March.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 231

Euz. subarcuella, Vol. III., p. 211.

This species and the succeeding one are shown by the neuration,
which I had not previously been able to examine, to differ from
Myelois in the possession of only 7 veins in the hind-wings, and
must therefore be referred to this genus.

Eu%. cosmiella, Vol. III., p. 212.
One male sent from Duaringa, Queensland, by Mr. Gh Barnard.

Euz. microdoxa, n. sp.

V-ltf. $ $ . Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey, mixed
with darker grey-fuscous ; palpi arched, ascending, shorter than
head. AntennEO fuscous-grey. Abdomen ochreous-grey, anal
tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, very finely and densely
irrorated with blackish ; anterior and middle tarsi blackish with
white rings at apex of joints ; posterior tibiae and tarsi white
above. Fore-wings short, moderately narrow at base, rather
strongly dilated, hind-margin oblique, slightly rounded ; in the
the male specimen white, irregularly irrorated with close blackish
scales, so as to appear dark grey, except on a round suffused spot
before first line above middle, and an irregular inwardly oblique
costal spot before apex ; in the female specimen dull light-grey,
irrorated with fuscous, with a large dark fuscous blotch resting
on costa between first line and discal spots ; in both the lower
half of wing somewhat suffused with pale grey-brown ; first line
slender, clear, black, nearly straight, irregularly dentate, from
two-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin, internally margined
willi whitish; second line slender, black, swollen towards inner
margin, from four-fifths of costa to j ust before anal angle, faintly
dentate, slightly angulated inwards just above middle, margined
externally with whitish, and beyond this by a broader dark
fuscous-grey shade ; two strong black discal dots at f , one directly
above the other, almost confluent into a streak ; a hind-marginal
row of blackish irregular spots ; cilia fuscous-grey, with rows of

m

232 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICPO-LEPIDOPTERA.

whitish points. Hind-wings dark ochreous-fuscous-grey ; cilia
grey -whitish, tinged basally with ochreous, with faint darker
parting-line.

A dull-looking species, having somewhat the facies of JZphestia,
recognisable by the distance of the first line from base of wing.

One pair, certainly belonging to the same species, though the
ground-colour is diif erently disposed ; the male taken by Mr. G.
H. Raynor at Launceston, Tasmania, early in January ; the
female sent from Puaringa, Queensland, by Mr. GK Barnard.

Episciinta, Mb.

Forehead with a cone of scales. Ocelli present. Antenna) in
male sinuate above basal joint, finely ciliated, in female simple.
Labial palpi long, somewhat ascending, compressed ; maxillary
palpi short. Breast in male with a long tuft of hairs. Fore-
wings narrow, hardly dilated ; hind- wings narrow, very flatly
rounded. Fore-wings with 1 1 veins ; 4 and 5 not stalked. Hind-
wings with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 stalked.

To this genus the following species is doubtfully referable ;
further specimens will be required to complete the investigation.
It has the general facies of an Anerastia, but differs in venation.

JZpisch. neurophorella, n. sp.

6£". $ . "Head pale ochreous. Palpi twice as long as head,
porrected, whitish-ochreous, beneath mixed with blackish.
Antenna) whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, with a
longitudinal slender blackish line on each side of back, and a
longitudinal blackish streak on shoulder. Abdomen and' legs
whitish-ochreous. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, hardly
at all dilated, costa arched before apex, hind-margin very obliquely
rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, all the veins clearly marked with
coarse blackish scales ; before J of disc is a rather broad transverse
cloudy blotch of coarse dark fuscous scales, reaching nearly to
costa and inner margin ; two small black costal spots at one- sixth

BY E. MEYItICK, B.A. 233

and before middle ; a faint transverse slender fnscous cloud a
little before apex ; hind-marginal line dark fuscous : cilia whitish-
ochreous, tips and a cloudy parting-line fuscous. Hind- wings
whitish, extreme apex infuscated ; cilia whitish, smoky at apex.

One female taken at Sydney on a fence in December.

Anerastia, lib.

Ancr. mirabilella, Vol. III., p. 213.
Since publishing my description, I have obtained two females
at light at Parramatta in October. This sex differs from the
male in having the white dorsal blotch of the fore-wings much
suffused with black, and the hind- wings blackish- grey, with
ochreous cilia, without any continuation of the dorsal blotch of
fore-wings over their surface ; in all other respects the sexes are
similar in colouring.

Aner. virginella, n. sp.
8"-liy. £ ?. Head carmine-i")ink, thinly mixed with whitish-
ochreous. Palpi more than two and a half times as long as head,
horizontally porrected, carmine-pink, mixed with whitish above
and internally. Antennec ochreous-whitish, basal joint suffused
with carmine anteriorly, in male rather strongly sinuate above
base. Thorax carmine-pink, mixed with whitish posteriorly.
Abdomen elongate, whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous.
Fore-wings elongate, moderately narrow, costa slightly arched,
apex rounded, hind-margin very oblique ; carmine-pink, towards
costa and inner-margin tinged with ochreous ; the veins more or
less distinctly white, the median vein most conspicuous ; cilia
carmine-pink. Hind-wings whitish, hind-marginal line pale
fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish, with cloudy grey parting-line.

Appears to be nearly allied to the Indian ^4 . scehtella, Z., which
however has suberect palpi. Three specimens (one male, two
females) sent from Duaringa, Queensland, by Mr. G. Barnard.

234 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA.

Aner. psamatheUa, n. sp.

9^-". $ . Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi tlirice as long as
Lead, roughly-scaled, horizontally porreeted, whitish-ochreous,
mixed on sides with dark fuscous. Antennas whitish-ochreous,
thickened, subdentate, finely ciliated, rather strongly sinuate
above basal joint. Thorax whitish-ochreous, irrorated with
darker. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs greyish-ochreous,
tarsi mixed with dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, moderately
narrow, costa markedly arched, apex rounded, hind-margin very
oblique ; grejdsh-ochreous, becoming much paler along inner-
margin ; all veins broadly indicated with ochreous-whitish ; a
few large black scales tending to form a transverse row a little
before hind-margin, and two or three other scattered black scales
towards inner-margin and base ; a row of nearly obsolete cloudy
fuscous dots on hind-margin ; cilia ochreous-whitish, tips mixed
with dark fuscous. Hind- wings fuscous-grey, slightly paler near
base ; cilia whitish, with faint grey parting-line.

One male taken at Sydney in December. <u^c *+ ft^j^-^e.

Ephestia, Gn.

JEph. Jlculella, Barrett.

This species, closely allied to E. elutella, and until recently
confused with it, is larger and darker than elutella, with the fore-
wings narrower at base and the costa posteriorly more rounded,
and the hind- wings possess only one tuft of yellow scales on the
upper surface in male, whilst elutella has two. I have taken it
in great profusion in a chemist's shop in Sydney in September,
but could not discover on what the larva had fed ; it usually lives
on figs and other dried fruits. The specimens are mostly larger
and finer than my English ones, and show distinctly the reddish-
ochreous longitudinal dashes towards the fold, but do not
specifically differ.

BY E. HEYKICK, B.A. 235

JSph. sericaria, Scott., Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., 1859, 207, pL lxi.,
fHy pliant id him J.

I have not seen specimens of this species, but the characters
given by Mr. Scott indicate a true Eplmtia ; and the larval habit
of spinning continuous silken sheets of web of great extent,
although sufficient to prove that the species is distinct from those
known in Europe, cannot be regarded as in itself of generic
importance. The description of the imago is, unfortunately,
valueless for specific distinctions, as it would apply equally well
to every species of the genus ; according to the figure, the insect
approachesy^M^//tf in shape, but differs in the somewhat angulated
first line, and the presence of two other transverse dark lines
between the first line and base ; it would be unsafe to draw
further distinctions from the figure alone.

The larvae from which Mr. Scott's specimens were bred fed on
maize, and covered the whole walls of the room with a closely-
woven sheet of white web, covering in this particular instance
about 250 square feet : the imagos appeared in October. The
locality was in the district of Wollombi, New South Wales.

GALLEKIM3.
Apiiomia, Mb.

Fore-head in male with a broad projecting cone of scales.
Antenna) filiform, basal joint sometimes with a small tooth of
scales. Labial palpi in male short, ascending, terminal joint
pointed, excavated behind, notched ; in female as long as thorax,
slender, filiform, with appressed scales, porrected. Maxillary-
palpi very short. Fore-wings varying in breadth, sometimes very
narrow, hind- margin obliquely rounded; hind- wings flatly
rounded. Fore-wings with 12 veins; discoidal cell of male in
some species very broad and long, in others normal, in female
always moderate ; 8 and 9 rising near together from 7 ; 4 and 5
stalked or separate. Hind-wings with 7 veins, 5 being absent.

9

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236 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA.

I have followed Zeller in reuniting to Aphomia his genus
Melissoblaptes, originally separated from the typical Aphomia by
the shorter discoidal cell of male, and not toothed basal joint of
antenna). The discovery of intermediate exotic species has
rendered this distinction untenable, although the extreme forms
are very diverse in appearance. A. latro, Z., described below,
was referred by him to Melmoblaptes ; the other species are truly
Aphomia.

The genus contains few species, but occurs also throughout
Europe, North America, and in Japan.

Aph. tripartitella, n. sp.

10£"-12£". ? . Head grey-whitish mixed with grey. Labial
palpi twice as long as head, horizontal, grey-whitish* tinged with
ochreous. Antennae grey- whitish, slenderly annulated with black.
Thorax grey-whitish, more or less entirely suffused with dark
grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, beneath
scantily irrorated with blackish ; anterior and middle tibia) with
a slender blackish band before apex, joints of tarsi blackish
at base. Fore- wings broad, somewhat dilated, costa arched,
hind-margin rounded, oblique ; whitish-grey, tinged with greenish
and suffused with mixed brown, grey, and dark-grey scales
variable in intensity ; first line whitish, externally edged with
dark grey or blackish, from two-fifths of costa to two-fifths of
inner-margin, dentate, angulated outwards beneath costa, and
broadly arched outwards above fold; second line whitish,
internally edged with blackish, from f of costa to four-fifths of
inner margin, dentate or lunate, between I and £ of its length
strongly arched outwards ; costa between first and second lines
irregularly blackish ; on disc midway between first and second
lines are two black dots, generally strong, longitudinally placed,
and a third less distinct immediately above them between the two;
cilia whitish-ochreous-grey, with cloudy grey parting-lines, and
chequered with two rows of subquadrate blackish spots. Hind-

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 237

wings whitish-ochreous-grey, towards apex suffused with dark
fuscous ; cilia grey-whitish, with a broad cloudy fuscous parting-

linc

Three females taken on fences near Sydney in December
and January.

Aph. pachytera, n. sp.

1 1"-12". g . Head whitish-grey irrorated with blackish, with
short dense overhanging frontal tuft. Labial palpi short,
appressed, almost concealed in frontal scales, whitish-grey mixed
with darker. Antenna) filiform, whitish-grey, slenderly annulated
with black. Thorax whitish-grey, coarsely irrorated with darker,
forming confused blackish spots on shoulders and posteriorly.
Abdomen greyish-ochreous, segments basally suffused with darker.
Legs whitish, very finely and densely irrorated with blackish,
except on posterior pair above ; middle and anterior tibia* with
an oblique blackish band before apex, tarsi nearly black with
slender white rings at apex of joints, Fore- wings elongate,
moderately broad, discoidal cell not abnormally large, costa
regularly arched, apex rounded, hind-margin flatly rounded off
beneath ; whitish-grey, densely but irregularly irrorated with
dark grey and blackish scales ; first line strong, cloudy, blackish,
from £ of costa to two-fifths of inner-margin, uniformly convex
outwardly, nearly preceded by an almost obsolete slender blackish
parallel line; second line double, cloudy, blackish, enclosing a
whitish central space, inner line broadest and darkest, from before
four-fifths of costa to before anal angle, central half dentate and
strongly bowed outwards ; a cloudy dark grey costal blotch before
apex ; two black dots longitudinally placed on disc, one before,
one beyond middle, nearer to costa than to inner-margin ; hind-
marginal line black, interrupted : cilia dark grey, tips and an
obsolete line n ear base whitish. Hind- wings grey-fuscous, tinged
with ochroous ; hind-marginal line blackish : cilia fuscous-grey,
with sharp blackish-fuscous parting -line.

238 DESCRIPTIONS OF ALtsTIIALIAN MICltO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Having only the male of this species, I cannot positively assert
that it is not the other sex of the preceding, to which it bears
considerable general resemblance. Many of the differences might
be merely sexual, but the differently shaped, not angulated, first
line is probably a reliable specific distinction.

Two males taken by Mr. Gr. H. Baynor near Hobart Town,
Tasmania, in January.

Aph. latro, Z., z. b. V. 1873, 213.

1 6"-l 6£" . £ $ . Head, palpi, and thorax pale greyish-ochreous ;
palpi sprinkled on sides with fuscous, in male short, almost concealed
in frontal cone, in female long, attenuated, porrected. Antenna?
pale greyish-ochreous, slenderly annulated with dark fuscous,
basal joint in male with a very short tooth of scales. Abdomen
elongate, pale greyish-ochreous, in female with long projecting
ovipositor. Legs pale greyish-ochreous, anterior and middle pair
strongly irrorated with dark fuscous, all tarsi fuscous-black, with
pale rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings very elongate, narrow,
parallel-sided, posteriorly narrowed, costa gently arched, apex
rounded, hind-margin very oblique ; greyish-ochreous, greyer
between veins, irregularly sprinkled with black scales ; in male
a pale whitish- ochreous straight slender central streak from base
to apex, becoming obsolete at extremity, margined beneath by a
cloudy blackish-fuscous streak, darkest from base to §-, thence
indistinct ; in female the pale streak is imperceptible, but the
dark streak is clearly marked ; in male some of the veins are
almost whitish-ochreous ; a hind-marginal row of numerous small
black dots : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, tinged with rufous, with
indistinct parting-line near base. Hind-wings much broader
than fore-wings, yet elongate, flatly rounded, broadly indented
below apex ; whitish, almost transparent, in male narrowly, in
female more broadly suffused with smoky--grey towards ajyex ;
hind-marginal line dark grey : cilia white, with faint greyish
parting-line.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 239

The largest species of tlie group, and not to be confused with
any other known ; the very elongate fore-wings have a peculiarly
glossy appearance.

Larva sixteen-legged, very stout, tapering at both ends, head
much narrower than body, whole surface with a few scattered
hairs ; darker or lighter dull drab-brown, spots, small, black ;
head and second segment black ; anal segment with a small black
plate. Feeds in the tall spike-like flower-heads of Xanthorrhcca
hast His (the so-called ' grass-tree'), burrowing amongst the seeds
and forming tough galleries with silk and refuse, in October.
Pupa in a firm cocoon amongst refuse. These larva) were very
restless in captivity, and could hardly be restrained ; they occurred
gregariously in the heads, one spike containing apparently nearly
100 larva) of different sizes, who eventually consumed the entire
head. My specimens were bred in November ; I have never
taken the imago at large ; it is probably very retired in habit.
The larval habits of this species are abnormal in the genus and
family ; all previously known larva) are parasitic in habit, feeding
in the nest of bees on the wax ; this species is therefore of peculiar
interest.

My larva) were found near Sydney ; Zeller's original specimen
was from Adelaide.

The venation of this species differs from that of the others
investigated in having veins 8 and 9 of fore-wing rising on a
short stalk, instead of separately, from 7.

For the benefit of students, I add a classified list of all the
species of Crambites mentioned in this and my preceding paper.

CHILONIDiE.

Sciioenobius, Dap.

i/nparelhs, n. sp. &.//#.

Chilo, Zlz.

parramattcUas, n. sp. ft. 178 '. bZOwZZe)

240 DESCHirTIOXS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEriDOPTEKA,

leptog ram melius, n. sp. }° ■ Z0J X^Z*]
scltistellus, w.-^;.(?lmj.gen.) ZojfZzCj

QRAMBIDM.

Ancylolomia, lib.

Wesiwoodi, Z., Cr. II. pZ^.^ZZl).

(Prionopliora ruptclta, Wkr. ad liano fam. non pertiiiet.)^.^
Cbambus, F.

apicistrigeUus, n. sp. Z0$ ,(~ J

concinnellus, Wkr., Cat. 165.

lativittalis, Wkr., Cat. 171 ; Italterelhis, Z., Cr. 33.

torrentellus, n. sp.

trivittatus, Z., Cr. 34; bivitteltus, Wkr., Cat. 171. (nee Bon. J

bivittellus, .Don., Z., Cr. 34 ; recurvettus, Wk. Cat. 171.

aurantiacus, ». sp.

lifractellus, Wkr. Cat. 174. ^ZlOJff.

impletellus, Wkr., Cat. 175. ' p.ZIO \1 if),

2)1 en if e reikis, Wkr. Cat. 173; aurosus, Fold., Nov. T. 137, jig.
31; Z. #or. Soc. Ross. 1877,45. b.Zll Uz6)

longipalpellns, n. sp. ^.Z/l, JJ6, . 22<>/

cuneiferellas, Wkr. Cat. 17 5.

dtmidiellus, n. sp.

lioplitetlus, n. sp.

rclatalis, Wkr., Cat. 172. p.Vi[l£jf),

grammellus, Z., Cr. 46. p. 2/3/227/

perlatalis, Wkr., Cat. 174. p.z/$/tlJ)

opuhntellus, Z., Cr. 46. m *

' invalidellus, n. sp.

enneagr amnios, n. sp. fil/t^^y

arggroneurus, Z., Cr., 47. w ift.tll'ij

milvellus, n. sp.

AllGYUIA, III.

arggraspis, n. sp. b. Zl5(z2~7j

DlPTYCIIOPIIOEA, Z.

pfcematurella,n.sp.(dilatelh h. sgnj. (<]% ,t,l1J(l5lj

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 241

PHYCIME.

Nephopteeyx, Z.

stenopterella, n. sp. j zoo
Jtniacella, n. sp. pt/^Z33.J
euraphella, n. sp. p.il7tzV.)
infusella, n. sp. p.2/S^ z}2]
opimetta, n. sp. Zof.

TEMrELIA, lib.

rnelanostyla, n. sp. jo.-ZZo^ 2$f)
strigiferelte, n. sp. l>.2oZ.*f>~lZl(JLl$)
caliginosdla, n. sp. * Z2// 2}?)
oeuli/crfilk/, n. sp. fr.22Z[2U)
digrammella, n. sp. p. 223(237]
rufitinetetta, n. sp. p. ZO$ .
apotomella, n. sp. v.22li 238)
Etiella, Z.

smeerella, n.sp. >. Zof.

JBehrii, Z., Is. 1848, 883. ^Zof

clinjsoporella, n. sp. p.xofr,

r

SrEEMATOPHTHORA, Ld.

mesactella, n.sp. (?huj. gen.) « zzflt'bj]

EuCARPIIlA, lib.

neotomella, n. sp. p.Z2&tzty.
ensiferella, n.sp. jj.Zog-
vulgatella, n. sp. f.2of. ^.117/2^
cnepJiaelfo, n. sp. /,. zzj 1 Zfn

Lasiocera, n. g.

canilinea, n. sp. f-2-0^.

CeROPREPES, Z.

almella, n. sp. f.ZlO.

Myelois, Z.

(jcnobarella, n. sp. ;. zZ$/ ' Zft\i

■ I

ti2 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICHO-LEPIDOrTEllA,

EuZOPIIEllA, Z.

leucarma, n. sp. $• «W\ > -
mUrcuella, n. sp. \o-W< ^Z^I^J
cosmidh, n. sp. p.Ztt- t>. ^^(2^y
mierodoxa, n. sp. v-Z^U^^J

Epischnia, lib.

neuroptwrella, n. sp. p- "^wf 2^ (*'y

AXERASTIA, lib.

miraUWa, n. sp, p. 2%. f-z23(zffl

vii-f/inella, n. sp. f* ZW[l*7j

psamathella, n. sp. p.ziff zftij
-IIoMOiosoMA, Cart.

vagella, Z., Is. 18'18,8G3. p-Ztf.

dis tit-hell a, n. sp. io.2f5 ■
Elmiestia, Gn.

elutella, lib. p-V*-

ficuldla, JJior., f.ltt\}19)

sericitria, Scott, Pruc. Zool. Sac, Zand. 1859, 207, PI. 0>lJp.2k

mterpunctella, lib. p.l/6-

GALLEKIDJE.
Gallepja, F.

mellonella, L. to- 2{b .

Aphoxlia, lib.

tripartitelJa, n. sp. b. l%ii$0)

pachgtera, n. sp. />. iWifl)

latro, Z., z. b. V. 1873, 213. p-i3$ ,2$/.j

AciIPOEA, lib.

gn'sclla, F. p-Z&-

free. £^^,So<l, h.^ s*u2£ QaIca- /m.

BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS, F.G.S., F.L.S., ETC. 129

fluid stings the skin. There are many other species which have
not been named or described, nor do I think they can be until
they are studied in the living state, at least according to the
present system of classification. They are found in large numbers
crawling over the reefs at low tide. No doubt the extensive way
in which the edible species are gathered will make them scarce,
and some are beginning to get scarce at certain portions of the reef,
But the enormous extent of coral reef, not only on the Barrier,
but in the islands enclosed within the Barrier, renders it very
easy for the fishermen to seek new grounds for their operations.

A very common species on the island reefs which I visited, is
Synapta BeselMi, Jaeger, or an allied form. This is said to be an
inhabitant of Celebes, but no doubt has a wide range. One
cannot mistake the genus for any other. Immediately on putting
one's hand on it, the animal adheres to the skin. With a very
ordinary lens the skin is seen to be covered with small spicules,
shaped like an anchor. With these the animal adheres readily
to any soft object. These anchors have the heads fixed in a round
calcareous plate imbedded in the skin. This accounts for the
numbers of small perforated, calcareous disks which strew the
reefs, and look just like shirt buttons. Mr. Moseley, in his
" Naturalist Voyage of the Challenger" mentions this animal,
and states how the anchors in the skin were favorite objects for
microscopic exhibition to visitors. It was thought by sight-seers
to be one of the most important discoveries of the Expedition, and
got in consequence the name of the " Admiralty Worm." Otto
Semper mentions having seen one Synapta (Bessellii ?) at the
Philippine Islands, 6 ft. long. When fully extended on the reefs
near Port Douglas, a length of four feet was not unusual. They
are often mistaken for water snakes. The anchors on the skin
easily break, and the animal does not seem to have any control
over them. They serve for the purposes of locomotion in connection
with the voluntary contractions of the muscles.

1 30 ON THE LITTORAL FAUNA OF N. E. AUSTRALIA,

Properly speaking the Synaptidce are the only "lungless"
family of the Holiithurice. Semper mentions two others,*"1 the
Eupytgidce and the Qncinolabidce, both containing only one genns
but all the species according to Theelf have lungs or the evidence
of the absence of these organs is doubtful. The definition of
Synapta according to the same author is as follows. Body more
or less vermiform, cylindrical, without feet or ambulacral areas
along the body, hermaphrodite, calcareous concretions in the skin
either wanting or forming anchors and wheels.

I have been able to make some observations on the development
of the young of this species, but these and some other remarks on
this part of the reef fauna I must reserve for a future occasion.

On every portion of the coral islands on the Barrier Ophiuridce
were very abundant. Their long arms might be seen protruding
from under almost every block of coral ; the bodies were generally
concealed. One species in particular with very long arms I took
to be Ophiocoma scolopendrina, Lam., Ophioglyha JTinbergi, Ljungman
and 0. multispina, are both Port Jackson forms, but I fancy allied
species are represented in the coral regions. Ophiolepis annulosa
is common, as also Ophiocoma erinaceus, Mull, and Tros., and 0.
lincolata, Mull, and Tros., who give it as 0. pica. I also saw
species which I referred to Ophiomastix annulosa, Mull, and Tros.
(p. 107) Ophiothrix longipeda, Lam., (Mull, and Tros. p. 113) 0.
nereidina, (Mull, and Tros. 115) Lamarck (p. 224, vol. 3, 2nd edit.)
Ophiocnemis marmorata, Lam., p. 223, and Mull, and Tros., p. 87.
Some of these identifications are doubtful and the whole of the
species noticed by me need levision, a work which I hope to effect
in detail hereafter.

It is very curious to watch the manner in which these starfishes
ply their search for food. The long arms are extended from the
smallest possible holes or cracks from whence the cirrhi can be

* Reisen in Archipel der Philipinea I. Holothuriea 1, p. 8.
t Holoth. desMers N. Zemble. Upsal 1877,

BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS, F.G.S., F.L.S., ETC. 131

seen moving in the water. Any foreign object is rapidly seized
and conveyed to the month, though I conld not ascertain what
was their favorite food. They are very easily captured. By
turning over any block of dead or living coral four or five of them
will be seen slowly moving away. The fishermen seem to have a
dread of them, so they are quite unmolested, except by the
naturalist or whatever marine enemies they may have.

In the preceding observations only a few of the objects of interest
on our coral reefs have been touched upon. To deal with all
would require many volumes instead of essays. "When we
remember what the sea coast is to the naturalist, we may form
an opinion of what a coral reef must be. The whole structure is
the result of animal activity, and every portion on which the eye
rests reveals some new phase of animal life. "We may take it as
certain that only a very small portion of our reefs have been
explored by naturalists, and that therefore there is no more
promising field of zoological discovery in the whole world, none
where the interest is greater, or where distinction may be more
easily won. For my own part the few weeks I spent in the coral
region were the most intensely interesting of any I remember in
a life-time of observation as a naturalist, and I trust that one
result of my few scattered notes will be to attract others on to the
same enchanting field.

Eectification of the Nomenclature of Purpura anomala, Angas.
By Professor Ealph Tate, President Phil. Soc, Adelaide, &c.

South Australian specimens of a species of marine gasteropocl,
forwarded to Mr. G\ P. Angas, F.L.S., under the generic title of
Mangelia, have lately been returned to me with the name of Purpura
( Cronia) anomala, Angas. The description and figures of that
species, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, pi. v., fig. I , are truly applicable

132 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPtDOPTERA,

to the shells above referred to. The form of the columella is a
valid reason for the removal of the species from the family
Purpuridoe; and as in well-preserved adult specimens, a very short
sinus exists, the species should have a place in that oiPleurotomidce.
In the absence of the notch on the outer lip, the well-defined
flexure of the striae of growth is alone sufficient to justify its
transference from the one family to the other. The position of
the sinus and other external features permit its reception in the
genus Mangelia, and it should, henceforth, be known as M. anomala.
Indeed its affinity to M. Vincentina, Crosse, is sufficiently close to
necessitate close comparison to separate extreme forms of each
from one another.

South Australian examples are for the most part of an opaque
white, with black blotches, between the costse, at the anterior
suture and on the middle line of the last whorl ; but a few, with
thinner tests, exhibit the more elaborate markings which belong
to the type specimen.

M. anomala is a rare shell in South Australian waters, though
I have gathered it, from among shell sand, at widely separated
localities, thus : — Aldinga Bay and Salt Creek, east and west sides
of St. Vincent's Gulf, respectively; Wauraltie, east side of Spencer's
Gulf ; and Fowler's Bay, Great Australian Bight.

Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepldoptera.
By E. Meyrick, B.A.

in. TINEINA.

In the following paper I have described forty-seven species of
the least-developed families of the Tmeina ; five of these have
been previously described, the remaining forty-two are new to
science. One only out of the whole (Bedellia somnulentella, ZJ
occurs elsewhere, being common to Europe and North America,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 133

though it is now difficult to say whether it has or has not been
introduced by man into this and other countries : the rest are all
endemic.

The families here treated of form (with the addition of the
genus Nepticula, of which I am acquainted with at least fifteen
Australian species, though not yet prepared to describe them,) a
natural group, sharply terminated at both ends, though admitting
of a wide range of structural variation. The materials collected
are sufficient to give a fairly accurate conception of the form in
which the group appears in this region, and enable me to make
a few remarks upon the classification and order of development
of the genera. Excluding Nepticula, these are generally classed
in three families, — Gracilaridce, Lithocolletidce, and Lyonetid<z>
Wocke has wished to split up the Lyonetidce into two or more
families, on the ground of differences in neuration, but this seems
very unnecessary. I am clear, however, that Lithocolletis and its
allies cannot be kept apart from the Gracilaridce, with which they
agree in the structure of the head, and especially in respect of the
f ourteen-legged larva, found in no other Tineina, and of the larval
habits. There are however a few very small genera {Tischeria,
Bedellia, Urodeta, Arctocoma (described hereafter), and perhaps
Oenophila, of which the larva is hardly known) which are some-
times referred to theZithocolletidte, and sometimes to the JElachistida
but do not agree with either, being separated from the former by
the sixteen-legged larvae, and from the latter by the roughly tufted
head. I would place these in a separate family, which I have
below called Bedellidce, a step which appears to me to be in
accordance with nature, and to simplify the systematic discrimi-
nation of the families. The Lyonetidce form a natural group,
distinguished from both the preceding by the basal joint of the
antennae expanded into an eyecap. The JVepticulidce also possess
the eyecap, but have well-developed maxillary palpi, peculiar
neuration, and larvae with 18 imperfectly developed pro-legs, not
found elsewhere in the Tineina.

134 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

For rightly understanding the process of development a careful
comparison of the fauna of other regions is required, and the
Micro-Lepidoptera have been as yet very partially studied. It is
possible, however, to make a fair comparison with the region
which Mr. Wallace has called Palaearctic, so far as it is represented
by Europe, and with North and South America to a less extent ;
and to make use of a few fragments of positive evidence from
other countries, with the following results. I should premise
that these minute Micro-Lepidoptera, from their extreme delicacy,
fragility, and defencelessness, from their lacking the rapid and
powerful means of locomotion of butterflies and large moths, and
from the usually very short term of their lives, afford excellent
material for the study of geographical distribution.

The well-marked generic differences of structure, and the fixity
of type in most cases, are very conspicuous in these lowest families
and are evidences of a hoary antiquity. In no genus is this more
evident than in Nepticula, which is represented apparently all
over the world in equal proportion, by numerous species which
have everywhere an extreme resemblance to one another. Of the
other genera in these families Bucculatrix, Opostega, Phyttocnistis,
Coriscium, and Gracilaria, appear to have also a practically world-
wide range. Of some of the other genera, which have but few
species, it is not yet safe to say where they may not be found.
There is however one extensive genus which is interesting by its
entire absence from the Australian region, namely Lithocolletis, of
which I could not have failed to find traces if it had existed here.
(I may observe here, that the insect described by Newman as
Lithocolletis lalagella, (Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., Vol. III., N. S.,
300) is certainly a Gracilaria allied to G. caenotheta and autadelpha,
but not accurately identifiable. This genus comprises a very
large number of species in Europe, and North and South America,
and is also known to occur in India ; most forest trees have one
or more species attached to them, and of many the individuals
in extreme profusion, showing that throughout this range of

BY E. MEYBJCK, B.A. 135

climate they are a dominant race. No reason can be assigned
why the genus should not occur in Australia, except that it must
have come into existence since the time when Australia was last
in immediate communication by land with the continent, when it
obtained its original supply of Mammalia, which is believed to
carry us back to somewhere near the close of the Secondary
period. Now Gracilaria, which is more highly organised, and
would be generally regarded as a development of Lithocolletis, is
found evenly distributed over the whole world, as stated above.
It appears to me to follow from this that Lithocolletis came into
existence much later than Gracilaria ; and that if, as from their
close alliance seems almost certain, one was developed from the
other, it was Lithocolletis which is a degraded development of
Gracilaria. It would appear also that the same is true of Ornix;
whose cone-rolling larva3 should be noticed in connection with the
cone-rolling larvse of the higher Gracila/ricB in Europe and North
America, as it is very probable that the habit is of late development.
Coriscium, though possessing few species, is apparently contem-
poraneous with Gracilaria. The rest of the family consists at
present of three small North American genera, of which I am only
able to say that they are allied to Lithocolletis. The ancestral
form of the family may therefore be regarded as a form
corresponding very nearly to the smaller species of Gracilaria.

Turning now to the Bedellidce, we find them to be a very small
group, yet having distinct affinities with the Gracilaridce, the
Lyonetida, and though Elachista with the Elachistidce. They may
probably be the last surviving representatives of a once wider
family. As in their case there is at present but little available
material, I will not force conclusions ; but it seems likely that we
may have here the nearest existing approach to the original
organisms from which the above-mentioned three families took
their rise. The commonly swollen basal joint of the antennae
points to the source of the eyecap in the Lyonetidm ; and the

136 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

attitude of the imago in Bedellia (preserved also in TischeriaJ is a
rudiment of the peculiar position assumed by a Graeilaria.

The Lyonetidce, though a very natural family, have a very wide
range of structure in respect of the head and the neuration.
Stegommata and Lyonetia are very nearly allied, and might well be
considered sections of one genus. Regarding them so, then
Bucculatrix, Crobylophora, and Stegommata would form a natural
group in the family, distinguished by the roughly tufted head.
Opostega and Cemiostoma are also naturally associated, and
Phyllocnistis appears by its quite smooth head and apodal larva to
be an extreme development of these. Atalopsycha may perhaps
be intermediate between the two groups, but it could not yet be
safely affirmed. Most of these genera, though small, are of
universal range, and the others are known as yet merely as small
local developments, so that nothing can yet be predicted from the
facts of their geographical distribution. I am disposed to think,
hov ever, that Bucculatrix, which is the largest of them, and also
the most persistent in type, is probably the oldest, and nearest to
the original form. It is also the nearest to the JVepticuIidce, which
we are probably justified in regarding for the present as a very
ancient but degenerate development of Bucculatrix, or rather of
the progenitors of Bucculatrix.

In the preceding remarks I have been twice led to assert that
a more lowly organised form has been derived from a higher, and
I have reason to believe, as in subsequent communications I hope
to show, that this has taken place more commonly than is often
supposed. Such examples are not, however, as a superficial
observer might suppose, a violation of the law of improvement
under natural selection. According to the principle of evolution
any change may occur if beneficial, and the degradation, and
consequent simplification, of an organism must often be as great
a benefit, as its complication at the cost of increased requirements.
It will, I think, be in practice rarely found that the lowest

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 137

organised species or genus of a group is the nearest to the
immediate ancestor of the whole group.

Subjoined is an analytical table of the genera hereafter referred
to, which may be an assistance to their ready identification.

A. — basal joint of antennae not forming an eyecap.
a. — head with appressed scales.

1. second joint of palpi smooth or rarely

loosely scaled beneath . . . . Gracilaria

2. second joint of palpi with a projecting

tuft Coriscium

b. — head shortly rough-haired ; antennae longer

than fore wings Epicephala

c. — head roughly tufted above.

1. antennae as long as fore-wings; hind-

wings linear .. .. .. ..Bedellia

2. antennae shorter than fore-wings ; hind-

wings lanceolate . . . . . . Arctocoma

B. — basal joint of antennae dilated into an eyecap.
a. — head roughly tufted above.

1. antennae longer than fore-wings . . Stegommata

2. antennae shorter than fore- wings.

* labial palpi developed . . . . Crobylophora

** no labial palpi .. .. . .Bucculatrix

b. — head roughly short-haired in front, smooth

behind Opostega

c. — head with appressed scales; hind- wings

lanceolate Atalopsycha

d. — head smooth, glossy; hind- wings nearly

setiform Phyllocnistis

GBAdLAKIME.
Gracilaria, Z.
Head smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue long. Antennae as long or
longer than fore-wings, slender, filiform. Maxillary palpi rather

138 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

long, filiform. Labial palpi moderately long, ascending, arched,
slender, cylindrical ; second joint smooth, sometimes loosely scaled
beneath, terminal joint nearly as long as second. Fore-wings
elongate, very narrow, parallel-sided, costa bent at apex or evenly
pointed. Hind-wings very narrowly lanceolate, much narrower
than fore-wings, cilia thrice or four times as broad. Abdomen
elongate, slender. Legs long, slender ; middle tibiae often much
thickened with scales. Fore-wings with 12 or 1 1 veins, 5 branches
to costa, no secondary cell, 1 simple. Hind- wings with from 8
to 6 veins, 3 and 5 being sometimes obsolete ; 5 and 6 stalked,
cell open.

This genus is of world-wide occurrence, about seventy species
being hitherto known. All the species are elegant and some of
great beauty ; when at rest they sit with the forepart much raised
and the two anterior pairs of legs, which are often elegantly
marked, conspicuously displayed. They are somewhat retired in
habit, and may often be easiest found at rest on fences.

The larvae are f ourteen-legged, slender, always mining in leaves
when young ; afterwards many of the European and American
species construct hollow cones for habitations, by rolling up pieces
of the leaves they feed on ; others remain miners all their life.
All the Australian species, with the larvae of which I am acquainted
are miners throughout life, nor have I ever seen indications of the
familiar cones of this genus in Australia. The mining larvae
usually leave the mine in order to form their cocoon.

The genus is well-marked and easy of recognition, but some
slight variations of structure are found within its limits, principally
in respect of the scaling of the middle pair of tibiae, and the
second joint of labial palpi : the gradations are however so
insensible, that they do not admit of breaking up the genus by
their means. The twenty-nine species here described may be
tabulated as follows :

A. — middle tibiae very much thickened through-
out with scales.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 139

a. — fore-wings dark purple-fuscous . . 1 . oenopella
b. — fore-wings reddish-ochreous

1 . with a double yellow costal triangle 2 . xanthopharella

2. with costa broadly yellow. . . . 3. adelina
c. — fore- wings pale ochreous, costa broadly

white . . . . . . . . . . 4. auchetidella

B. — middle tibiae slightly (often unevenly) or

not thickened.

a. — fore- wings yellow with central crim-
son streak .. .. .. ..15. ethela

b. — fore-wings crimson with yellow or white
markings.

1. head pale yellow ; 6 costal streaks 16. formosa

2. head white ; 7 costal streaks . . 17. ida
c. — fore-wings metallic coppery-green or

bronze.

1. with two white spots . . . . 14. chalcoptera

2. with 4 costal and 4 dorsal streaks 22. eumetalla
d. — fore-wings unicolorous dark slaty-grey 5. aethalota
e. — fore-wings white with fuscous or ochre-
ous markings.

1. inner margin brownish- ochreous . .18. mnesicala

2. inner margin white.

* antennae wholly white . .20. aellomacha
** antennae annulated with dark

fuscous 19. lyginelJa

/. — forewings ochreous with grey markings 6. plagata
g. — fore-wings ochreous or grey with white
markings.

1. with straight transverse fasciae and
marginal spots.

* fasciae spotted with black . . 8. ordinatella
** fasciae not spotted, alternating

with black transverse clouds 7. lepidella

1 40 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

*** fasciae not spotted, without
black clouds.

f with, one fascia and four spots 12. hoplocala
f f with one fascia and five spots. .13. calicella
fff with two or three fasciae.

J thorax greyish-ochreous . . 9. tricuneatella
J J thorax white.

§ third fascia represented by two

opposite nearly equal spots ..11. caenotheta
§§ third fascia entire, or if inter-
rupted, lower spot much the
larger 10. autadelpha

2. with a longitudinal, inner-marginal

streak and marginal spoto.

* with five costal streaks . . 24. alysidota
** with two costal streaks.

f head and inner-marginal streak

ochreous . . . . . .25. ochrocephala

ff head and inner-marginal streak

brassy- white .. ..26. nereis

fff head and inner-marginal streak
pure white.

J streak along inner-margin itself 27. didymella
J | streak separated from inner-
margin by a streak of ground
colour . . . . . .28. laciniella

3. with both margins irregularly white 29. albomarginata

4. with marginal spots only.

* fore -wings golden-ochreous,

clouded with dark bronze . .23. eupetala
*• fore-wings pale clear greyish-
ochreous 21. thalassias

BE E. MEYRICK, B.A. 141

Grac. oenopella, n. sp.

$ . 4". Head and thorax very dark fuscous ; maxillary palpi
whitish, apex of joints fuscous ; labial palpi dark fuscous, internally
ochreous-whitish. Antennae longer than fore-wings, dark fuscous.
Abdomen dull ochreous-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, tarsal
joints fuscous at apex ; anterior tibiae dark fuscous above ; middle
tibiae very much thickened, dark purplish-fuscous. Fore-wings
very dark purple- fuscous ; a faint whitish fascia from before
middle of costa, rather oblique outwardly ; a few pale scales at
apex ; cilia dark grey, blackish round apex of wing. Hind- wings
and cilia dark grey.

One specimen bred in May from larvae found commonly in the
Botanical Gardens, Sydney ; the food-plant is native to Australia,
but appears to grow north of Sydney.

Larva pale yellowish, feeding in a flat irregular blotch, origin-
ating in a slender gallery, beneath upper surface of leaves of
Tetranthera ferruginea, (Laurinem) in April. Pupa in a white
cocoon beneath the turned down corner of a leaf.

Grac. xanthopharella, n. sp.

£ $ . 5"-5%". Head above and thorax ochreous-reddish tinged
with purple, face and maxillary palpi pale yellow. Labial palpi
pale yellow, extreme apex dark fuscous. Antennae longer than
fore-wings, ochreous-reddish above, yellowish beneath, with darker
annulations. Abdomen pale ochreous, suffused above posteriorly
with fuscous-grey. Legs pale ochreous-yellow ; anterior and
middle tibiae dark purplish-red fuscous, middle tibiae much
thickened ; posterior tarsi with the two apical joints very narrowly
dark fuscous at base. Fore-wings reddish-violet, partially tinged
with ochreous ; a small, very oblique, rather oval, pale yellow
spot near base, its lower end reaching the fold ; a large pale
yellow costal triangle, rather before middle, its apex almost
reaching inner margin, its upper angle produced along costa as a
semiovate patch, reaching nearly to apex ; a few yellow scales at

142 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPDDOPTEBA,

anal angle ; cilia fuscous-violet round apex, containing a reddish-
yellow patch below apex, and with three indistinct blackish lines,
thence fuscous-grey. Hind-wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

Scarce ; occurs at Sydney and Parramatta from November to
February, flying in the sun. Allied to the group of alchimiella,
Sc, and apparently nearest to the North American superlifrontella
Clem., but not to be mistaken.

Grac. adelina, n. sp.

$ $ . 6". Head and thorax ochreous-reddish with violet
reflections, face snow-white. Maxillary palpi whitish, externally
ochreous-reddish. Labial palpi reddish-ochreous, white at base,
lower half of terminal joint externally purple-fuscous. Antennae
longer than fore-wings, pale reddish-ochreous, annulated with
dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-grey, pale ochreous at base,
beneath metallic-yellow. Legs pale ochreous; anterior tibiae
blackish ; middle tibiae very much thickened, deep reddish suffused
with violet black. Fore-wings deep reddish-ochreous with violet
reflections, with a very broad, pale metallic-yellow costal band,
covering more than half the breadth of wing, and extending
almost from base to apex ; the ground colour sends a conical
projection into this band before middle, cutting half through it,
and midway between this and base is a much shorter, obtuse
projection, both suffused with deep cobalt-blue ; the lower § of
the reddish-ochreous inner-marginal portion is marked from base
to apex with regular, transverse strigulse of brilliant deep cobalt-
blue, appearing black in some lights ; cilia reddish-ochreous
round apex, thence dark fuscous-grey. Hind-wings and cilia
dark fuscous-grey.

This magnificent species is unsurpassed in the elegance and
intensity of its colouring. I took one pair in dense swampy forest
in January, near Hamilton, on the Waikato, New Zealand. It
seem to be nearly allied to the North American violacella, Clem.,
and blcmdella, Clem.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 143

Grac. auchetidella, n. sp.

$ . 4h"-5". Head and thorax whitish-ochreous mixed with grey.
Maxillary palpi white. Labial palpi white, apex of second joint
and a broad ring before apex of terminal joint black. Antennae
whitish-ochreous, annulated with black. Abdomen pale greyish-
ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, joints of tarsi very narrowly black
at base ; anterior tibiae black ; middle tibiae very much thickened
with black scales. Fore-wings with costal half whitish, dorsal
half and hind-margin pale ochreous, irrorated sparsely throughout
with blackish 'scales, and densely along a longitudinal dilating
streak from base to apex ; these scales tend to form regular
transverse strigulae on costal and dorsal margins ; on the white
costal half is abroad central pale ochreous transverse perpendicular
fascia, densely irrorated with black ; cilia fuscus-grey, with three
indistinct black lines round apex. Hind- wings fuscous-grey, cilia
paler, tinged with ochreous at base.

Allied to the preceding, but very different. Two specimens
beaten in October from the dense subtropical forest near the top
of the Bulli Pass, Illawarra, 1,500 feet above the sea.

Grac. aethalota, n. sp.

g. 4£". Head glossy dark grey, face paler. Labial palpi
whitish, apex of second joint and a subapical ring of terminal
joint black. Antennae longer than fore- wings, grey- whitish, with
evanescent fuscous annulations. Thorax and abdomen dark
fuscous-grey. Legs whitish, tarsal joints suffused with pale
fuscous except an apical ring, anterior and middle tibiae not
thickened, suffused with fuscous above. Fore- wings unicolorous
dark glossy slaty grey, with one or two pale scales at apex ; cilia
dark fuscous, with three obscure blackish lines round apex, and
a whitish hook. Hind- wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

"Not apparently nearly allied to any described species; super-
ficially it seems to belong to the preceding group, but differs in

144 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

the middle tibiae being quite slender. One specimen beaten from
forest near Dunedin, New Zealand, in January.

Grac. plagata, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., Yol. I., 3rd Ser.

" 5%". Head greyish-ochreous. Maxillary palpi white, spotted
with dark fuscous. Labial palpi white, base of second joint and
two spots on terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennse pale fuscous,
with darker annulations, basal joint pale ochreous-grey in front,
dark fuscous behind. Thorax greyish- ochreous. Legs white,
tarsi spotted with dark fuscous, anterior and middle tibise dark
brown. Fore-wings greyish-ochreous, faintly olive, with an
oblique darker fascia beyond middle, followed by a large irregular
blue-black blotch ; before the apical black spot is a slender whitish
fascia, perpendicularly placed ; basal portion of wing rather
irregularly marbled with darker, the first defined marking being
the oblique fascia, which is anteriorly edged with blackish, and
broadest on inner margin ; the blotch beyond this begins on the
disc, sharply edged with black ; it then extends to the costa on
which it is of considerable breadth, enclosing a small costal spot
of the pale ground-colour ; it slopes gradually towards inner
margin, reaching it just at anal angle, its outer edge pretty
well defined with black scales and followed immediately by a
slightly oblique fascia of the pale ground-colour towards the costa
but much suffused towards inner margin ; this is followed by a
fuscous patch nearly of the colour of the central fascia, intersected
by an oblique, black streak, beyond which is the slender,
perpendicularly placed, dark-margined white fascia ; a minute,
black apical spot; cilia olive-brown, paler towards tips, intersected
by two blackish lines, on inner-margin dark grey. Hind- wings
dark grey, cilia grey."

The above is Stainton's original description, accompanied by a
figure, and taken from a single specimen, said to be from the
neighbourhood of Brisbane. The species appears to be somewhat
allied to syringella, F., and intermediate between the two main

BE E. MEYRICK, B.A. 145

divisions of the genus ; I have not met with any specimens coming
at all near the description, so that it is probably a subtropical
species.

Grac. lepidella, n. sp.

<$ . 3 1" -4^". Head and thorax whitish-ochreous or white mixed
with fuscous. Maxillary palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint
black. Labial palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint and a median
ring of terminal joint blackish. Antennae slightly longer than
fore-wings, whitish-ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior and middle
tibiae somewhat thickened, blackish ; tarsal joints with black
apical rings, broadest on basal joint, basal joint of posterior tarsi
also with broad black median ring. Fore-wings brownish-
ochreous, clouded with black, and with two fasciae and four spots
white, confusedly black-margined ; first spot on inner margin
near base, large, irregular, meeting a blackish cloud on costa ;
first fascia at £, second in middle, both rather narrow, straight,
perpendicular ; intermediate between them is a transverse fascia-
like blackish cloud, and another similar one beyond second fascia,
distinct and clearly margined posteriorly, meeting the very small
second spot on anal angle ; third spot on costa beyond f-, small,
wedge-shaped, broadly margined posteriorly by a black subapical
fascia from costa to hind-margin ; fourth apical, somewhat fascia-
like, extending into cilia above apex ; cilia pale fuscous-grey,
with four irregular black lines round apex. Hind-wings and
cilia fuscous- grey.

Not closely allied to any known species. Two specimens taken
on a fence near Sydney, in September and January.

Grac. ordinatella, n. sp.

$ . 4". Head and thorax ochreous- white. Maxillary palpi
whitish, terminal joint fuscous. Labial palpi whitish, a broad
apical ring on second joint, a median and an apical ring of
s

146 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous-white, becoming
obscurely dark fuscous at apex. Abdomen above fuscous-grey,
beneath white with black rings. Legs white; anterior and
middle tibiae somewhat thickened, base narrowly and apex broadly
black, tarsi with two black rings ; posterior tibiae stiff -haired
above, with median and apical black bands, tarsi with bases of
joints narrowly and centres of first and second joints broadly
black-banded. Fore-wings greyish-ochreous, irrorated with
blackish, along costa suffused with blackish, with three fasciae
and two spots, white spotted with black and edged with black
scales ; first fascia at £, perpendicular, broader on inner margin
and suffusedly produced on inner margin towards base, containing
costal, discal, and dorsal black spots ; the basally produced portion
projects across disc close to base, between which and the fascia is
a white dot below costa ; second fascia from costa slightly before
middle, outwardly oblique, evenly broad, irregularly margined,
containing large subcostal and discal black spots, and a few black
scales on inner margin ; third fascia from costa slightly before £ ,
parallel to second, narrower, and partially interrupted on disc,
containing large subcostal black spot ; a small irregular partially
black-centred costal spot at f ; a rather large apical spot, con-
taining a few black scales ; cilia dark fuscous-grey, with a blackish
line round apex. Hind-wings dark fuscous, cilia fuscous-grey.

Somewhat allied to the preceding, but distinguished from all
by the black spots in the white fasciae ; quadrifasciata, Stt., from
India (bred from Urena lolataj seems from the figure to be an
allied species. One specimen on a fence near Sydney in June.

G-rac. tricuneatella, n, sp.

g £ . 4". Head and palpi snow-white, apex of maxillary palpi
dark fuscous ; labial palpi with apex of second joint and a sub-
apical ring of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae longer than
fore-wings, dark fuscous with faintly paler annulations, basal
joint white. Thorax greyish-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 147

beneath whitish. Legs white ; anterior tibiae black with white
basal and median bands, middle tibiae slightly thickened, black
with white median band, posterior tibiae with narrow basal and
broad median black bands, all tarsi with four black bands. Fore-
wings moderately dark greyish-ochreous, with three sometimes
confluent wedge-shaped fasciae and two spots snow-white, black
margined ; first and second fasciae very narrow on costa, rapidly
dilating, very broad on fold, narrower on inner margin, second
more oblique ; third oblique, formed by union of very small costal
spot and very large dorsal triangle ; these three are sometimes
confluent along fold ; a small costal spot before apex, produced
as an oblique narrow streak to hind-margin ; a small apical spot,
extending into cilia ; cilia round apex whitish, with two partial
black lines, thence pale grey. Hind wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

Distinguished from the allied species by the greyish-ochreous
thorax and strongly dilated fasciae. The imago is retired in habits ;
taken sparingly in April on the creek at Parramatta amongst its
foodplant, and also bred.

Larva tapering posteriorly throughout, segments deeply incised;
dull yellowish, tinged with greenish-grey, each segment with an
irregular, oblong transverse, blackish-green dorsal spot ; head
black, with a pale line on each side meeting behind ; anal segment
very small, blackish. Feeds in irregular flat whitish blotches
beneath upper surface of leaves of Typlia latifolia (TypJiacea), in
March. Pupa inside the mine in an oval flattened cocoon.

Grac. autadelpha, n. sp.

£ $ . 3£"-3£". Head, thorax, and palpi snow-white, terminal
joint of labial palpi with slender black basal and subapical rings.
Antennae longer than forewings, dark fuscous, whitish at base,
basal joint white with black apex. Abdomen dark fuscous, anus
white, beneath white with slender black rings posteriorly. Anterior
tibiae blackish, with indistinct basal and median whitish rings,
tarsi white with two dark fuscous bands ; middle tibiae somewhat

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thickened, blackish with broad white median band, tarsi white
with two dark fuscous bands ; posterior tibia) dark fuscous with
narrow basal and broad median white bands, tarsi white with
four dark fuscous bands. Fore-wings deep ochreous-grey, with
three straight fascise and two spots snow-white, black margined ;
base narrowly white ; first fascia very broad, almost as broad on
costa as on inner margin, outer edge irregular ; second fascia less
broad, not oblique, irregular-margined, rather broadest on inner
margin ; third oblique, very broad on inner margin, very narrow
on costa, strongly contracted below costa, rarely interrupted, but
if so, costal spot minute, dorsal very large ; a small costal spot
before apex, indistinctly obliquely produced to hind-margin,
sometimes obscured with black scales; an ovate apical spot,
extending into cilia ; cilia whitish round apex, with a black line,
thence fuscous-grey. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia paler.

Differs from tricuneatella, especially by the white thorax ; very
closely allied to the succeeding ccenotheta, easiest distinguished by
the white basal joint of antenna) and different shape of fasciae .
Frequents dry scrub ; the larva is no doubt attached to one of the
Protectees, probably to a JBanhsia ; the food plant of ccenotheta does
not grow where this species has been taken. Scarce ; in the bush
near Sydney, in February and March.

G-rac. camotheta, n. sp.

$ $ . 3V-4". Head and palpi snow-white, terminal joint of
labial palpi with slender, black, basal and sub-apical rings.
Antennae longer than fore-wings, grey-whitish towards base,
becoming bark fuscous towards apex, basal joint black. Thorax
white, anterior margin narrowly black. Abdomen blackish, anus
white, beneath with white rings. Anterior tibiae black, with
indistinct basal and median whitish rings, tarsi white with two
black bands ; middle tibia) somewhat thickened, black with broad
median white band, tarsi white with two black bands ; posterior
tibiae black with narrow basal and broad median white bands,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 149

tarsi white with four black bands. Fore-wings deep ochreous-
grey, with two strait fascia) and four spots snow-white, black
margined ; base narrowly white ; first fascia broad, dilating from
costa to inner margin, outer edge irregular; second much narrower
broadest on inner-margin, slightly cblique outwardly ; a small
costal spot at £ and a rather larger one somewhat beyond it on
inner margin, nearly meeting ; a smaller costal spot immediately
before apex, produced by black scales obliquely to hind-margin ;
a rather large ovate apical spot, extending into cilia ; cilia greyish-
ochreous beneath apex, with a black line, thence fuscous-grey.
Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia paler.

Very close to the preceding species, but the basal joint of
antenna) is black above, and the third fascia is always represented
by two not very unequal opposite spots. The Indian tewmnalia,
Stt., belongs to this group, but the third fascia is represented by
a costal spot only ; it was bred from Terminalia catappa. The
imago of camotheta is retired in habits, and I have only once taken
it ; I bred several from the larvae, which are not uncommon ; I
have only found the species at Blackheath on the summit of the
Blue Mountains, 3,500 feet above the sea.

Larva yellowish, (undescribed) ; feeds in a large irregular
whitish blotch in upper surface of leaves of Telopea speciosissima
(Proteacea), the well-known " Waratah" ; the mine is at first flat
but later the upper epidermis contracts and causes the formation
of a hollow chamber, somewhat similar to the mines of the genus
Lithocolletis, but much larger in proportion. Pupa in an ochreous
cocoon, outside the mine.

Grac. hoplocala, n. sp.

£ $ . 3f '-4". Head and palpi snow-white, apex of second joint
of labial palpi faintly grey. Antennae dark fuscous -with faint
paler annulations, basal joint white. Thorax white, lateral
margins golden-brown. Abdomen fuscous-grey, beneath white
with dark bands. Legs white, anterior tibiae blackish with a

150 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

white spot, middle tibise slightly thickened with black median and
apical bands, posterior tibiae stiff-haired with blackish apical and
subapical bands, all tarsi with five black rings. Fore-wings
rather pale golden-brown, with a fascia and f onr spots snow-white
black-margined ; first spot on inner margin almost at base, black-
margined externally only, fascia-like, rather oblique, not reaching
costa, indistinct above; fascia before^, somewhat oblique inwardly,
narrow on costa, gently dilated to fold, where it is much less broad
than in calicella, thence parallel- sided ; second spot on costa before
f , very small ; third very large, acute-triangular, on inner margin
at anal angle, its apex only separated from second spot by the
black margins ; fourth forming an oblique subapical streak from
costa to middle of hind margin ; cilia fuscous-grey, with two
black streaks radiating from apex at an obtuse angle, the lower
produced backwards into white costal cilia. Hind- wings and cilia
fuscous-grey.

Allied to the three preceding species, but with only one complete
fascia ; very nearly allied to the following calicella, Stt., but
immediately known by the absence of one of the costal spots, as
well as the narrower fascia. Taken rather freely on a fence in
Sydney in October, during windy weather ; the larva is probably
attached to some species of Eucalyptus.

Grac. calicella, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., Vol. I., 3rd Ser.

$ $ . 3f "-41". Head and palpi snow-white, apex of second
joint of labial palpi faintly grey. Antenna) dark fuscous, faintly
annulated with paler, towards base whitish. Thorax snow-white
lateral margins ochreous-brown. Abdomen fuscous-grey, beneath
white with narrow dark bands. Legs whitish, anterior and middle
tibise slightly thickened, with black median and apical bands,
posterior tibise stiff-haired, all tarsi with five black rings. Fore-
wings rather pale golden brown, with a fascia and five spots snow-
white, black margined (except first) ; first spot on inner margin
almost at base, not blackmargined, fascia-like, very oblique, not

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 151

reaching costa, above indistinct ; fascia before £, very narrow on
costa, very rapidly dilated and extremely broad on fold, where its
outer edge is angulated inwards to inner margin ; second spot on
middle of costa, small, outwardly oblique ; third on costa beyond
it, much slenderer, rather less oblique ; fourth broadly triangular
on inner margin at anal angle, united to third by a small black
cloud ; fifth forming an oblique subapical streak from costa to
middle of hind-margin ; cilia fuscous-grey, with two black streaks
radiating from apex at an obtuse angle, the lower produced
backwards into white costal cilia. Hind- wings and cilia fuscous-
grey-

Closely allied to the preceding species, but recognisable by the

additional spot in middle of costa, and the more strongly dilated
fascia. I have little doubt that my specimens are really Stainton's
species ; the only point of difference in his description is that he
represents the first spot on inner margin as being extended to
costa, which may be a slight error or an individual variety, as the
description was taken from one specimen only, sent from Brisbane ;
moreover he gives the size as only 3", and the fascia in his figure
appears to be less broad ; however it seems best to adopt his
name. I have only once taken the imago ; I have bred it sparingly
from larvae found in the dry bush round Sydney and Parramatta.
in July and October.

Larva yellowish, tapering posteriorly ; feeds in a broad, flat,
irregular blotch in upper surface of leaves of Eucalyptus, sp.} in
September. Pupa in a flat cocoon within the mine. In the case
of this and other Eucalyptus-feeding insects it is commonly very
difficult or impracticable to discover the specific name of the
Eucalyptus to which they are attached ; the determination of this
genus is always difficult, and the larvse are generally found to
occur on young plants which have not yet flowered.

Grac. chalcoptera, n.sp.
$ . 4". Head, thorax, and palpi bright metallic coppery bronze.
Antennae dark fuscous with indistinct paler rings, basal joint

152 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

bronze. Abdomen very dark purplish-fuscous. Legs coppery-
bronze, tarsi bronzy-fuscous, paler towards base of joints, middle
tibiae hardly thickened. Fore-wings bright metallic coppery-
bronze, with two small yellowish-white spots ; first on inner-
margin beyond middle, narrow, curved, parallel-sided, not reaching
middle of disc ; second on costa before apex, wedge-shaped,
outwardly curved, reaching half across wing ; cilia dark fuscous,
with indistinct blackish lines round apex. Hind-wings dark
fuscous, cilia rather paler.

A brilliant insect, somewhat allied to the group of auroguttella,
Stph. One specimen taken in March with a lamp amongst the
reedbeds in the creek at Parramatta.

Grac. ethela, n. sp.

<$ $ . 5£"-5£". Head yellow on crown, crimson behind, face
snow-white with a pale crimson-pink spot on each side. Maxillary
palpi white, lower f externally pale crimson. Labial palpi white,
second joint externally crimson, beneath fringed with a few loose
hairs. Antennae much longer than fore-wings, pale greyish-
ochreous, basal joint yellow. Thorax yellow, anterior margin
broadly crimson, and with a small crimson spot behind. Abdomen
pale greyish-ochreous. Legs yellowish- white, tarsi with very
slender blackish rings at apex of joints, anterior and middle tibiae
slightly thickened, crimson-fuscous at apex and with two slender
dark fuscous rings. Fore-wings pale yellow, deeper along inner
margin, with a bright crimson irregular- edged undulating central
streak from base to apex, connected with inner margin by four
perpendicular half -fasciae, one close to base, the others at £, $■,
and j, and expanding abruptly at apex into a large apical spot ;
at the base this streak reaches costa, and at £ from base is again
connected with it by a perpendicular spot ; beyond this on costa
are two small crimson strigulae ; central streak in parts margined
above with black ; parallel to its upper edge, and immediately
above it, is a waved, black, longitudinal line, extending from

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 153

midway between third and fourth inner-marginal spot to midway
between fourth and apical spot ; apical spot pure crimson, contain-
ing a circular black spot above centre, above which the colour
becomes brownish-ochreous and is margined on costa with black ;
lower half of apical spot filled up with a sharp wedge-shaped
snow-white spot, the base of which is yellow and separated from
the rest by a crimson line : cilia yellow round apex, containing a
blackish hook, crimson below apical spot, thence pale crimson-
grey. Hind- wings dull pale purple-crimson, costal cilia grey,
rest suffused with pale crimson.

Var. a. — all the crimson markings replaced by dull fuscous.

This exceedingly beautiful insect cannot be compared with any
other, but is probably most allied to for mom and ida, The loosely
haired second joint of the palpi rende5.it peculiar in the genus,
but the hair3 do not form a tuft, and it cannot therefore be referred
to Coriscium, to which it is not otherwise specially related-
probably Stainton is correct in stating his opinion that a kSawledge
of the exotic species of Graeilaria will tend to widen the definition
of the generic structure in respect of the scaling of the labial
palpi, in which allied species deviate. I took seven very perfect
specimens (six typical, one of the variety) amidst dense growth
in the swampy virgin forest near Hamilton, on the Waikato, New
Zealand, in January, mostly under tree-ferns. New Zealand
insects are usually rather sombre ; and I shall not easily forget
the emotion with which, in the depths of the forest shades, I saw
this lovely insect, whose ethereally pure hues cause it to be one
of the most wonderful manifestations of the beauty of nature.

Grac. formosa, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., Yol. I., 3rd Ser.
$ $ . 4£"-5". Head pale yellow, with a central stripe on crown
and the sides crimson; face white with a few crimson scales.
Maxillary palpi white, faintly crimson-tinged. Labial palpi white,
second joint externally faintly suffused with crimson and with
slender dark fuscous apical and subapical rings, terminal joint

154 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

with slender ring near base. Antennae longer than fore-wings,
pale ochreous-brown, darker towards apex, basal joint yellow in
front, crimson above. Thorax crimson, with a white central streak.
Abdomen dark fuscons, at base ochreous, beneath white. Legs
whitish ; anterior tibiae crimson, apex suffused with dark fuscous,
middle tibiae somewhat thickened, almost tufted at apex, crimson
with yellow basal and median bands, all tarsi with dark fuscous
rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings crimson, paler and partially
suffused with yellow along costa, especially beyond middle, with
a basal streak, six costal and four dorsal streaks, and a spot on
fold white, partially suffused with yellow ; basal streak very short,
irregular, dark-margined, its extremity produced through centre
of wing to middle as a dark fuscous line ; first and second costal
streaks irregular, very oblique, white, not margined; third
elongate-triangular, very oblique, not margined ; fourth irregular
black margined ; fifth short, less oblique, strongly black margined,
the black margins continued to anal ; costal space between fourth
and fifth yell wish-white ; sixth short, black margined, not oblique,
black margins produced to hind-margin and diverging; first
dorsal spot at base, very small ; second small, opposite first costal,
obtuse-triangular, white, black edged in front on inner-margin ;
third before middle, yellow, very broad on inner-margin, very
much contracted on fold and proceeding as a very oblique white
dark-margined streak to disc ; fourth yellow, very broad on inner-
margin, extending from middle to anal angle, obtuse-triangular,
apex dark-margined ; a round white spot on fold between second
and third, not touching either ; hind-margin suffused with dark
fuscous except within the two pairs of dark streaks from costa ;
apical spot round, black ; cilia crimson at apex, yellow on hind-
margin, thence dark fuscous, with a crimson subapical hook.
Hind- wings and cilia dark grey.

Stainton's description clearly includes both this insect and the
succeeding species, which is very closely allied to it ; they are
however certainly distinct. His figure seems to be taken from a

BY E. MEYKICK, B.A. 155

specimen of this species, for which I have accordingly retained
the name. The true formosa is best known by the narrower fore-
wings, yellower markings, which also differ in detail, and especially
by the rouud white spot on the fold, which in Grac. ida, forms
part of a dorsal streak. A widely distributed species, but almost
always taken singly, without any clue to its habits ; occurs at
Sydney, Parramatta, and Bulli, and also near Brisbane and
Melbourne, from October to March without apparent interruption,
usually in thick bush.

Grac. ida, n. sp.

$ $ . 5"-5£". Head white, very faintly tinged with yellowish,
with a broad central stripe on crown and the sides crimson ; face
white, speckled with crimson. Maxillary palpi white, apex of
second and terminal joints dark fuscous. Labial palpi white,
base and apex crimson, second joint with subapical and apical
rings, terminal joint with a ring near base dark fuscous. Antennre
longer than fore-wings, ochreous-grey, darker towards apex,
basal joint crimson, in front white. Thorax whitish, irregularly
suffused and spotted with crimson. Abdomen blackish, beneath
snow-white. Legs whitish, anterior tibiae crimson with two
slender white rings, middle tibise somewhat thickened, almost
tufted at apex, with two white bands, all tarsi with slender dark
fuscous rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings crimson, disc usually
suffused with fuscous-grey, with seven costal and normally five
(sometimes partially confluent) dorsal streaks and an apical spot
white, faintly tinged with creamy-yellowish ; a minute white spot
on costa at base ; first, second, and third costal streaks irregular,
very oblique, not margined, reaching middle of wing ; fourth
subquadrate, unmargined ; fifth immediately adjacent to fourth,
fifth and sixth short, subquadrate, each enclosed between dark
fuscous margins which are extended very obliquely to beyond
middle of wing, ending in loops ; costal space between fifth and
sixth white ; seventh subquadrate, enclosed between dark margins

156 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

contracted and produced to middle of hind-margin ; first dorsal
spot small, close to base ; second and third long, acute-triangular
very oblique, second sometimes confluent with first on margin ;
fourth before anal angle, obtuse-triangular, not oblique ; fifth on
hind-margin above anal angle, elongated along margin, some-
times confluent with fourth ; a small white spot above middle of
wing between second and third costal streaks ; a curved white
streak immediately before apex, enclosing a round black apical
spot ; cilia yellowish round apex, with two crimson hooks, thence
dark fuscous-grey. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Somewhat less brightly coloured than formosa, but even more
elegant. At first sight the two species are very similar, and both
are somewhat variable, but within constant limits ; for the
identification of this species I should lay stress upon the broader
wings, the frequent (but not invariable) suffusion with fuscous-
grey, the irregular crimson spotting of the thorax, the head white
rather than yellow, and the detailed differences in marking,
especially the presence of several additional small spots, the
absorption of the spot on the fold by the second dorsal streak,
and the termination of the dark costal streaks not on hind-margin
but in loops before reaching it. The species is also widely
distributed, and has the same habits as the last ; taken at Sydney,
Parramatta, Bulli, and Brisbane, from August to November, in
January, and March.

Grac. mnesicala, n. sp.
$ . 3f". Head and palpi snow-white, terminal joint of labial
palpi with slender black basal, central, and apical rings. Antenna)
as long as fore-wings, white, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax
white, posteriorly brownish-ochreous. Abdomen pale greyish-
ochreous. Legs white, tarsal joints very slenderly black at apex,
anterior and middle tibial ringed with black, not thickened.
Fore-wings snow-white, inner margin within an irregular line
from centre of base to anal angle brownish-ochreous, intersected

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 157

by two very oblique white lines before and beyond middle ; eight
dark fuscous oblique, transverse strigula) from costa between base
and £ , nearly reaching inner-marginal streak, the first four
interrupted and broken into spots, the seventh connected on disc
with a longitudinal strigula from centre of wing ; between the
eighth and apex are two other similar, less oblique strigula) from
costa reaching across wing, the interior one connected with the
eighth by three longitudinal streaks ; a small cloudy subapical
fuscous spot, and a black apical dot ; cilia white round apex, with
a greyish-ochreous spot at apex, and with two faint fuscous lines,
thence whitish-grey. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia whitish-grey.

Allied to the preceding and following species, but at once
distinguished from all by the ochreous inner-marginal streak.
Two specimens taken in dry scrub near Sydney and Parramatta,
in September.

Grac. lyginella, n. sp.
? . 3". Head and palpi snow-white, terminal joint of labial
palpi with a black subapical ring. Antenna) as long as fore-
wings, white, annulated with black. Thorax white (?). Abdomen
greyish-ochreous, anal segment black at base. Legs white,
tarsal joints very broadly black at base, tibia) irregularly banded
with black, not thickened. Fore-wings white, with blackish-
fuscous markings, tending to become suffused towards apex ; a
central streak from base to middle of wing ; an inwardly oblique
costal strigula near base ; two costal spots before and after £, the
first larger ; between the second and the basal streak is a short
longitudinal streak ; beyond these are three irregular oblique
strigula) from costa becoming confluent on disc and extending
confusedly to inner-margin ; on inner-margin is a small spot near
base, and two oblique strigula) before middle, uniting with basal
streak ; a cloudy costal spot before apex ; an elongated black
apical streak ; cilia round apex white with two black lines, thence
fuscous-grey. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia rather paler.

158 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

Distinguished by its small size and cloudy markings, which
also differ in detail. One specimen only, from dry bush at
Parramatta in October.

Grac. aellomacha, n. sp.

$ . 3£". Head and palpi snow-white, labial palpi with apex
of second joint and a subapical ring of terminal joint black.
Antenna) longer than fore-wings, white. Thorax snow-white,
with a small black shoulder spot. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath
with white rings and white towards apex. Legs white, tarsi with
three black rings, anterior tibiae black, middle tibiae hardly
thickened, apical half black. Fore-wings white, with coarsely
scaled fuscous-black markings ; a cloudy, central, longitudinal
streak from near base to disc above anal angle, connecting
obscurely with seven oblique costal and five oblique dorsal streaks;
costa blackish at base ; first and second costal streaks thick, hardly
oblique, meeting first and second dorsal streaks ; third slender,
very short, not reaching central streak ; fourth strong, from middle
of costa ; fifth slender, short ; sixth thick, black, very oblique,
uniting with the small fifth dorsal on anal angle ; fourth dorsal
thick, before middle ; seventh costal slender, produced nearly to
hind-margin ; apical spot black, large, round, cloudy ; cilia white
round apex, dark fuscous at anal angle, with two black lines and
a short black apical hook, thence fuscous-grey. Hind-wings
fuscous-grey, cilia paler.

Not particularly close to the preceding ; it resembles rather the
figure of Zellers's urhanella, from South America, which however
he considers to be hardly a true Gracilaria. One specimen from
forest growth at Wellington, New Zealand, in January.

Grac. thalassias, n. sp.

g $ . 2f*-&§*. Head and maxillary palpi white. Labial palpi
white, second joint loosely scaled beneath, with apex blackish,
terminal joint with slender blackish median and subapical rings.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 159

Antennae not longer than fore- wings, white, annulated with dark
fuscous. Thorax white, lateral margins ochreous. Abdomen
pale greyish-ochreous, beneath white. Legs white, anterior and
middle tibiae hardly thickened, blackish with three white rings,
all tarsi with blackish rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings varying
from pale clear ochreous to greyish-ochreous, with a basal streak,
five costal and three dorsal streaks white ; basal streak rather
short, rather slender, not margined, sometimes connected at its
middle with costa ; first costal streak at £, second at £, both long,
slender, oblique, dark-margined ; third rather less oblique, dark-
margined, more or less perfectly uniting with third dorsal streak
from anal angle ; fourth costal from before apex to middle of
hind-margin, continued into cilia, dark-margined ; first dorsal
slightly beyond first costal, rather long, very oblique, dark-
margined above, produced along inner-margin as a white
unmargined streak to base ; second dorsal rather thick, irregular,
its apex swollen, dark-margined, very oblique ; a small white
apical spot, continued above into cilia, enclosing the small linear-
ovate black apical dot; cilia greyish-ochreous round apex,
extremities white, beneath apex whitish. Hind- wings and cilia
whitish-grey.

This species belongs to the group oipavoniella, Z., but is readily
known by its pale ground colour, which gives it much the appear-
ance of some species of Lithocolletis. "Where its f oodplant grows,
the imago may be taken in great profusion, flying out in swarms
when the bush is shaken ; it occurs principally on coast sand-
hills, at Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales, from September
to January, and in May.

Larva slightly tapering posteriorly, very pale whitish-green,
yellowish-tinged on back; head very pale whitish-brown. It
mines the leaves of Leptospermum Icevigatum (MyrtaceaJ, forming
a blotch which occupies the whole of the small leaf, both surfaces
being much inflated, in January (and no doubt at other times).
Pupa outside the mine, in a firm white cocoon beneath a folded

160 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

corner of leaf. I have also found the larva on Agonis flexuosa, a
closely allied plant, but a native of "West Australia, and only
found here under cultivation ; it does not however frequent the
other common species of Leptospermum.

Grac. eumetalla, n. sp.

£ $ . 3"-3£". Head, palpi, and thorax bright metallic bronzy-
green, face bright silvery. Antennae as long as fore-wings,
blackish, Abdomen black above, silvery- white beneath. Legs
metallic silvery, posterior tibiae stiff -haired above, and, together
with tarsi, suffused externally with fuscous. Fore-wings bright
metallic coppery or bronzy green, with white violet-shining
markings, consisting of four costal and four dorsal short slender
wedgeshaped streaks, and a discal spot, all black-margined ; first
costal streak at £, second at £, both slightly oblique outwardly ;
third at £, short, not oblique ; fourth uniting with fourth dorsal
streak to make an inwardly curved fascia ; first dorsal streak
much before first costal, rather long, curved, very oblique ; second
short, straight, between first and second costal streaks ; third
opposite third costal, outwardly oblique, nearly uniting with
fourth ; a small irregular, sometimes double, discal spot between
second and third pairs of streaks ; apical spot round, black,
obscure ; cilia blackish-fuscous, with a black line round apex.
Hind- wings and cilia blackish-grey.

A brilliant insect, distinguished amongst its allies "by its bright
metallic colouring. I beat several specimens from a phyllodineous
Acacia (to which it is probably attached) near Brisbane in
September ; also once taken on a fence near Sydney, in October.

Grac. eupetala, n. sp.

£ % . 3£"-3£". Head and palpi bright metallic grey-silvery.
Antennae as long as fore-wings, blackish. Thorax deep metallic
bronze. Abdomen blackish, beneath snow-white with black
bands. Legs dark fuscous, tarsal joints with slender whitish

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 161

apical rings. Fore-wings pale golden-ochreous on disc, elsewhere
especially on inner-margin, suffused with dark metallic bronze,
with pearly-white obscurely dark-margined markings, consisting
of four costal and four dorsal streaks or spots, and a small discal
spot ; first three costal streaks before and beyond middle and at
£ , slender, short, oblique, with violet reflections ; fourth closely
after third not oblique ; first dorsal spot conspicuous, broadly
wedgeshaped, oblique and curved outwards; second rather smaller,
triangular, not oblique, between first and second costal ; third
still smaller, triangular, opposite third costal ; fourth minute,
indistinct , opposite fourth costal; discal spot small, circular,
between second and third pairs of streaks ; apical space suffused
with blackish ; cilia white round apex, with a black line, thence
fuscous-grey. Hind-wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

Nearly allied to the preceding, but much less brilliant, and the
first three dorsal spots are much broader and more conspicuous.
Not common ; in Acacia groves near Parramatta, and on fences
in Sydney. I once bred the species, almost certainly from a branch
of Acacia decurrens, (Leguminoscc), which was in my room ; but
the larva had not been noticed.

Note. — I have found a Gracilaria larva mining flat whitish
blotches in the phyllodia of Acacia longifolia, which I have not
yet succeeded in breeding ; it is probably an allied species.

Grac. alysidota, n. sp.

$ ? . 3"-4£" . Head white, with a dark fuscous stripe on sides.
Palpi whitish, maxillary palpi very short. Antennae not longer
than fore-wings, dark fuscous, apical third white. Thorax dark
fuscous, with a white spot in front. Abdomen dark fuscous,
beneath white. Legs greyish-fuscous, apex of tarsal joints
indistinctly whitish, posterior tibiae stiff-haired near apex. Fore-
wings dark fuscous, towards apex sometimes suffused with
ochreous, with five costal and four dorsal streaks, and a streak
along inner-margin white, blackish-margined ; first costal streak

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162

at I, rather long, very oblique, slightly produced along costa
towards base ; second at £, longer, very oblique ; third before §,
rather shorter, equally oblique ; fourth short, not oblique,
uniting with fourth dorsal to form a straight slender fascia ; first
dorsal immediately before middle, short, oblique, connected with
a streak along inner-margin to base ; second beyond middle,
small, semiovate ; third opposite third costal, rather short,
oblique ; fifth costal apical, intersecting the round black apical
spot ; cilia whitish round apex, with two black lines, thence dark
fuscous-grey. Hind-wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

Not very near to any described species ; easily recognised by
the white streak on basal half of inner-margin on a dark fuscous
ground. Three specimens, taken in mixed bush near Sydney,
and on the Bulli Pass, in October and March.

Grac. ochrocephala, n. sp.

$ ? . 4". Head whitish-ochreous above, face whitish. Maxil-
lary and labial palpi wholly white. Antennae longer than fore-
wings, dark fuscous, with faint paler annulations. Thorax whitish
ochreous, lateral margins ochreo as-fuscous. Abdomen dark
fuscous, beneath narrowly white, anus white. Legs dark fuscous
posterior tibiae and apical rings of all tarsal joints ochreous-
whitish, posterior tibiae stiff -haired. Forewings deep brownish-
ochreous, with a broad stripe along inner-margin from base,
terminating abruptly at anal angle, whitish, entirely suffused with
ochreous except along its upper edge, black margined above ; a
clear white, black margined, slender, oblique streak from costa
at f , extending to hind-margin, its upper extremity produced
along costa as a very slender white unmargined streak to \ from
base ; a second similar parallel streak immediately before apex ;
cilia dark fuscous, containing two snow-white posteriorly black-
edged strigulae above apex, and an ochreous-whitish mark beyond
anal angle. Hind-wings blackish-fuscous, cilia slightly paler.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 163

This and the three following species are very closely allied
together; they belong to the group of scalariella,Z. and gemoniella
Stt. They are best distinguished from one another by the
different groundcolours, and the colouring of the inner-marginal
streak and of the head ; ochrocephala is also to be known by the
slender white streak along costal edge. Two specimens, from
mixed growth at Sydney and on the Bulli Pass, in October and
November.

Grrac. nereis, n. sp.

<$ . 4". Head and thorax glossy- white tinged with brassy-
yellow, lateral margins of thorax blackish. Maxillary palpi white,
exteriorly dark fuscous. Labial palpi white, second joint
exteriorly dark fuscous, terminal joint with some scattered
fuscous scales. Antenna? longer than fore-wings, dark fuscous.
Abdomen blackish above, wholly snow-white beneath. Legs
white, tarsal joints with broad dark fuscous rings at base, anterior
tibiae dark fuscous, middle tibiae hardly thickened, dark fuscous
with white median band, posterior tibiae stiff -haired. Eore- wings
dark fuscous, with a rather broad brassy yellowish-white stripe
along inner-margin from base .terminating abruptedly at anal
angle, very strongly black margined above ; a white circular spot
on hind-margin just above anal angle ; a thick black oblique
streak from costa at four-fifths, extending to the white hind-
marginal spot ; a similar streak just before apex, ending in apex ;
cilia dark fuscous-grey, with two white posteriorly black margined
strigulse above apex, and a black apical hook. Hind-wings
blackish-fuscous, cilia slightly paler.

Nearest to didymella; distinguished by the darker ground
colour, brassy-metallic tints, and the obscuration of the while
costal streaks with black scales. One specimen on a fence in
Sydney, in November.

164 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Grac. didymella, n. sp.

g , 4|". Head and palpi pure white, labial palpi with extreme
apex of second joint blackish. Antennae longer than fore- wings,
dark fuscous, beneath whitish ; basal joint black, longitudinally
striated with white. Thorax white, lateral margins dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath whitish, anal tuft white. Legs
whitish, suffused above with dark fuscous, except posterior tibiae
and apex of tarsal joints; posterior tibiae stiff-haired above.
Fore-wings dark greyish-ochreous, with a broad white, above
black margined, stripe along inner-margin from base, abruptly
rounded off at anal angle ; extreme inner-marginal edge faintly
ochreous ; immediately beyond end of dorsal stripe a white
elongate spot along hind-margin ; a white strongly black margined
slender, oblique streak from costa at £ , reaching hind-marginal
spot ; another similar parallel streak immediately before apex,
terminating in the small round, black, apical spot ; cilia fuscous-
grey, with two white posteriorly black margined strigulae above
apex, inner one very marked. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia
paler.

Differs from both the preceding by the white head and almost
wholly white dorsal streak ; from ochrocephala also by the white
hind-marginal spot, and from nereis by the white costal streaks.
One specimen in a garden near Sydney in September.

Grac. laciniella, n. sp.

<$ $ . 3^"-3f". Head and palpi white, second joint of labial
palpi dark fuscous at apex, apical scales somewhat produced
beneath, terminal joint with a fuscous ring near base. Antennae
as long as fore-wings, white at base, becoming gradually dark
fuscous. Thorax white, lateral margins dark greyish-ochreous.
Abdomen ochreous-grey, beneath pure white. Legs white,
anterior and middle tibiae hardly thickened, dark fuscous with
white rings near base and in middle, posterior tibiae stiff-haired,
all tarsi with apical bands of joints and two rings on basal joint

BE E. MEYRICK, B.A. 165

dark fuscous. Eore-wings ochreous-fuscous, with a clear white
streak along fold from base to just above anal angle, not touching
inner-margin, margined with black above and below at extremity-
only ; a white elongate spot on hind-margin ; an oblique slender
white black margined streak from costa at four-fifths, meeting the
white hind-marginal spot ; a second similar streak just before
apex ; both these streaks are often quite obsolete ; apical spot
irregular, black ; cilia fuscous-grey, with two white posteriorly
black margined strigulae above apex. Hind- wings and cilia
fuscous-grey.

Distinguished from its allies by its smaller size, and by the
white streak being clearly removed from inner-margin. It also
has the peculiar habit of holding its antennae porrected forwards,
and somewhat divergent, when at rest. A common species,
occurring among dry scrub near Sydney and Parramatta, at Bulli,
and at Blackheath on the Blue Mountains (3,500 feet); also at
Brisbane. It is generally beaten from Eucalyptus, and I have
found a larva mining flat whitish blotches in the leaves of
Eucalyptus, which I expected to produce it, but have not yet
succeeded in rearing.

Grac. albomarginata, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., Vol. L,

3rd Ser.

" 4£". Head white, with a few grey scales. Maxillary palpi
white, very minute. Labial palpi white, with a dark grey ring
before apex of second joint, and base and apex of terminal joint
greyish. Antennae white, with grey annulations. Anterior tibiae
dark grey, tarsi white, with two broad dark grey blotches ;
middle tibiae dark grey with white blotches, tarsi white ; posterior
tibiae whitish, tarsi white spotted with dark grey ; all the legs
appear usually hairy. Fore-wings dark brownish-grey, with a
narrow, white stripe all along inner-margin, and the costa
narrowly white from middle to near apex; margins of these streaks
not sharply denned, that on the inner-margin especially is very

166 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

jagged ; a minute black apical spot, with a metallic-bluish tinge ;
hind-margin expressed in black scales ; cilia grey, intersected by
a row of blackish scales round the hind-margin, and with a
tendency to a small projecting blackish hook."

The above is Stainton's description, taken from a single specimen
with thorax injured, and no abdomen, from near Brisbane ; it
does not appear to correspond to any insect I have seen, but the
species is probably allied to the group of

Corisctum, Z.

Head smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue long. Antennse as long or
longer than fore-wings, slender, filiform. Maxilllary palpi rather
long, filiform. Labial palpi moderately long, slender, ascending,
second joint beneath with projecting tuft of hairs ; terminal joint
longer than second, pointed. Fore-wings elongate, very narrow,
parallel-sided. Hind-wings very narrowly-lanceolate, much
narrower than fore-wings, cilia thrice or four times as broad.
Abdomen elongate, slender. Legs long. Fore-wings with 12 or
11 veins, 5 branches to costa, no secondary cell, 1 simple. Hind-
wings with 8 veins ; 5 and 6 stalked, cell open.

A small genus, comprising only some eight or nine species as
yet, but found in every part of the globe ; it only differs from
Gracilaria by the distinct rather long tuft of hairs on the second
joint of the palpi. In repose they usually have the same attitude
as in Gracilaria ; the larval habits are also similar.

Cor. ochridorsellum, n. sp.

$ $ . 4^"-5". Head pure ochreous, face white. Maxillary
palpi whitish, basal joint fuscous. Labial palpi whitish, second
joint externally dark fuscous, with a blackish tuft nearly as long
as terminal joint, its anterior edge white ; terminal joint with an
indistinct fuscous ring near base. AntennsB much longer than
fore-wings, dark fuscous with slender whitish annulations, basal
joint whitish. Thorax ochreous- whitish, with a dark fuscous

%

BY E. MEYRJCK, B.A. 167

spot on shoulder. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, with a row
of oblique linear dark fuscous spots on sides. Legs slender, dark
fuscous, all tarsi with whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior
tibiae stiff -haired. Fore- wings blackish with a few ochreous scales,
with inner-margin rather broadly whitish-ochreous from base
almost to apex, dilating and becoming deeper ochreous above
anal angle ; three small white costal spots ; first beyond middle,
very small ; second and third near together before apex, slender,
oblique, meeting the dorsal streak ; extreme apex jet black ; cilia
whitish round apex, with two black lines, thence dark fuscous-
grey. Hind- wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Easily known by the broadly ochreous inner-margin. This
species walks with the forepart raised and the legs moderately
displayed, as usual in the genus ; but in repose on tree-trunks,
as it is generally found, the body is closely appressed to the bark,
and the anterior and middle pairs of legs stretched out laterally
and also closely appressed to the surface, a modification adopted
for the sake of concealment. The imago is common on the trunk
of its food-plant in gardens in Sydney, from November to
February.

Larva attenuated posteriorly, deep green ; head extremely
small, black ; it mines an irregular flat, rather small blotch, on
upper side of leaves of Phyllanthus Ferdinandi, (Fuphorbiacece),
in January and February. Pupa inside the mine, in a slight
cocoon ; this is certainly the normal habit.

Cor. seolellum, n. sp.

g. 4£". Head white, on crown tinged with ochreous and
mixed with grey. Maxillary palpi whitish. Labial palpi white,
second joint externally dark fuscous, with a blackish tuft nearly
as long as terminal joint ; terminal joint with two black rings.
Antennae longer than fore-wings, dark fuscous with paler
annulations, extreme apex white. Thorax ochreous-grey mixed
with dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs dark

*

168 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEBA,

fuscous, tarsi with white rings at apex of joints. Fore- wings
whitish, irrorated with dark grey-fuscous scales, especially towards
costa and apex, leaving an ill-defined whitish space along fold
from base to middle of wing, and with obscure black markings ;
a short central streak from base ; two large irregular discal spots
before and after middle ; some cloudy blackish spots beneath
costa ; a very oblique thick streak from § of costa nearly to hind-
margin, above which is a similar shorter streak, not reaching
costa ; a black curved transverse line across wing just before apex,
followed by a white line ; apical spot round, upper half white,
lower black ; cilia whitish round apex, with two black lines,
thence fuscous-grey. Hind-wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

An obscurely marked species, of which the only specimen is
not very perfect, but certainly distinct from the preceding. One
specimen taken on Mount Keira, near Wollongong, in October.

Epicephala, n. g.

Head roughly short-haired on crown, hairs longer and directed
forwards between antennae, face smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue
moderate. Antennae longer than fore-wings, slender, fiiliform,
basal joint compressed. Maxillary palpi rather-long, filiform.
Labial palpi moderate, somewhat drooping, cylindrical, second
joint with appressed scales. Fore-wings elongate, narrow,
tolerably evenly pointed. Hind-wings narrow-lanceolate, cilia
as broad. Abdomen elongate, in $ tufted, in $ with exserted
ovipositor. Legs moderate, slender. Fore- wings with 10 veins ;
4 branches to costa, no secondary cell, 1 simple. Hind-wings
with 7 veins ; 4 and 5 stalked, cell open.

In general structure near Omix, Z., though the head is not
quite so rough ; differs in the venation, and also in the peculiar
posture assumed in repose ; the imago rests with the head
appressed to the surface, the hind-part raised considerably and
seemingly to be supported on the posterior legs, the anterior and

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 169

middle pair extended laterally and appressed to the surface. The
wings are relatively broader than in Gracilwria.

Epic, colymbetella, n. sp.
3 ? . 4£"-5". Head white, with a few black hairs above
antennae. All palpi white, externally mixed with fuscous.
Antennae white, annulated with dark fuscsus. Thorax fuscous-
grey, speckled with whitish. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs
whitish, anterior and middle tibiae fuscous-grey, tarsal joints
fuscous-grey at base. Fore- wings whitish, densely irrorated with
dark fuscous-grey scales, the absence of which causes white mark-
ings, more or less strongly margined with dark fuscous-grey ;
three rather short oblique costal streaks, the first longest ; a fourth
immediately after third, a little before apex, not oblique, almost
or quite meeting a similar dorsal streak beyond anal angle ;
three other longer and more oblique dorsal streaks, but these are
almost always confused and confluent into an irregular streak
along inner margin ; a bright ochreous round apical spot, con-
taining a smaller black spot ; cilia round apex white, with two
strong black lines, thence dark fuscous-grey. Hind-wings and
cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Common on garden fences in Sydney, from November to
January.

BEDELLIM).

Bedellia, Stt.

Head rough above, almost tufted, face smooth ; tongue short.
Antennae as long as fore-wings, filiform ; basal joint thickened.
No maxillary palpi. Labial palpi very short, somewhat porrected,
filiform. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, long-pointed. Hind-
wings linear-lanceolate, £ of fore-wings, cilia six times as broad.
Abdomen moderate. Legs slender, posterior tibiae compressed,
hairy. Fore-wings with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 stalked, 4 branches to

170 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

costa, cell closed, 1 simple. Hind- wings without cell ; median
three-branched, 1 branch to costa.

There appears to be but one species known in this genus,
occurring throughout Europe and in North America, as well as
Australia. The imago rests with the fore-part somewhat raised,
but the fore-legs retracted beneath the body. The larva is
sixteen-legged, and mines flat blotches in leaves. The pupa is
naked and angulated, suspended from a leaf.

Bed. somnulentella, Z.

$ $ . 3£"-4". Head and palpi whitish-ochreous mixed with
fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, in
front brownish-grey. Abdomen fuscous-grey, anal tuft ochreous.
Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore-wings pale dull-ochreous, suffused
and irrorated with brownish-grey, except on a streak along inner-
margin ; costal cilia sharply ochreous-whitish, the rest grey,
irrorated with darker at apex. Hind-wings and cilia grey.

The description is from Australian specimens, which do not
appear to differ specifically from the English. I have not however
observed the larva in this country as yet ; elsewhere it mines the
leaves of Convolvulus and Ipomm. It hardly seems a very likely
species to have been introduced artificially, but it does not now
seem easy to decide ; it is not confined to the near neighbourhood
of civilisation, and there are many native species of Jpomoea.
Taken commonly in particular localities at Sydney and Parramatta
and amongst the dense forest growth on the descent of the Bulli
Pass, where it is especially abundant.

Arctocoma, n. g.
Head roughly haired above, face smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue
short. Antennae rather shorter than fore-wings, filiform, basal
joint somewhat thickened. No maxillary palpi. Labial palpi
very short, drooping. Fore-wings elongate-lanceolate, rather
broad comparatively. Hind-wings lanceolate, £ of fore-wings,

BY E. MEYKICK, B,A. 171

cilia thrice as broad. Abdomen moderate, stout. Legs rather
short, posterior tibiae compressed, very hairy. Fore-wings with
6 veins ; 1 and 2 simple ; 3, 4, 5 to costa, forming branches of
subcostal vein ; no cell. Hind-wings without cell ; median
simple ; submedian very obsoletely twice-branched.

Allied to the preceding genus, but distinguished by the much
broader wings, the antenna) shorter than fore-wings, and the low
type of neuration. The imago in repose sits closely appressed to
surface.

Arct. ursinella, n. sp.

g $ . 3|"-4". Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen deep ochreous
brown. Antennae dark fuscous. Legs brownish-grey. Fore-
wings unicolorous rathei deep ochreous-brown ; cilia fuscous-grey.
Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Beaten commonly from Acacia decurrens, at Parramatta, and
also at Bulli, in October.

LYONETIDiE.

Stegommata, n. g.

Head roughly tufted on crown, face smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue
moderate. Antenna) as long or longer than fore-wings, slender,
filiform, basal join dilated into a moderate eyecap, fringed in
front. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Labial palpi moderately short,
straight, rather drooping, smoothly scaled. Fore-wing elongate,
narrow, pointed, apex caudate. Hind-wings linear-lanceolate,
cilia five times as broad. Abdomen elongate. Legs moderate,
slender. Fore-wings with 8 veins, cell closed, 1 strongly furcate
at base, 5, 6, 7 to costa. Hind-wings without cell ; median twice-
branched ; submedian apparently simple.

This genus is nearly allied to Lyonetia, Hb., and the neuration
is essentially identical ; it differs in the strongly- tufted, rough

172 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

head. The species have some superficial resemblance to Gracilaria,
but rest closely appressed to the surface.

Steg. leptomitella, n. sp.
$ $ . 3£"-4". Head, palpi, and thorax white, crown with a
few fuscous-grey hairs. Antennae white, annulated with dark
fuscous. Abdomen grey- whitish. Legs white ; anterior tibiae,
apex of middle and posterior tibiae and of all tarsal joints dark
fuscous-grey. Fore- wings white with dark fuscous-grey markings;
two obscure longitudinal parallel streaks above middle of wing
from near base to beyond middle, sometimes obliterated ; seven
very oblique streaks from costa, variable in thickness and intensity
meeting the longitudinal streaks when distinct ; beneath the two
longitudinal streaks are four longitudinal short black streaks on
disc, nearly in a line, third longest, in middle of wing, fourth
rather oblique upwardly ; five oblique dorsal streaks, but these
are generally partially obliterated or interrupted ; an irregular
black spot in cilia, preceded by two pairs of outwardly radiating
fuscous streaks, and followed by two dark fuscous lines round
apex ; hind-marginal cilia grey- whitish. Hind-wings grey, cilia
whitish-grey.

Tolerably common on some fences in Sydney, in December and
January.

Steg. sulfuratella, n. sp.

<$ ? . 4"-4£ ". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax white, faintly
tinged with pale sulphur. Abdomen and legs white. Fore-
wings white, dorsal half delicately suffused with pale sulphur-
yellow ; a very faint pale ochreous, longitudinal line in centre of
wing from near base to beyond middle ; three costal and two
dorsal very faint ochreous oblique streaks ; costal streaks between
J and apex, first dorsal streak in middle, second at anal angle,
dorsal margin faintly ochreous for a short distance before anal
angle ; a clear round black apical dot, preceded by two pairs of

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 173

fuscous-grey outwardly radiating streaks in cilia, and an additional
streak in hind-marginal cilia, and emitting a fuscous-grey apical
hook ; cilia white. Hind- wings pale fuscous-grey, cilia white.

Not capable of being confused with the last species. Common
on fences in Sydney, in January and from April to August.

Phyllocnistis, Z.

Head smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue short. Antennae shorter than
fore- wings, slender, filiform, with a rather small eyecap. No
maxillary palpi. Labial palpi short, drooping, very slender,
filiform. Fore- wings elongate, narrow, pointed, apex rather
produced. Hind-wings very narrowly lanceolate, £ of fore- wings,
cilia five times as broad. Fore -wings with 9 veins ; 4 and 5
stalked ; 4 branches to costa, cell closed, 1 simple. Hind-wings
without cell ; median twice-branched.

The genus contains only a few closely allied species, but is
found also in Europe, North and South America, and India. The
larvae are apodal, mining blotches in leaves. The pupa is in a
cocoon inside the mine.

Phyll. diaugella, n.sp.

$ $ . lf"-2£". Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, abdomen, and
legs shining silvery -white. Pore-wings pearly white, with two
longitudinal fuscous streaks from base of costa to middle of disc,
not united posteriorly; an outwardly oblique, rather curved
fuscous streak from costa beyond middle, nearly meeting a straight
perpendicular fuscous transverse fascia immediately beyond it,
the lower extremity of which sometimes forms a spot on inner-
margin ; between the fascia and apex is a rather large oval
golden-ochreous patch ; apical spot very distinct, round, black,
preceded by two divergent fuscous streaks in costal cilia, and two
others less distinct and equally divergent in hind-marginal cilia,
and emitting a short grey apical streak ; cilia white. Hind-wings
whitish, cilia white.

174 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

Easily known from the following species by the longitudinal
lines, and the absence of the costal blotch. Some specimens are
extremely small, apparently the later brood. Taken occasionally
at Manly, near Sydney, where the larva is common ; in December
March, and May.

Larva apodal, somewhat tapering posteriorly, pale yellowish ;
mines a flat irregular blotch, apparently consisting of a spiral
gallery, in leaves of JEuphorbia sparmanni, (IZuphotbiacecdJ, in
February (and doubtless at other times).

Phyll. iodocella, n, sp.
$ . 2£". Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs shining
silvery- white. Antennae white, towards apex infuscated. Fore-
wings yellowish-white, with a semi-ovate dark fuscous, oblique
blotch on costa near base, reaching to middle of wing ; three
costal and one dorsal, slender, oblique dark fuscous streaks ; first
costal in middle, second very short, third longest, continued to
hind-margin; the dorsal streak beyond middle, bordered
posteriorly by a small greyish-fuscous spot; dorsal margin
slenderly blackish about anal angle ; apical spot round, black,
with apparently three radiating fuscous streaks in cilia above it,
and one below it ; cilia white. Hind- wings and cilia white.

Conspicuous by the costal blotch near base. One specimen on
a fence in Sydney in November.

Opostega, Z.

Head smooth behind, roughly short-haired on face and fore-
head ; no ocelli ; no tongue. Antennae shorter than fore- wings,
thick, filiform, with a large eyecap. Maxillary palpi distinct.
Labial palpi short, drooping, terminal joint very short. Fore-
wings elongate, narrow, pointed. Hind-wings very narrowly
lanceolate, cilia long. Abdomen flattened. Legs moderate ;
posterior tibiae and first joint of tarsi stiff-haired. Fore-wings

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 175

with four simple attenuated longitudinal veins. Hind-wings
without cell ; median three-branched.

Also a small genus, of which the larvae are all practically
unknown, occurring in Europe and North America.

Op. orestias, n. sp.

$ , 3". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs
snow-white. Fore-wings snow-white, with a small, bright
ochreous-yellow apical blotch ; an oblique dark fuscous streak
from costa at f , bent posteriorly, ending in apex ; a small clear
black apical dot in cilia ; three rather indistinct radiating fuscous
streaks above it in costal cilia, the middle one darkest ; cilia
white. Hind-wings very pale whitish-grey, cilia white.

Distinguished by the yellow apex, and single costal streak.
One specimen near Brisbane in swampy bush, in September.

Op. stiriella, n. sp.

<$ $ . 2|"-3". Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs snow-
white. Antennae ochreous with white rings, basal joint white.
Fore-wings snow-white ; costal edge slenderly blackish at base ;
a small wedge-shaped oblique dark fuscous spot on costa, and a
similar rather smaller one before middle of inner-margin, neither
extending across more than I of breadth of wing ; an oblique
ochreous-fuscous streak from £ of costa, ending suffusedly in
apex; a minute black apical spot, with an inwardly oblique
fuscous streak above it in costal cilia, and sometimes a second
less oblique and very obscure, and one below it in hind-marginal
cilia ; cilia white. Hind- wings and cilia white.

Nearly allied to the following species, but may be known by
the white hind- wings, and the oblique spots never form a complete
fascia. Tolerably common at Parramatta, and in parts of the
dense forest-growth on the slope of the Bulli Pass, in September
and October, and again in March.

176 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATTSTRAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Op. gephyrsea, n. sp.

$ $ . 3"-3£". Head, palpi, thorax, and legs snow-white, tarsi
slightly infuseated. Antennae ochreous-fuscous, very slenderly
annulated with white, basal joint white. Abdomen fuseous-grey .
Fore-wings snow-white, extreme edge very slenderly blackish ;
a rather broad oblique blackish-fuscous spot on middle of costa,
and a strong oblique fascia-form blackish-fuscous spot from before
middle of inner-margin, uniting to form an angulated fascia,
rarely not quite meeting ; a very oblique black streak from £ of
costa to apex, anteriorly broadly edged with fuscous ; a second
similar one immediately following it, partly in costal cilia, rather
less oblique ; a small black apical spot ; cilia whitish round apex,
tips suffused with fuscous, sometimes with a faint perpendicular
streak above apical spot, hind-marginal cilia fuscous-grey. Hind-
wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

Eeadily distinguished from the preceding by the dark hind-
wings and usually perfect fascia. Apparently rather scarce;
taken on fences in Sydney in October.

Atalopsycha, n. g.

Head smooth, with appressed scales ; no ocelli ; tongue very
short. Antennae shorter than fore-wings, filiform, with a small
eyecap. No maxillary palpi. Labial palpi short, drooping,
filiform. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, pointed. Hind-wings
narrowly lanceolate, less than £ of fore-wings, cilia thrice as
broad. Abdomen moderate. Legs slender, posterior tibiae long-
haired. Neuration (?).

The single species has an extraordinary superficial resemblance
to Bucculatrix, and might easily be confused with some of the
paler species, yet structurally it is very distinct, since the labial
palpi are plainly visible, and the head is not rough. Generally
it is more difficult to distinguished! from Phyllocnistis, especially
as I have not been able to examine the venation, although it
certainly does not belong to the immediate neighbourhood of

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 177

that genus ; the best points to depend on seem to bo the propor-
tionally broader hind-wings, the somewhat loose, not glossy,
scaling of the head, and the apex of fore-wings not produced.

Atal. atyphella, n. sp.

$ . 3£". Head, palpi, and thorax white. Antennae fuscous
with whitish annulations, basal joint white. Abdomen greyish-
ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore-wings white, with pale
ochreous markings irrorated with black scales ; a small ovate-
linear spot beneath costa slightly before middle ; a very oblique
streak from middle of costa, posteriorly suffused into an attenuated
cloud along costa nearly to apex ; a very oblique streak from
dorsal margin just beyond middle, almost interrupted on margin
itself ; apex faintly suffused with ochreous, with indications of a
linear apical spot of black scales ; cilia very pale whitish-ochreous
with a row of black points round apex. Hind- wings pale grey,
cilia whitish-grey.

One specimen on a fence near Sydney in October.

Crobylophora, n. g.

Head roughly tufted on crown, face smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue
very short. Antennae shorter than fore-wings, filiform, with
moderate eyecap. No maxillary palpi. Labial palpi short,
drooping, filiform. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, pointed, apex
hardly produced. Hind-wings very narrowly lanceolate, \ of
fore-wings, cilia four or five times as broad. Abdomen moderate.
Legs slender, posterior tibiae stiff -haired. Fore-wings with seven
veins ; cell closed, 1 simple, 5 and 6 to costa. Hind-wings with-
out cell ; median obsoletely two-branched.

This genus is intermediate between Stegommata and Bucculatrix,
resembling both in the roughly tufted head, and also having
considerable affinity with them in other respects ; it differs from
the former by the short antennae, and from the latter by the
presence of labial palpi. The speciea described are very elegant
w

1 78 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

with a peculiarly thickened metallic spot at the anal angle of the
fore-wings; they are slow in flight, and generally appear sluggish.

Crob. daricella, n. sp.

g . 3£". Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, abdomen and legs
snow-white ; all tarsi with three blackish rings. Fore- wings
snow-white, with two slender short oblique black costal streaks,
first in middle, second immediately beyond it, closely strewn about
which are a few irregular blackish and ochreous scales ; a rather
large circular thickened silvery metallic spot on anal angle,
partially black-edged ; cilia white, with a faint fuscous spot in
costal cilia, from which proceeds a clear black line round apex,
terminating abruptly just beyond it. Hind- wings and cilia white.

Differs from the following species by the larger size, and the
absence of the basal and dorsal streaks. Two specimens taken
in the thick subtropical scrubs at Rosewood, Queensland, in
September.

Crob. chrysidiella, n. sp.

£ ? . 2£/'-2f//. Head, palpi, antennse, and legs snow-white.
Thorax snow-white, with a yellowish spot on shoulder. Abdomen
white, beneath with a yellowish band. Fore- wings white, with
a yellowish, longitudinal, central streak from base to beyond
middle, and with three oblique, yellowish, costal streaks and one
dorsal ; first costal streak long, very oblique, from £ of costa to
apex of central streak, anteriorly margined with blackish scales ;
second rather beyond middle, third at f, shorter and less oblique,
posteriorly margined by slender blackish lines, which are some-
times alone distinct ; dorsal streak in middle, anteriorly margined
by a slender, blackish line, sometimes alone visible, meeting apex
of central streak ; a faint yellowish spot at anal angle, containing
a circular, thickened, silvery-golden metallic spot ; cilia white,
with a slender bent blackish line round apex terminating abruptly
just beyond it. Hind-wings and cilia white.

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 179

Allied to the preceding, but with additional yellowish markings
from base, and on costa and hind-margin. Common at Sydney
and Newcastle from January to April, and in July and August,
in dry scrub amongst different species of Banfoia fProteaeeceJ, on
which the larva must feed. I have found rather commonly a
larva mining blotches in upper surface of leaves of Banfoia serrata,
which I conjectured to belong to this species, but they proved
difficult to rear, all drying up.

Btjcctjlatkix, Z.

Head roughly tufted on crown, face smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue
very short. Antennae shorter than fore-wings, filiform, slender,
with rather small eyecap. No maxillary palpi. No labial palpi.
Pore-wings elongate, narrow, long-pointed, apex somewhat
produced. Hind-wings narrowly lanceolate, £ to £ of fore-wings,
cilia 2£ to 4 times as broad. Legs slender, posterior tibiae long-
haired. Fore-wings with from 8 to 10 veins ; 4 or 5 veins to costa,
cell closed, 1 simple. Hind- wings without cell ; median three-
branched.

Probably a genus of moderate extent, at present represented
by about forty rather closely allied species from Europe, and
North and South America. The Australian species are very
similar to the typical forms, and to one another. The genus may
be immediately separated from all others by the roughly tufted
head and the absence of palpi. The larvae are peculiar amongst
their allies ; sixteen-legged, rough-skinned, mining when very
young, but afterwards feeding externally and unprotected on the
under side of leaves. Pupa in a silken cocoon, generally charac.
teristically ribbed with raised longitudinal lines.

Bucc. eucalypti, n. sp.

? . 2£". Head with dark fuscous hairs on crown, behind
whitish, face white. Antennae white with dark fuscous annulations
Thorax whitish-ochreons. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs whitish-

180 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

ockreous, tarsi with, black rings at base of joints. Fore-wings
brownish-ochreous mixed with paler, with suffused darker ochreous
brown markings ; an obsolete cloudy spot on costa beyond middle ;
a rather larger cloudy spot, suffused witb blackish scales, on
middle of inner-margin ; apical spot minute, linear, black ; cilia
brownish-ochreous round apex, with, scattered blackish points,
whitish-grey on hind-margin. Hind-win^s fuscous-grey, cilia
pale grey.

Smaller than the two following species, and distinguished
generally by the obsoleteness and suffusion of the markings on
the brownish-ochreous fore-wings. One specimen bred in March
from a single larva found at Sydney in February.

Larva of the typical form, pale dull green, bead pale brownish ;
feeds on the under side of the leaves of Eucalyptus sp.} (probably
teretieornisj, (MyrtaceceJ, gnawing the surface of the leaf. Pupa
in a firm, white, longitudinally five-ribbed cocpon.

Bucc. lassella, n. sp.

$ $ . 3£". Head brownish-ochreous, with a pale stripe on
each side of crown, and mixed with fuscous hairs ; face whitish-
ochreous. Antennas whitish, with strong black annulations.
Thorax brownish-ochreous irrorated with paler. Abdomen and
legs pale brownish-ochreous, tarsi with distinct black rings at
base of joints. Fore-wings whitish-ochreous, finely irrorated
with dark fuscous scales, and with brownish-ochreous ill-defined
markings ; a central streak from base nearly to middle ; two short
broad oblique streaks from costa, first in middle, second at f ,
produced to apical spot ; a fuscous oblique spot on inner-margin
beyond middle, and extreme edge of inner-margin more or less
distinctly brownish-ochreous ; apical spot irregular, black ; cilia
ochreous-whitish round apex, with irregular^rows of black points,
pale grey on hind-margin. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia rather
paler.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 181

Differs from the preceding by the duller colouring, and the
much more distinct and more numerous markings. Four specimens
taken on fences near Sydney, in December and January.

Bucc. asphyctella, n. sp.

$ . 3 j- ". Head white, centre of crown with a few fuscous hairs.
Antennae white at base, elsewhere suffused with dark fuscous.
Thorax ochreous- whitish, with pale ochreous shoulder-spot.
Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, sprinkled with white scales. Legs
pale ochreous, tarsi with broad, cloudy, blackish rings at base of
joints. Fore-wings dull whitish, with greyish-ochreous markings
irrorated with dark fuscous scales ; a central streak from base to
middle ; two oblique costal streaks, first in middle, produced along
costa towards base as a very slender streak, second at £ , ending
in apical spot ; a narrow irregular streak along inner-margin
from base to apex ; an oblique streak from inner margin beyond
middle, its apex nearly confluent with second costal streak ; an
irregular elongated black apical spot ; cilia whitish with scattered
black points, on hind-margin whitish-grey. Hind-wings grey,
cilia whitish-grey.

Much paler and more distinctly marked than lassella, and
distinguished besides by the absence of the black and white
annulations of the antennae. One specimen in dry scrub near
Parramatta in October.

The above descriptions include all the species of these families
with which I am acquainted as occurring in this region, by
whomsoever described. Walker has indeed described three
species of Micros under Gracilaria as from Australia; one of
these I have identified (G. terminella, Brit. Mus. Cat,, p. 855),
and it is not a Gracilaria at all, but one of the Elachistidce, refer-
able to a genus of which I have several other Australian species ;
it is highly improbable that the other two are correctly referred,
but I cannot recognise them. He has also two species under
Gracilaria from New Zealand ; I have identified one ( G. arenosella,

182 NOTES AND EXHIBITS.

Brit. Mus. Oat., p. 857), and it is a Hatrachedra (ElacMsMdce).
Walker's references of the smaller Micros are entirely haphazard
and consequently not in reality worth even a passing notice.

NOTES AND EXHIBITS. ,

Note on a Block of Shale from the Hawkesbury Sandstone, by
W. J. Stephens, M. A. — I desire to bring before the notice of our
geological members, a specimen of shale from a boulder embedded
in the Hawkesbury Sandstone at Broughton's Pass, where the
tunnel between the Cataract and Nepean Rivers, in connection
with the Sydney water supply, is now in progress. The point to
which I wish to draw attention at present is that the block has
before its deposition among the sands, which have ultimately
hardened into rock, been subjected to severe strain and pressure
in various directions, producing within its structure those smooth
striated surfaces, which are known to miners as " Slickensides."
The unconformity of these slides shows that they were not
produced by any uniform or contemporaneous pressures or move-
ments, and appear to me to corroborate in a very unexpected way
the conclusions at which Mr. Wilkinson has arrived as to the
existence of a glacial period during the formation of the Hawkes-
bury Eocks, i. e.t posterior to the formation of our upper coal, and
probably equivalent to the Permian formations of better surveyed
countries. For the irregular and sudden strains which are
produced by massive Ice, when drifted by wind or current, forced
along the land by pressure, or when slipping and tumbling in huge
blocks in consequence of the alteration of their centres of gravity
during the process of melting, are precisely such forces as must
have produced the phenomena under our notice . Some confirmation
may also be found in the absence from the shale thus affected of
any of those fossil ferns which appear so abundantly in similar
portions of the formation ; and in the occurrence of thin laminse
of fine clay, sometimes with a smooth, mammillated surface.

NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 183

suggesting the collection of films of mud upon thawing ice, which
are dispersed through the Sandstone at all angles of inclination,
and quite uninjured by attrition, as though they had been gently
deposited in the sand as the ice which supported them melted
away. The bed of stone in which these phenomena occur contains
less iron than usual, and while free from the false bedding so
common in the series, has the aspect of an artificially stirred up
or mixed mas3 of stuff. There are many other circumstances in
the immediate neighbourhood which argue strongly in favour of
the hypothesis, and I hope at no distant date to lay these before
the Society. It would however, be unreasonable to do this at
present, without the specimens to which reference must be made.
But, in the interim, we must remind ourselves that the formation
is, so far as we know, not at all marine, but entirely from fresh
water. If glaciers existed, they must have debouched on rivers
or lakes, and not on the sea. But without assuming the existence
of actual glaciers, we may suppose that there may have been heavy
ice on these rivers and lakes, packing at times, and perhaps
occasionally forming dams, whose disruption may have led to the
sudden floods of which we have many indications in our Hawkes-
bury Eocks, which are so very difficult, problematical and obscure
to the observer.

Note on a Japanese Drawing of an Octopus, by W. J. Stephens
M. A. — I have brought for the inspection of members a Japanese
work, consisting of a series of illustrations printed in colours,
and representing various forms of Japanese industry. Fishing,
hunting, weaving, bronze-working, mining, tea gathering, the
management of horses and cattle, and many other rural operations
are depicted with considerable spirit and apparent accuracy. It
is quite evident that the pictures are intended to be realistic, and
in no degree imaginary. One cannot, therefore, but feel an
unusual interest in the eighth figure, in which we observe an
enormous Octopus, with eyes not less than two feet in diameter,
a body not less than twelve in length, and arms which may fairly

184 NOTES AND EXHIBITS.

be estimated at about thirty feet long. This monster has one of
these arms extended over a fishing boat, one of the occupants of
which is drawn as in the act of striking with a large knife at this
huge tentacle, as thick as a man's body, where it crosses the
gunwale. For my own part, I am inclined to suppose that the
picture is by no means an exaggeration, but that it is drawn from
actual fact. This Octopus is not longer than other specimens,
portions of which have recently been obtained and subjected to
scientific observation on the coast of the North-west Atlantic. It
will be seen that he is moving in the normal manner of his tribe,
backwards. The break of the sea around his body and arms is
plainly intended to indicate this. The colour of both body and
arms is a monotonous brownish-drab, very different from the
varied and beautiful tints of the smaller octopods. As in these
latter their chameleon faculty of changing the colour of their
external surface is related to, or (as I should say) designed for, the
protection of the weaker individuals, one can readily understand
why in such Hydras as this under our eyes all shyness and
shrinking from public observation may reasonably have been
surrendered. I have entered into these details only because
they seem to corroborate the truthfulness of the general represen-
tation.

Mr. Stephens exhibited the Block of Shale and the Japanese
Pictures referred to above.

Mr. G. Masters. — a very large Fish-hook formed of wood, with
sinker of basaltic rock and line of coir fibre, used by the natives
of Fiji in catching the large rock fish.

The President — a number of shells from Western Australia,
and a Cassis Achatina from Bass' Straits, previously known only
from Port Jackson.

,c. %c^ b<n,<XZ LDaU*,. /WO.

BY TIIE REV. J. E. TENISON- WOODS, F.G.S., F.L.S., ETC. 201

and there may be more. With regard to S. rarispina, Agas.,
there is little to add to its known habits. It is rather common
and always found upon a sandy bottom. I obtained it recently
from Port Denison, and in many places as far south as Moreton
Bay.

Mespilia globulus, Agass. In my list given last year in the
Proceedings of this Society, I expressed a doubt as to the
genuineness of the Australian habitat for this species. I have
now no doubt on the matter as I have found a specimen on a
sandy beach in Trinity Bay.

Amblypneustes ovum, Lamarck. This is the most common of all
the Australian urchins on the southern coasts, but I do not know if
it extends either to the west or north side of the continent.
Some stress has been laid on the shape of the test for specific
distinction. Nothing of this kind can be relied upon. In some
specimens of A. ovum you have a marked pentagonal outline and
every gradation from depressed orbicular, to perfectly oval and
egg-shaped. The pentagonal form is very common in young
individuals. Among about 200 specimens picked up after a gale
of wind on the beach at Wollongong, I was able to arrange a
perfect series of shape and colour, the tints in extreme cases
giving bright blue, red and yellow shades. It is a gregarious
species and is found only upon sandy coasts. At Ghiichen Bay
in South Australia, and Lacepede Bay, which is the next bay to
the north, I have seen the beach strewn for miles with the tests of
this urchin, of all sizes up to nearly three inches in length. It
has a very thin shell and is easily broken. It is common on all
the South Australian coast as far as Spencer's Grulf, and is often
strung like beads for ornamental purposes. The color of the test
varies exceedingly, almost every shade may be met with, but
grey-green is the prevailing tint. I cannot help thinking that
A. griseus and A. pallidus may only be varieties of this species.

With regard to all the species of Holopneustes, I am still obliged
to state that I have seen none on the Australian coast, though I
z

202 HABITS OF SOME AUSTRALIAN ECHINI,

have been taking an interest in our Echini for many years. There
is no species known to me in any of our Museums in any of the
colonies.

Echinus Barnleyensis, nobis. Since I described this species I
have seen other specimens from different parts of the East
Australian coast. It is very gregarious and goes, I should imagine
in shoals on sandy bottoms. I sent specimens to Professor
Alexander Agassiz, of Cambridge Mass., and he tells me that the
species was known to him and he always regarded it as a variety
of the South American E. magellanicus. But as that species
differs from mine in some important particulars, is not known to
occur outside American waters, we may perhaps regard ours as
distinct.

Hipponoe variegata, Leske. I have already remarked the very
variable character of this species, but I am more disposed than
ever to regard the large individuals which are found occasionally
in Port Jackson as distinct species. The described light violet
or blue variety is not at all uncommon inside the Barrier Reef.
Every specimen met by me was denuded of spines and cast high
and dry amid the debris on the sand and coral shingle, which is
found on one side of every reef. It is always a most conspicuous
object of light violet or lilac colour. The white tubercles and the
markings of the coronal sutures giving it a most elegant appearance.
These features and the very deep actinal cuts easily distinguish it.

Evechinus chloroticus, Vernl. This seems to be rather a common
species in New Zealand, judging from the facility with which
specimens are obtained. The spines are short and stout, and of
a uniform green colour. I know nothing of its habits, but should
be inclined to think that it took in New Zealand the place which
is occupied by Strongylocentrotus eurythrogrammus in Australia.
Two small and young specimens were found near Port Jackson.

Echinanthus testudinarius. In my list of Echini I have stated
that this species is found fossil in the Murray Eiver beds, but

BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS, F.G.S., F.L.S., ETC. 203

Prof. McCoy has shown that the living form is distinct, though
resembling it in many respects. It has a very wide range and is
rather common. Prof. Agassiz called my attention to the
variability of the species and has suggested that my E. tumidus
may be one of the varieties. But the two species are so entirely
different that the matter will not bear discussion. I intend to
publish a figure of E. tumidus, and then this will I think be pnt
beyond a doubt. I have found E. test itudinar his all along the
East Australian coast, both within and outside the tropics and
have not noticed any great variability in its character, in fact I
should have said that it is one of the exceptionally constant species
in Australia. 1 obtained one small example from Moreton Bay,
which I presented to the National Museum Melbourne, which had
a remarkable depression in one of the petals, but this arises clearly
from a malformation. The specimen is dwarfed and depressed,
but not otherwise different from the normal type.

Laganum depressum, Lesson, and Z. Bonami, Klein, are both
rather common on sandy situations, but the species of this genus
and Peronella are so extremely alike that unless the interior of the
test is examined they cannot be referred with certainty to any
genus or species.

Peronella decagonalis, Lesson, is found of large size at Port
Denison and on sandy places all along the inside of the Barrier
Beef. It extends to Port Jackson, but there it is only very small.
Within the tropics it is very large and of a blood red colour.
Though very much depressed at the edges, and seemingly thin
and fragile it has a very strong test, and is seldom found broken.
It lies on the sea bottom covered with sand, so that without a
dredge specimens are not easily obtained.

Clypeaster humilis, Leske. A very fine specimen of this urchin
was obtained by Messrs. Haswell and Morton, in Port Denison.
This is the first time it has been found on the Australian coasts.

Echinarachnius parma, Klein, is not so common on the northern
coast as I supposed, but Arachnoides placenta, Linn., is very

204 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

plentiful. At the mouth, of the Endeavour River the coast was
strewn with dead and broken tests of the species. Using a very
small dredge at about ten fathoms one can obtain hundreds or
thousands of specimens anywhere between Cape Grenville and
Port Denison.

Maretia planulata, Leske, is also a very common species and is
found on a sandy bottom at moderate depths from about five
fathoms. We know very little about the Spatangidce, but their
habits might be easily studied in Sydney with even a small
aquarium. The peculiar smooth actinal plastron points no doubt
to some distinct habits and modes of getting its food, which would
be very interesting to study. Though it is not at all rare on the
east coast, yet because the test is very brittle it is never found on
the beach. Auy specimens that are washed up must be broken
to pieces. This shows how nothing but the dredge will reveal
what urchins we have in Australia.

EcMnocardium amtrale, Gray. This species is abundant on
sandy shores, from Port Jackson to East Tasmania. Like all the
clypeastroid urchins it seems to feed on Foraminifera.

JBreynia australasice, Gray, is extremely abundant in the sandy
shallow bays about Port Denison.

Rhynobrissus apicalis, nobis. Small specimens of this urchin
have lately been found in Port Jackson at sixteen fathoms. They
were not one-fourth the size of the type specimen obtained by
me from Moreton Bay.

Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera.
By E. Meyrick, B.A.

IV. TINEINA, (Continued).

The present instalment treats of the families Glypliipterycjid®
and Erechthiadce, giving descriptions of fifty- three species, of which

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 205

pamber forty-two are new to science. One species appears to
have been introduced, sixteen are confined to New Zealand, the
remaining thirty-six are confined to Australia. Before giving
the descriptions, I will offer some general remarks upon the
classification of the families forming the subject of the paper.

Amogst the GlyphipteryyidalhsLve included the genera Simaethis
and Choreutis, usually separated by European entomologists as a
distinct family, under the title of Choreutidce. These insects have
long been held to be of doubtful location, but our recent increased
knowlege of the group has caused unprejudiced minds to have
little hesitation in referring them at least to the neighbourhood of
of the Glyphipterygidce ; so near do they come to this family in
structure that no definite point of distinction can be alleged,
except the abnormally broader wings, a variable and insufficient
character. I am decidedly of opinion that there is no ground for
separating the two families ; were they regarded as distinct, it
would certainly be necessary to form a third family for the
Australian genera Hypertropha, Eupselia, and Aeolocosma, which
are allied to but differ from both. Perhaps this might eventually
be done, but at present I think it would be at least premature.
It must be admitted, however, that it is hardly possible to define
the family as a whole so as to distinguish it from the Oecophoridce,
to which it comes nearest. The best points on which to rely
consist in vein 1 of fore-wings not being furcate at base, veins 7
and 8 not being stalked, and the antenna) of $ not being
conspicuously ciliated ; but to all these points there are several
exceptions, though I think one or more will always be found to
hold. The characters of the Oecophoridce proper (which family I
hope shortly to take in hand) are remarkably uniform in them-
selves.

Of the Glyphipterygidce three European genera occur here, but
only two (Simaethis and Glyphipteryx) are represented by native
species, the single species of Choreutis being doubtless introduced
and tolerably cosmopolitan. The development of the genus

206 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Glyphipteryx is remarkable, the number of species found in these
regions already exceeding all those known from the rest of the
world, nor do I think that future discoveries will reverse this
pioportion. Besides these I have been obliged to form five new
genera, two of these being nearly allied to Glyphipteryx, the
other three forming a group together. The group of Glyphipteryx
appears especially predominant in New Zealand, where their
numbers are out of all proportion to those of other families of
Tineina, compared with the standards of other regions; the
Glyphipterygidce collected by myself on my New Zealand journey
formed about a twelfth part of the Tineina obtained, whilst in
Europe they constitute about a hundred and eightieth.

The other family, the JSrechthiadto, is new, and contains five new
genera, which I have been compelled to form for the reception
of a peculiar group of species, which will not harmonise with
any previously established family. It is in my opinion related
to the Glyphipterygidce, although in point of structural characters
it certainly approaches nearer to the Tineidce. The following will
be a general summary of its characteristics : —

EEECHTHIADJE, nov. fam.

Head rough, tufted between eyes (face smooth in one genus of
rather uncertain position). Ocelli present. No tongue. Maxillary
palpi well developed, folded. Labial palpi rather short or moderate,
porrected or drooping, generally roughly scaled or haired.
Antennae shorter than fore-wings, in $ not ciliated. Legs
moderate, posterior tibise usually clothed with long hairs. Fore-
wings elongate-lanceolate, rarely with distinct hind-margin.
Hind-wings rather narrower than fore-wings, lanceolate, with
long cilia. Fore-wings with 11 (rarely 12) veins, subcostal vein
obsolete towards base ; secondary cell indicated ; 1 simple or
furcate at base ; 6 and 7 separate, or more rarely stalked. Hind-
wings with 8 (or rarely 7) veins, subcostal obsolete towards base ;

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 207

5 and 6 stalked or separate. Larva sixteen -legged, feeding
internally on seeds or bark.

The normal type of markings consists of a pale central longi-
tudinal streak and oblique costal and dorsal streaks on a darker
ground. Structurally, as mentioned above, the family approaches
the Tineida, especially in the rough head and folded well-developed
maxillary palpi; the head is however less rough "behind, and
especially tufted on the forehead, where the hairs commonly form
a projecting ridge ; all the wings, especially the hind-wings, are
narrower and more lanceolate, though there are exceptions ; vein
1 of fore-wings is often not furcate ; the obliteration of the sub-
costal veins of both wings on their basal halves appears to be a
constant character ; the type of markings is quite different, and
approximates in principle to that of the Glyphipterygidce. I am
aware that these points hardly afford sufficient justification for
the creation of a new family ; but the insects themselves assort
so ill with the Tineidce, that I prefer to regard them provisionally
as a distinct group, believing that science will be better served
by an attempted arrangement, even if it be proved hereafter
faulty, than by throwing all together into a heterogeneous mass.
The group as constituted is at least natural in itself.

The family is probably of some extent in the Australian region,
though not at present known to me as occurring elsewhere. I
have described ten Australian and six New Zealand species, and
have every reason to believe that many more remain to be found,
especially in New Zealand, where the typical genus Erechthias
seems to be dominant.

I purpose reserving until I come to treat of the Oecophorida
(where they will have an especial significance) some remarks on
the meaning and value attached to the group called a family, with
reference to the difficulty of limiting these groups when natural
by any fixed definition of characters.

208 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

GLYPHIPTEEYGID^E .

The eight genera hiterto found in Australia may be tabulated
as follows : —

I. Hind-wings broader than fore-wings.

A. veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings stalked . . Hypertropha

B. veins 7 and 8 of fore- wings separate.

1. second joint of palpi roughly scaled

beneath . . . . . . . . Simaethis

2. second joint of palpi with long, erect

bristles beneath . . . . . . Ohoreutis

II. Hind-wings narrower than, or hardly as broad

as fore-wings.

A. second joint of palpi beneath smooth, with

appressed scales.

1 . fore-wings with 1 1 separate veins . . Eupselia

2. fore-wings with 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked Aeolocosma

B. second joint of palpi beneath roughly scaled

in somewhat projecting whorls . . . . Glyphipteryx

C. second joint of palpi with long, loose, pro-

jecting hairs, tuft-like.

1 . veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings stalked . . Apistomorpha

2. veins 7 and 8 of fore-wings separate. . Phryganostola

Hypertropha, n. g.

Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennae half
as long as fore- wings, fiiliform, simple. No maxillary palpi.
Labial palpi short, recurved, second joint with appressed scales,
terminal joint slender, hardly acute- Thorax with a bifid crest
behind. Fore-wings very broadly triangular, less than twice as
long as broad, costa rounded, apex somewhat produced, hind-
margin waved, hardly oblique. Hind- wings rounded- triangular,
slightly broader than fore-wings, cilia short. Abdomen short,
rather stout. Legs short, stout, anterior and middle tibiae

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 209

thickened with dense scales, posterior tibise clothed with dense
long hairs. Fore-wings with 12 veins; no secondary cell ; 1
strongly furcate at base ; 7 and 8 long-stalked, going to either
side of apex. Hind- wings with 8 veins ; 2 and 4 from posterior
angle of cell.

The genus may be recognised by the very unusually broad
wings, the crested thorax, and amongst those nearest to it by the
stalking of veins 7 and 8 of fore- wings. In shape of wing it
resembles Simaethis, but surpasses it in breadth ; in the palpi,
and black hind-marginal spots it has affinity with JSupselia and
Aeolocosma. The only species at present known is brilliantly
marked ; it flies in the hot sunshine with rapidity, and is then
difficult to see ; in repose the wings form a broad nearly flat roof,
and are not raised as in Simaethis.

Hyp. thesaurella, n. sp. - duu^jJ^^ tiaXL.

3 ? . 7£"-8". Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, densely
and irregularly mixed with ochreous and pale scales. Antennae
of <£ ochreous-f uscous, of ? ochreous annulated with dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark fuscous, lateral margins yellow. Legs dark
fuscous, indistinctly ringed with ochreous ; posterior tibiae yellow.
Fore-wings black, basal half almost entirely occupied by four
transverse, rather outwardly curved, almost confluent faint
ochreous- whitish bands, composed of numerous very fine transverse
strigulse, these bands being very obscurely separated by slender
black lines, only distinct as black spots on costa, where also the
pale bands are usually more distinct ; a small ochreous- whitish
spot on costa in middle, giving rise to an indistinct orange-ochreous
transverse line marking off the basal half, and itself immediately
followed by a metallic bluish-purple line of raised scales;
immediately preceding the ochreous line are three small metallic
bluish-purple raised spots, one on inner-margin, one above and
one below middle ; and at about \ from base is a transverse
metallic blue raised line from middle of disc perpendicularly to
2 A

210 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

inner-margin, interrupted on fold; an outwardly curved metallic
blue-purple line from £ of costa to anal angle, lower half
interrupted to form three spots near and parallel to hind-
margin ; lower f of space between this and central line strewn
with ochreous-whitish scales, especially towards inner-margin ;
beyond this line is a white outwardly oblique spot on costa,
emitting a faint band of transverse whitish strigulse along hind-
margin to anal angle, leaving three elongate black spots on
lower part of hind-margin ; beyond this band is an outwardly
oblique orange-ochreous subapical spot from costa ; cilia at
extreme apex black, beneath apex with an oblong transverse
snow-white spot, thence metallic blue-purple. Hind- wings deep
yellow, with a broad black margin ; cilia yellow, with a black
basal line.

This richly adorned insect cannot be confused with any other.
Its habits are truly sun-loving ; it sports in the hottest sun- shine
over the tops of young trees of Acacia decurrens, to which it appears
certainly attached. Taken occasionally in New South Wales at
Parramatta, and at Waratah on the lower Hunter; also at
Melbourne and Brisbane, from January to March.

Simaethis, Leach.

Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue strong. Antennae about
half as long as for©- wings, filiform, in^ ciliated. No maxillary
palpi. Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, second joint
beneath with rough scales often forming a small apical projection ;
terminal joint compressed, rather shorter than second, blunt.
Fore-wings broadly -triangular, apex somewhat produced, hind-
margin slightly oblique. Hind- wings broader than fore-wings,
triangular, cilia short. Abdomen short, stout. Legs short,
broadly compressed, tibiae densely scaled. Fore-wings with 12
veins ; no secondary cell ; 1 furcate at base. Hind- wings with 8
veins ; 7 and 8 remote, 3 and 4 sometimes stalked or coincident.

BY E. MEVRICK, B.A. 21 1

Larva sixteen-legged, active, living in a web within a drawn-
together leaf ; pupa in a firm white cocoon.

This genus, though by no means large, is distributed throughout
the world, but seemingly more commonly towards the tropics.
In repose the imago rests with the fore-wings slightly raised and
partially expanded, so as not to entirely conceal the hind- wings.

Sim. sycopola, n. sp.
$ ? . 5\-"-6\". Head and thorax deep ochreous-brown,
irrorated with whitish scales. Palpi black, at base ochreous-
whitish, second and terminal joints clothed each with three whorls
of black white-tipped scales. Antennae black, annulated with
white, in $ with long ciliations. Abdomen dark fuscous, strewn
with orange-ochreous scales. Legs dark fuscous, densely irrorated
with ochreous-whitish ; middle and posterior tibiae suffused above
with orange-ochreous, densely clothed with hair-scales expanded
in whorls in middle and at apex ; tarsi white with four black
bands. Fore-wings strongly dilated, hind-margin slightly waved;
dark fuscous, faintly suffused with orange-ochreous posteriorly,
most distinctly at apex and along hind-margin ; two cloudy
transverse bands of finely-strewn purple-whitish scales ; first from
£ of costa to £ of inner-margin, slightly waved above middle,
well-defined anteriorly only ; second indistinctly double, from £
of costa to just before anal angle, sharply angulated outwards
above middle, below Which the inner portion is thrice sharply
and irregularly toothed ; fine purple-whitish scales are strewn
near base, on disc between first and second bands, and between
the second band and orange-ochreous hind-margin except on costa;
cilia dark fuscous, with paler reddish-ochreous-tinged spots above
and below middle. Hind-wings orange, with costa irregularly
black and a large black spot at apex, whence proceeds a straight
narrower black band above hind-margin to anal angle, whence
it is continued broadly along inner-margin to base, becoming
mixed with orange towards margin ; cilia fuscous with a paler
line near base, orange beneath apex.

2V2 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOTTEBA,

Immediately recognisable from its Australian allies by the
orange hind-wings ; it comes nearest to S. taprobanes, Z., from
Ceylon, which has similar hind- wings, but distinct ferruginous-
orange markings on the fore-wings. The imago appears in March
and again (apparently a second brood) in May, flying in the sun-
shine for about half-an-hour at sunset round Flcus stipulata, a
climbing fig grown commonly over garden walls in Sydney, and
native in tropical Australia. Larva slender, cylindrical, greyish-
ochreous marbled with rather darker ; dorsal brownish-ochreous,
irregular ; head pale ochreous. Feeds in a web within partially
folded leaves of Ficus stipulata, in February and April. Pupa
pale olive-greenish, in an elongate spindle-shaped firm white
cocoon, placed on upper surface of leaf beneath a flat white
covering web.

Sim. melanopepla, n. sp.

$ . 6"-6£". Head and thorax deep ochreous-brown, irrorated
with whitish scales in irregular transverse lines. Palpi white at
base, second and terminal joints clothed each with three whorls
of black white-tipped scales. Antennae black, annulated with
white. Abdomen deep ochreous-brown, segmental margins with
a few white scales. Legs dark fuscous , densely irrorated with
white ; middle and posterior tibiae densely clothed with hair-scales
expanded in whorls in middle and at apex ; tarsi white with four
black bands. Pore-wings strongly dilated, hind-margin slightly
waved ; dark fuscous, tinged with ochreous towards base, more
blackish posteriorly, with cloudy whitish markings caused by the
aggregation of black white-tipped scales ; a few scales at base,
and a slender transverse fascia near base ; a broad nearly straight
transverse band at \, and a very broad rather outwardly curved
band from f of costa to before anal angle, the two bands almost
confluent on lower half, leaving a triangular blackish costal spot ;
an orange-ochreous streak on costa near apex, continued round
apex along hind-margin to anal angle ; cilia fuscous, black at
base, with a paler line. Hind-wings blackish-fuscous, rather

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 213

lighter towards base ; cilia blackish-fuscous, with, a black line
near base.

Very similar to the preceding in all respects except the blackish
hind- wings ; the fore- wings are also darker and the markings
rather clearer.

Two females taken on garden fences in Sydney, in November.

It is very probable that the larva of this species also is attached
to some one of the several cultivated species of Ficus.

Sim. combmatana, W kr., Brit. Mus. Cat., 456. ^ j-yn^w»n

£ . 6£". Head and thorax deep ochreous-brown, with a few
white scales. Palpi white at base, second joint clothed with four
whorls of black white-tipped scales, terminal joint black with
three slender white rings. Antennae black, annulated with white,
in <$ with long ciliations. Abdomen blackish, with a few whitish
scales. Legs dark fuscous, thickly irrorated with whitish, tarsi
with indistinct whitish rings, posterior tibise clothed with dense
hair-scales. Fore-wings slightly dilated, hind-margin distinctly
waved; blackish-fuscous, tinged with reddish-brown on costa
beyond middle, and within each pair of transverse lines ; some
purple-whitish scales irregularly arranged transversely near base ;
four transverse cloudy lines of purple-whitish scales, arranged in
pairs, and starting from small white costal spots ; first pair from
£ of costa to £ of inner-margin, rather curved outwards, irregularly
toothed ; second pair from £ of costa to just before anal angle,
angulated outwards beneath costa, but indistinct and irregular ;
a streak of purple-whitish scales from apex very near but not on
hind-margin, reaching to middle ; a second similar streak from
middle of hind-margin, immediately beyond end of first, continued
along hind-margin, not extending to anal angle ; cilia dark fuscous
containing a cloudy white basal spot above and another below
middle of hind-margin. Hind- wings rather narrow, hind-margin
strongly sinuate below middle, anal angle prominent ; dark
fuscous, broadly blackish along hind-margin, with two rather

214 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTEAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

short cloudy parallel streaks of blue-whitish scales, one nearly
along hind-margin at anal angle, the other immediately above it ;
cilia white on the hind-marginal sinuation, becoming gradually
smoky-fuscous towards apex and on anal angle, black at base
throughout.

The narrower wings and more sinuate margins give this species
a very different figure to the two preceding, with which it cannot
therefore be confused. It is very nearly allied to the well-known
European S. oxyacanthella, L., ffabriciana, Steph.), from which it
would appear to be best distinguished by the deep sinuation
between anal angle and middle of hind-margin, by the much less
distinct double bluish-tinged streaks of the hind- wings, and the
deeper tint of the fore-wings.

Two males taken amongst forest growth at Wellington, New
Zealand, flying towards sunset ; in January. Walker's specimens
are merely stated to be from New Zealand.

Choeeutis, lib.

Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue strong. Antennae about
half as long as fore-wings, filiform, in $ ciliated. No maxillary
palpi. Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, second joint
beneath with long dense proj ecting bristles ; terminal j oint slender,
pointed. Fore-wings broadly triangular, hind-margin straight.
Hind- wings broader than fore- wings, triangular, cilia very short.
Abdomen short, stout. Legs short, broadly compressed, posterior
tibiae densely scaled. Fore-wings with 12 veins ; no secondary
cell ; 1 furcate at base. Hind- wings with 8 veins ; 7 and 8
remote ; 3 and 4 sometimes stalked or coincident.

This is a very small genus, of which the species described here
is almost universally distributed, but has probably been trans-
ported through the medium of civilisation. In habits the species
resemble Simaethis, and the imago holds the fore-wings slightly
raised in the same manner.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 215

Larva sixteen-legged, living in a web between drawn-together
leaves. Pupa in a firm cocoon.

Chor. bjerkandrella, Thnb.

<$ ? . 4"-5". Head grey, face tinged with yellow. Palpi white,
second joint grey on side with two black rings before apex,
beneath with long blackish and white diverging bristles, terminal
joint blackish. Antennae black, annulated with white, in $ with
moderate ciliations. Thorax yellowish-ferruginous, with five
longitudinal metallic grey-silvery lines. Abdomen black, with
silvery-white rings. Legs white, tibiae with central and apical
black bands, tarsi with four black bands. Fore- wings moderately
dilated, apex and hind-margin rounded ; dark fuscous, basal
third yellowish-ferruginous, except on margins and a central
longitudinal streak ; two short metallic-silvery streaks from base
along the costal margin and central streak ; two cloudy whitish
transverse bands, first from \ of costa to £ of inner-margin, rather
curved outwards, furcate on inner-margin ; second from £ of costa
to before anal angle, angulated outwards above middle ; the space
between these is irregularly sprinkled with whitish scales ; two
round black blotches immediately preceding second band, one on
inner margin, the other below middle, each containing an elongate
metallic purple-silvery mark, that in the upper one being three-
pointed ; several other metallic purple-silvery markings, consisting
of an elongate mark on inner margin of second band above middle,
a small costal spot between the two bands, an elongate mark on
hind-margin below middle, preceded by an elongate black blotch,
a spot on costa immediately beyond second band, and an elongate
mark round apex : cilia dark grey, with a pale line in middle
and another before tips, tips white round apex. Hind-wings
dark, fuscous, blackish towards apex, with a white elongate spot
on disc beyond middle, parrallel to hind-margin, and sometimes
another less distinct white spot above it on costa ; cilia blackish,
with two white lines.

216 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

I have thought it well to redescribe from Australian and New
Zealand specimens this species, which is well-known in Europe,
doubtless its home. The same species (subject to local variations)
has been recorded also from South Africa and South America.
In New South Wales it occurs round Sydney, at Shoalhaven,
Murrurundi, BlacMieath (3,600 feet), and Bowenfels, but rather
sparingly ; also at Melbourne, and in Queensland at Eosewood
and Toowoomba ; always more or less casually. In New Zealand
however, I met with it on the swampy thistle-grown plains at
Hamilton, on the Waikato, in immense profusion, swarming on
the thistle-blossoms in the sunshine, in January. In Australia
it occurs from September to January.

In Europe the larva feeds on Inula ; probably in other parts of
the world it is not restricted from other Composite ; in New
Zealand at least it must certainly feed on the thistle.

I do not see any tangible difference between Australian, New
Zealand, and South European specimens.

Eupselia, n. g.

Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennae much
shorter than fore-wings, filiform, simple. No maxillary palpi.
Labial palpi short, recurved, not reaching vertex, second joint
with appressed scales, terminal joint slender, acute. Fore- wings
elongate, rather broad, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hind-
margin oblique, rounded. Hind-wings elongate-ovate, as broad
as, or slightly narrower than fore-wings, cilia moderate. Abdomen
moderate. Legs moderate, posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs,
anterior tibiae sometimes thickened with scales. Fore-wings with
11 veins; no secondary cell; 1 furcate at base. Hind- wings
with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from posterior angle of cell.

The only larva as yet known is sixteen-legged, slender and
active, and mines in galleries in leaves, with peculiar accessory
habits ; pupa naked, erect, attached by the tail.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 217

The genus is the only one in the family, in which the fore-
wings have only 1 1 veins. Its nearest ally is the succeeding
genus Aeolocosma, from which it differs in the antennae of £
being quite simple, and in the neuration. The round black
metallic-edged hind-marginal spots are a remarkable secondary
characteristic, (shared also to some extent by Aeolocosma and
HypertrophaJ which is very constant and trustworthy. In repose
the imagos rest with the wings forming a rather sloping roof ;
E. aristonica extends the furry anterior legs in front, but this
habit is not shared by the rest. The species are all more or less
retired and sluggish in habit, and hence appear not common.

The genus is peculiar to Australia, so far as known. Probably
it contains a considerable number of species ; the seven here
described may be thus tabulated : —

I. Hind- wings yellow at base.

A. Fore-wings with a dark fuscous blotch on

inner-margin .. .. .. ..4. beatella

B. Fore- wings without dark fuscous blotch

on inner-margin.

1. with three black hind-marginal spots 3. carpocapsella

2. with five black hind-marginal spots . .6. theorella

II. Hind-wings wholly fuscous-grey or blackish.

A. Fore-wings brownish-ochreous, irrorated

with whitish .. .. .. . ,7.melanostrepta

B. Fore- wings with basal half yellow, apical

purple .. .. .. .. . .5. satrapella

0. Fore- wings blackish.

1 . with white spots near base of inner-

margin and on costa . . . . 1 . aristonica

2. without white spots . . . . . .2. percussana

2 B

218 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Eups. aristonica, n. sp.

£ . 6". Head dark fuscous, face rather lighter. Palpi dark
fuscous, mixed with whitish towards base. Antennae dark fuscous
Thorax dark fuscous, with a small whitish indistinct spot on
middle of lateral margin. Abdomen black with indistinct yellowish
rings, anal tuft ochreous-yellow. Anterior and middle legs
blackish-fuscous, beneath mixed with whitish, anterior tibiae
much dilated with hair scales ; posterior legs pale ochreous-yellow,
base of tibiae and basal rings of all tarsal joints black. Fore-
wings rather broad, hind-margin rather slightly oblique ; very
dark fuscous, almost black ; a square white spot on inner-margin
near base, anteriorly somewhat suffused, its upper anterior angle
connected with two short suffused white streaks, one running to
centre of base, the other to costa near base, followed by a few
scattered whitish scales; a small rectangular white spot on middle
of costa, divided into two by a transverse dark fuscous line, each
half giving rise to a leaden-blue metallic line, proceeding parallel
directly across wing ; a leaden-blue metallic spot before them on
inner-margin ; a leaden-blue metallic line from middle of disc
immediately beyond them to anal angle, interrupted beneath its
apex ; beyond this line are thickly strewn very fine longitudinal
whitish hair-scales ; a very small white spot on costa before apex,
giving rise to a short outwardly oblique leaden-metallic line, and
with a small leaden-metallic spot beneath it ; extreme apex
ochreous-orange ; four circular black spots on lower half of hind-
margin, surrounded by a few pale ochreous scales, the uppermost
spot small ; a violet-metallic line along hind-margin on base of
cilia, rest of cilia dark fuscous. Hind-wings blackish-fuscous ;
cilia ochreous-yellow, with a darker line near base.

Not to be confused with any other species ; in repose the fore-
legs are extended. One specimen beaten from dry scrub near
Parramatta in December.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 219

Eups. percussana, Wkr.t Brit. Mus. Cat., 998.
" $. V. Head, thorax, and abdomen cupreous-blackish.
Fore-wings with hind-margin moderately oblique ; cupreous-
blackish, with transverse cinereous lines, some of which posteriorly
are blue-metallic; disc near hind-margin with minute longitudinal
cinereous hair-scales ; hind-marginal dots deep black, partly
bordered with metallic blue. Hind-wings cupreous-blackish ;
cilia pale cinereous. Tasmania."

The above is Walker's description, divested of superfluities and
interpreted ; brief and incomplete as it is, it is sufficient to clearly
indicate a species of this genus distinct from any I have seen. I
thought it best therefore to include the descriptions of this and
the following species in the present paper, to direct attention
towards them, and render the subject as complete as possible.

Eups. carpocapsella, Whr., Brit. Mus. Cat., 998.

" ? . 7". Head, thorax, and abdomen slaty-cinereous. Fore- si'l^
wings rounded, slaty-cinereous, posteriorly cupreous-tinged, with
transverse brown streaks, interrupted towards the base, but
complete posteriorly, and forming the ground-colour along hind-
margin ; three deep black cupreous-bordered spots on lower part
of hind-margin ; cilia slaty-cinereous, tinged with cupreous.
Hind-wings yellow, with a very broad dark fuscous border,
excavated interiorly; cilia partly yellow. Brisbane, Queensland."

The description is Walker's, similarly treated as the preceding ;
I have not seen the specimen, but it is certainly an Eupselia,
nearly allied to E. leatella, but without the dark fuscous triangular
patch on inner margin.

Eups. beatella, Whr., Brit. Mus. Cat., 999. fi^ -•

$ . 6£". Head, palpi, and thorax pale ashy-grey, crown and 4r£. «^c*
upper portion of thorax suffused with dark fuscous. Antennae
pale grey. Abdomen yellowish-fuscous. Legs whitish, anterior ^*
and middle tibiae thickened with scales ; anterior tibiae and tarsi ) tL^ct

220 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIBOPTERA,

suffused above with dark fuscous ; middle tibia) with two suffused
fuscous rings, tarsi with fuscous rings at base of joints ; posterior
tibise yellowish, tarsi pale yellowish with indistinct fuscous rings
at base of joints. Fore-wings moderately broad, hind-margin
rather oblique ; very pale ashy-grey ; six short cloudy grey streaks
from costa before middle, the first two uniting with two similar
streaks from inner-margin ; a large rounded-triangular clearly-
marked dark fuscous blotch on inner-margin slightly before
middle, reaching half across wing ; two parallel nearly straight
grey lines crossing wing from slightly beyond middle of costa to
just before anal angle ; beyond the second line the apical portion
of the wing is entirely dark fuscous, intersected by a straight
leaden-metallic line from above midde of disc to anal angle, nearly
parallel to the second line ; and by a cloudy ashy- whitish line,
strongly curved outwards, from £ of costa to anal angle, preceded
by thickly strewn longitudinal whitish hair-scales on disc below
middle ; a similar cloudy slaty-whitish line from costa just before
apex to hind-margin, continued along hind-margin, and coalescing
with the first; four oval black spots on lower half of hind-margin,
uppermost small, each surrounded with a whitish ring ; a violet-
metallic line along base of cilia, rest of cilia dark fuscous. Hind-
wings pale yellow, with a broad blackish-fuscous border along
hind-margin, broadest at apex ; cilia dark fuscous, beneath apex
and on inner-margin yellowish, with a blackish line near base.

Easily known by the dark fuscous dorsal blotch and hind-
margin on a pale ground, and yellow hind-wings. One $ taken
at rest on a Eucalyptus-trunk at Sydney, in December ; Walker's
specimen was a $ and is simply given as from 'Australia.'

Eups. satrapella, n. sp.

$ $ . 6i"- iy. Head and palpi deep yellow. Antennas dark
fuscous, indistinctly annulated with whitish. Thorax deep yellow,
anterior margin and a square central spot connected with it dark
purple-f uscous ; in % the whole anterior portion is suffused with

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 221

fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, tinged with yellowish on sides.
Legs dark purple -fuscous, posterior tibine yellow, posterior tarsi
yellowish with dark fuscous rings at base of joints. Fore-wings
moderately broad, hind-margin considerably oblique ; deep yellow
apical portion beyond an inwardly curved line from three-fifths
of costa to £ of inner-margin purple (light reddish-purple scales
being thickly strewn on a black ground, towards anal angle in
longitudinal lines); a suffused dark fuscous streak along costa
from base to middle ; a dark fuscous streak along lower half of
division-line of the yellow and purple portions, immediately
beyond which are two small deep blue spots one in middle, the
other above inner-margin ; a broader dark fuscous streak from
costa at junction of yellow and purple portions to anal angle,
slightly curved inwards, bordered posteriorly on its lower half
with purple-blue ; a very oblique, short, dark fuscous streak from
costal extremity of this streak towards hind-margin a little below
apex, above which is a deep purple-blue spot, and the extreme
costa is yellow ; four round black spots on lower part of hind-
margin, surrounded by ochreous scales, and alternating with
three smaller longitudinally elongate black spots ; a metallic
purple line along base of cilia, rest of cilia dark fuscous. Hind-
wings dark fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous, on costa yellowish.

This very handsome species is superficially very dissimilar to
all its congeners from its yellow and purple colouring ; in this it
has at first sight an external resemblance to some of the Oecophortdce
but, apart from structural points, may be known from them by
the black hind-marginal spots. It appears tolerably common,
though retired in habit ; occurring round Sydney and Parramatta,
and in Queensland at Helidon, from September to November,
and again in February and March.

The larval and pupal stages of this species are very singular.
Larva very elongate, tolerably cylindrical but slightly flattened,
smooth, head, second and anal segments with a few short blackish

222 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

bristles ; whitish, slightly tinged with greenish-grey ; a slender
irregular reddish-ochreous line on each side of dorsal space ; sub-
dorsal rather broader, darker reddish-ochreous, anteriorly
partially double, enclosing irregular spaces of ground-colour ;
spiracular slender, nearly straight, interrupted, reddish-ochreous ;
subspiracular similar, more interrupted; spots small, distinct,
blackish-grey ; head grey- whitish, with three longitudinal rather
broad pale amber stripes, mouth blackish ; second and anal
segments with markings obsolete, anal segment obliquely
flattened. When half-grown, all the markings are nearly obsolete,
the head and part of second segment blackish. Feeds in a long
rather sinuate swollen gallery within leaves of Eucalyptus, sp.,
issuing by night through a hole and eating substance of leaf
outside ; by day remaining concealed in the gallery, but traversing
it with great celerity if disturbed ; found in August and September.

Pupa long, slender, dull brown, wingcases short, whitish,
thorax almost angulated on shoulders ; quite naked, affixed by
the tail, stiffly and perpendicularly projected from the surface of
its attachment, so as to be actually standing erect upon its tail.
I had several of these pupae, which were all similarly fastened to
twigs and the sides of the glass containing them.

Eups. theorella, n. sp.

<j> . 6". Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen light ochreous-
brown. Antennae ochreous-whitish, annulated with black. Legs
light ochreous-brown, anterior tibiae and tarsi suffused with dark
fuscous, post tibiae and tarsi pale ochreous-yellow. Fore-wings
elongate, hind-margin extremely oblique; ochreous-brown,
thickly irrorated with paler scales, becoming elongate hair- scales
towards lower portion of hind-margin ; about ten very obscure
and faint transverse streaks from costa, caused by the disappear-
ance of the pale scales, some of them faintly continued to inner-
margin ; two in middle of wing more distinct, rather divergent
on disc, confluent on inner-margin and forming there a transversely

BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 223

elongate metallic-ochreous spot, becoming ochreous-white on
inner-margin itself ; an oblique ochreous-brown streak from £ of
costa to hind-margin beneath apex, and an oval ochreous-brown
spot at apex ; five round black spots very close together below
middle of hind-margin ; a violet-metallic line on base of cilia,
broken into spots, especially towards apex ; rest of cilia ochreous-
fuscous, towards apex blackish, with two small whitish spots on
tips beneath apex. Hind- wings with basal half yellow with a
few scattered dark fuscous scales ; apical half dark fuscous,
sending a cloudy protuberance inwards above middle ; cilia
blackish-fuscous, on costa yellowish.

This and the following species differ from all the preceding by
the much more oblique hind-margin of fore-wings ; the two are
nearly allied, but immediately separable from each other by the
different hind- wings.

Two females taken amongst dry scrub at Parramatta in
November.

Eups. melanostrepta, n. sp.

g $ . 6". Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous- whitish, mixed
with ochreous-grey. Antennae ochreous-whitish, annulated with
dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish,
anterior and middle pair irrorated with grey. Fore-wings
elongate, hind-margin very oblique ; brownish-ochreous, so
densely irrorated with ochreous-whitish scales that the ground-
colour is entirely obscured, except on a few faint transverse
streaks ; two more distinct transverse ochreous-brown streaks in
middle from costa to inner-margin, divergent above middle,
approximated on inner-margin, where they enclose a small white
spot ; before these the inner-margin is obscurely whitish nearly
to base ; an oblique ochreous-brown streak from f of costa to
hind-margin below apex, and an indistinct ochreous-brown oblique
streak immediately before apex ; surface of wing strewn with
ochreous-whitish hair-scales towards lower part of hind-margin ;

224 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

six round black spots very close together on hind-margin below
middle ; a violet-metallic line on base of cilia, broken into roundish
spots, especially towards apex ; rest of cilia smoky-fuscous. Hind-
wings and cilia dark fuscous.

Quite of the same form as the preceding ; the forewings more
suffused with ochreous-whitish, and therefore paler, with an
additional black spot, the hind-wings wholly dark fuscous.
Several specimens taken by Mr. Gk H. Raynor at Melbourne,
and also at Brighton in Tasmania, in January.

Aeolocosma, n.g.

Head smooth; with ocelli; .tongue moderate. Antennae
shorter than forewings, filiform, in £ ciliated. No maxillary
palpi. Labial palpi rather short, recurved, second joint with
appressed scales, terminal joint shorter, slender, acute. Fore-
wings elongate, moderately broad, costa slightly arched, apex
rounded, hind-margin very oblique, rounded. Hind- wings ovate-
lanceolate, narrower than fore-wings, pointed, cilia as broad.
Abdomen moderate. Legs moderate, posterior tibiae clothed with
long hairs. Fore-wings with 12 veins ; 7 and 8 stalked, to either
side of apex ; no secondary cell ; 1 simple at base. Hind- wings
with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from posterior angle of cell.

Allied to the preceding genus, and agreeing with it in the
palpi, and in the possession of the black hindmarginal spots
(though these are obscured in one species), but differing in the
strongly ciliated antennae of J , the acute hind- wings, and the
different neuration. In these points the genus approaches more
nearly to the type of the Oecophoridcd, from all of which family
it is at once distinguished by vein 1 of fore-wings not being
furcate at base, as well as by the secondary character of the
black hind-marginal spots. In markings and shape of fore-
wings the genus approximates to Eupselia. I have as yet only
two species, confined to Australia. The larvae are unknown.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 225

In repose the imagos rest with the wings forming a sloping roof ;
they fly slowly towards sunset in sheltered places.

Aeol. iridozona, n. sp.
g ? . 4f"-5£". Head, palpi, and thorax, dark fuscous mixed
with grey. Antennae dark grey, in $ with moderately long
dense ciliations. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous,
posterior tibiee paler and with ochreous-whitish hairs, all tarsi
with indistinct whitish rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings
elongate, rather narrow, hind-margin extremely oblique, apex
broadly rounded ; ochreous-grey, strewn with ochreous-whitish
scales ; two slender straight golden-ochreous black-margined
transverse fasciae, one immediately on each side of middle of
wing, perpendicular to costa, and enclosing a slender pale silvery-
grey space ; from the dorsal extremity of second fascia proceeds
a third similar golden-ochreous black-margined fascia obliquely
to f- of costa, its posterior edge bordered by a pale silvery-grey
fascia of equal breadth ; six nearly square black spots, separated
by silvery-whitish scales, on lower portion of hind-margin, very
near together and sometimes almost confused, uppermost and
lowest smaller than the rest ; cilia fuscous-grey, with an
indistinct dark line round apex. Hind-wings narrow, ovate-
lanceolate, fuscous-grey ; cilia fuscous-grey.

This elegantly marked species has a very delicate and fragile
appearance ; it is very distinct from all others known, It occurs
at Parramatta and Sydney in August and September amongst
dry scrub, in very sheltered places only ; it is tolerably common,
but local, and only obtainable towards sunset, when it flies gently
close to the ground.

Aeol. marmaraspis, n. sp.

£ $ . 5f"-7.n Head and thorax deep bronzy-fuscous, tinged

with purple. Palpi golden-yellow, terminal joint with a black

line beneath. Antennae dark fuscous, in £ with rather long

ciliations. Abdomen blackish-fuscous, segments above suffused

2 C

226 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

with ochreous except on margins. Legs dark fuscous, tarsi with
slender whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior tibiae clothed
above with long whitish hairs. Fore-wings elongate, rather
narrow, hind-margin oblique, apex rather acutely rounded ; dark
fuscous, coarsely strewn with pale golden-ochreous scales ; a
short deep golden-yellow longitudinal streak of hair-scales from
base, posteriorly suffused into a cloudy spot of whitish scales on
disc before £, which is faintly expanded to costa and inner
margin, forming an obsolete band; a straight rather oblique
obsolete band of whitish (in some lights bluish) scales from costa
before middle to just before anal angle, where it forms a small
distinct white spot ; a rather large clear white rectangular spot
on costa at £ , from which proceeds a cloudy band of pale leaden-
blue scales towards hind-margin above anal angle; a few
leaden-blue scales on hind-margin beneath apex ; some irregular
black scales along lower f of hind-margin, tending to form
obscure broken spots ; cilia dark metallic grey, with ochreous
reflections. Hind- wings elongate-ovate, dark fuscous-grey ;
cilia dark fuscous-grey, with an obsolete darker line near base.

In shape of wing this species approaches many of the
Oecophorida, and the black hind-marginal spots being ill-defined,
it would be difficult of location if the neuration were not
examined. Specifically it is very distinct; the golden-yellow
palpi, and basal line of fore-wings are marked characters ;
though not brightly coloured, it is a handsome insect. I have
only found it on the swampy grass-covered ledges which project
from the face of the perpendicular precipice that overhangs the
Grose Yalley by the waterfall at Govett's Leap, near Blackheath,
3,500 feet above the sea. Here it is common in November,
flying languidly in the sunshine over the tops of the long grass.

Q-LYPHIPTERYX, Kb.

Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennae much
shorter than f orewings, slender, filiform, in $ pubescent or very
shortly ciliated. No maxilliary palpi. Labial palpi rather short,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 227

thick, arched ; second joint laterally compressed, often roughly
scaled beneath ; terminal joint as long as second, pointed.
Fore-wings elongate, variable in breadth, hind-margin often
indented, oblique, apex rounded, often produced. Hind- wings
varying from ovate to lanceolate, narrower than forewings, cilia
rather narrower or broader. Abdomen rather elongate. Legs
rather short, smoothly scaled. Forewings with 12 veins;
secondary cell indicated ; 7 and 8 separate ; 1 simple or more or
less furcate at base. Hind- wings with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from
posterior angle of cell, sometimes short-stalked.

The genus may always be recognized by the short palpi clothed
with whorls of scales, and metallic transverse markings ; it is a
very conspicuously natural one, and not very close to any but
Phryganostola and Apistomorpha, which have a long tuft on second
joint of palpi. All the species have the same habit of alternately
raising and depressing their wings when at rest, as though
fanning themselves; I have noticed this habit in all the
Australian and New Zealand species. They are sun-loving
insects, and fly especially in the afternoon towards sunset, in
grassy places.

The genus is apparently of universal distribution, but hitherto
not numerous in species, 17 having been described altogether
from other parts of the Globe; 18 are here described from
Australia and New Zealand, where doubtless many more remain
to be discovered, so that these regions would appear to be
especially favoured by them. The proportion appears to be
largest in New Zealand.

The larvae are 16-legged, rather stout, and feed principally on
the seeds of grasses and allied plants, except one European
species on Sedum. I have not yet succeeded in finding the larva)
of any Australia species, but from the habits of the imago, I
have little doubt that all will be found to feed in the seed-heads
of different species of grass and sedge.

228 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEEA,

The following is an analytical table of the 18 species : —

I. Fore-wings without sharp apical hook in cilia.

A. Hind- wings bright yellow with fuscous

margin 1 Chrysolithella

B. Hind-wings wholly fuscous-grey.

1 . Fore-wings with a black patch towards

anal angle.

a. A white complete transverse fascia

close to base . . . . . . 6 Asteriella

b. A white transverse spot on inner

margin near base.
#. Black patch narrow, containing 4

metallic spots in a row . . 5 Triselena
*#. Black patch broad, containing 5

or 6 irregular spots. . . .4 Iometalla

c. No white spot or fascia close to base.
*. With a fan-shaped posterior

patch of ochreous lines . . 3 Cometophora
**. Without such patch . . . . 2 Atristriella

2. Fore-wings without black patch . . 7 Euastera

II. Fore-wings with a sharp black apical hook in cilia.

A. Fore-wings with two conspicuous pale
spots on inner margin.

1 . Spots yellow . . . . . . . . 10 Chrysoplanetis

2. Spots white.

a. First spot extending to costa . . 9 Meteora

b. Both reaching to middle of wing only.
*. Third costal streak meeting anal

streak, forming a curved

fascia .. .. . . 12 Astoronota

## Third costal streak not united

with anal streak . . ..11 Leucocerastes

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 229

B. Fore-wings with a slender white streak

from middle of inner margin , .13 Actinobola

0. Fore-wings with four indistinct silvery-
white streaks from inner margin . . 8 Sabella

D. Fore-wings grey, with a black streak

from middle of inner margin ..16 Acrothecta

E. Fore-wings without dorsal markings

before anal angle.

1. Fore- wings dull dark bronze . .14 Palaeomorpha

2. Fore- wings grey, slightly bronzy-

tinged . . . . . . . . 15 Iocheeera

3. Fore- wings bright coppery-bronze.

a. With a complete curved fascia

beyond middle . . ..17 Astrapcea

b. With costal and anal streaks not

united . . . . . . ..18 Transversella

Glyph, chrysolithella, n. sp.

$ $ . 4£M-7". — Head dark fuscous, behind mixed with
ochreous. Palpi ochreous-yellow, second joint with three
flattened whorls of black yellowish- white tipped scales, terminal
joint black at base and with a black longitudinal line beneath.
Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, paler on sides.
Abdomen dark fuscous, with indistinct yellowish rings, anal
extremity yellow. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae with a
central yellowish band, posterior tarsi with two apical joints and
basal rings on the others yellowish. Fore wings broad, hind-
margin nearly straight, very slightly sinuate above middle ; dark
ochreous-bronze, with a few pale scales towards disc ; an obscure
whitish transverse spot on inner margin near base; a violet-
golden metallic streak from costa at £, not oblique, reaching
middle of wing; a rather shorter similar streak from inner
margin immediately beyond it ; two minute whitish spots on costa
before and beyond middle, giving rise to indications of metallic

230 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATTSTRAILIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

streaks ; a white spot on costa at f, giving rise to a straight
oblique violet-golden metallic streak, reaching middle of wing •
a similar opposite streak from anal angle, almost meeting this ;
a rather broad black longitudinal streak on disc, extending from
apex of first costal streak to apex of streak from anal angle,
obtusely toothed above beyond middle, containing two rather
large roundish violet-golden metallic spots on its lower margin,
projecting beyond it, and a much smaller similar spot between
and above them ; an ochreous- white spot on costa at five-sixths,
and another immediately before apex, both giving rise to oblique
violet-golden metallic streaks reaching middle of hind-margin,
one or other of which often unites with a violet-golden metallic
streak nearly along lower part of hind-margin almost to anal
angle ; between f and five-sixths is an oblique blackish streak
from costa to middle of disc ; cilia with a very strong black line
almost at base, grey, at apex and anal angle black, with a large
white spot on middle of hind-margin, and a small one just above
anal angle. Hind -wings trapezoidal, moderately broad ; golden-
yellow, hind-margin very broadly blackish ; cilia golden-yellow,
on hind-margin black at base.

This splendid species is distinguished from all others in the
genus by the yellow hind- wings. It is local, but occurs rather
commonly on the ledges of the precipice at G-ovett's Leap,
Blackheath, flying slowly in the sunshine in March; also at
Campbelltown, Sydney, and Parramatta ; and I have seen
specimens from Tasmania.

Glyph, atristriella, Z. Hor. Boss., 1877, p. 398.
" $• 6£". Head and thorax brown. Palpi white at base,
second joint black with white rings, terminal joint black with a
white longitudinal line. Antennse fuscous. Abdomen yellowish-
fuscous with broad yellowish rings, anal extremity pale yellow.
Anterior legs fuscous, tibiae with two white spots, apex of three
first tarsal joints whitish ; (middle legs broken ;) posterior legs

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 231

blackish-fuscous, tibiae with whitish-yellow central and apical
spots, tarsi with apex of first three joints whitish-yellow, two
apical joints wholly whitish. Fore-wings rather parallel- sided
golden-ochreous, duller towards base, lighter on disc, on inner
margin irrorated with fuscous ; a strong black longitudinal streak
on middle of disc, posteriorly attenuated and bent upwards, with
three silvery-metallic roundish spots, one at its origin, one in
middle, the third before the extremity beneath ; the first of these
forms the apex of a rather oblique streak from costa before £,
which is followed at equal intervals on costa by a silvery -metallic
dot, a short transverse streak, and an outwardly curved transverse
fascia, attenuated above middle, ending on inner margin beyond
the black discal streak ; two white costal spots before apex, each
giving rise to a violet-silvery metallic line, half-way across wing
uniting into a thick line ending at anal angle. Hind-wings
fuscous, towards the base mixed with yellowish ; cilia very pale
yellowish, tips grey towards apex, and with a grey-fuscous line.
One <$ from Tasmania."

I have not seen this species ; I have translated Zeller's original
description, which is written with his usual accuracy, and clearly
points to an insect rather nearly allied to the preceding G.
chrysolithella, but without the yellow hind- wings ; the markings
of the fore-wings are very similar.

Glyph, cometophora, n. sp.

g <j> . 7"-9". Head bronzy-grey. Palpi whitish at base,
second joint clothed with three whorls of black white-tipped
scales, terminal joint loosely scaled, black, with an ochreous-
whitish line on each side, and an ochreous whitish sub-apical
spot above. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax brassy-bronze.
Abdomen dark greyish-fuscous, with pale ochreous rings beneath,
apex pale ochreous. Legs dark fuscous; posterior tibiae with
central and apical whitish bands, posterior tarsi with whitish
rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings broad, hind-margin slightly

232 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

sinuate above middle ; ochreous-bronze, with a brassy tinge,
with six complete or interrupted violet-silvery metallic transverse
fasciae, second to sixth starting from small whitish spots on costa ;
first from £ of costa, rather oblique, reaching to fold or
sometimes to inner margin ; second entire, straight, slightly
oblique, on inner margin whitish ; third broken in middle, apex
of dorsal portion rather beyond apex of costal ; sixth from five-
sixth of costa to hind-margin just above anal angle, slightly
curved outwardly ; between third and sixth is an expanded fan-
like patch of dense diverging pale ochreous lines on a black
ground, its base resting on third fascia a little above middle, and
its apex covering the whole length of sixth ; the triangular
space between this patch and inner margin is jet-black, cut by
an irregular longitudinal golden-ochreous line ; the fourth and
fifth fasciae are visible only as two transverse violet-silvery bars
on this black space, and the corresponding whitish costal spots ;
a white spot on costa just before apex, sending a violet-silvery
line to above middle of hind-margin ; cilia whitish, greyer
towards anal angle, dark fuscous-grey at apex, basal half clothed
with dense golden-bronze scales, except where a white indentation
meets the sub-apical silvery line. Hind-wings and cilia dark
fuscous.

This handsome species is the largest of the genus, and may
be known from all others by its fan-shaped patch of ochreous
lines on a black ground, spreading like the tail of a comet.
Common at Melbourne, frequenting rushes ; also taken at
Blackheath, on the Blue Mountains (3,600 feet), in November.

Glyph, iometalla, n. sp.

$ $ . 3"- 3£". Head and thorax deep bronzy-fuscous. Palpi
whitish at base, second joint with two whorls of black white-
tipped scales, terminal joint clothed except apex with a whorl
of black white-tipped scales. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen
shining dark grey, beneath silvery. Legs dark fuscous-grey, all

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 233

tarsi with slender white rings at apex of joints ; posterior tibiee
with white central and apical bands, posterior tarsi with two
apical joints wholly white. Fore-wings short, posteriorly dilated,
hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; dark golden-bronze, with
transverse golden-ochreous strigulffi ; a white transverse rather
inwardly oblique oblong spot on inner margin near base, reaching
to middle; a silvery-white violet-tinged' perpendicular streak
from costa at £, reaching to middle; a straight silvery-white
violet-tinged fascia from just before middle of costa to inner
margin at f , expanded and more snow-white on inner margin ;
a rather large black patch on anal angle and lower half of hind-
margin, containing five or six golden-metallic spots, its base not
touching fascia, its upper edge margined by a straight whitish-
ochreous line, above the posterior part of which are three other
whitish- ochreous longitudinal lines, separated by blackish spaces ;
a silvery-white violet-tinged streak from costa to upper anterior
angle of the black patch; two parallel oblique silvery-white
violet- tinged streaks from costa a little before apex to hind-margin
above middle, becoming white on costal cilia: cilia white,
becoming dark grey at apex and anal angle, basal half separated
by a dark grey line and clothed with bronzy scales, except where a
white indentation meets the anterior sub-apical streak. Hind-
wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

This species has a strong superficial resemblance to Apist.
argyrosema, but apart from structural differences it is smaller,
and has only a costal streak corresponding to what in A,
argyrosema is a second complete fascia. It is allied to the
succeeding species G. triselena, but is smaller, broader- winged,
darker, and the black patch is broader and contains usually six
metallic spots instead of four. Tolerably common at Brisbane
in September, flying towards sunset in dry grassy places amongst
thin gum scrub ; from its small size it is rather difficult to see.
2 D

234 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

Glyph, triselena, n. sp.

g . 4£". Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi white at
base, second joint with two flattened whorls of black white-tipped
scales, terminal joint black with two white rings. Antennse
dark fuscous. Abdomen very long, whitish-ochreous. Legs
whitish-ochreous, anterior tarsi with obsolete fuscous bands at
base of joints. Fore-wings elongate, narrowed posteriorly,
hind-margin slightly indented below apex ; pale golden-bronze ;
an obscure transverse whitish spot on inner margin near base ;
three silvery- white, obscurely dark-margined transverse fasciae ;
first from £ of costa obliquely outwards, angulated in middle, to
inner margin before middle ; second and third straight, parallel,
nearly perpendicular to costa, before and beyond middle ; from
third below middle proceeds a rather narrow longitudinal black
band, bent downwards to anal angle, thence continued along
lower half of hind-margin, containing four golden-metallic spots
in a row; the space between this and costa is filled by six
longitudinal ochreous-whitish lines, partially confluent or
separated by narrow black interspaces; two oblique nearly
parallel silvery-white sub-apical streaks from costa immediately
before apex to hind-margin above middle, becoming white in the
grey costal cilia ; some dark, metallic-grey scales at apex, cilia
whitish, basal third within a fuscous line clothed with pale
golden-bronze scales, except where a white indentation meets
anterior sub-apical line. Hind-wings pale grey, cilia whitish-
grey.

Nearest to G. iometalla and A. argyrosema, but differing from
both in the peculiarly narrowed fore-wings, the much paler
colouring, three complete fascise, and narrow black patch
containing four metallic spots in a straight line. Two males
taken in January on the bare dry grassy volcanic hills near
Christchurch, New Zealand.

BY E. MEVIUCK, B.A. 235

Glyph, asteriella, n. sp.

$ . 6". Head and thorax dark bronzy fuscous. Palpi
whitish-ochreous at base, second joint with two flattened whorls
of black whitish-ochreous-tipped scales, terminal joint black
with two white rings. Antenna) dark fuscous. Abdomen
blackish-fuscous, posteriorly with silvery-white rings, anal
extremity ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, middle and posterior
tibia) with slender central and apical whitish rings, all tarsi with
slender whitish rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings elongate,
rather broad, hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; deep bronze,
all markings obscurely dark-margined ; a clear white irregularly
margined transverse fascia close to base, hardly touching costa
broadest in middle ; an oblique silvery-metallic streak from costa
at £, meeting a clear white rectangular spot on middle of inner
margin ; a silvery-metallic transverse spot on middle of costa,
and a similar spot slightly beyond it on disc ; a silvery-metallic
costal streak at f , bent obliquely inwards, reaching middle, from
the extremity of which proceeds a bent longitudinal rather
slender black streak to hind-margin above anal angle ; above
this streak are four short black longitudinal streaks on disc, and
below it are two roundish confluent black spots on anal angle ;
an ontwardly oblique silvery-metallic streak from inner margin
before anal angle, cutting the first two black streaks ; two
silvery-metallic parallel sub-apical streaks from costa, becoming
white in costal cilia, the anterior nearly meeting a curved silvery-
metallic streak from anal angle along lower half of hind-margin,
the posterior going to hind-margin below apex ; cilia whitish,
dark fuscous on costa, apex, and anal angle, basal half separated
by a dark fuscous line and clothed with deep bronze scales,
except where a white indentation meets the posterior sub-apical
streak. Hind- wings somewhat trapezoidal, dark fuscous ; cilia
dark fuscous.

A handsome species, conspicuously distinct from its nearest
allies through the white fascia close to base. One female taken

236 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

amongst the dense luxuriant forest clothing the steep slopes of a
mountain overlooking Kangaroo Valley, near Shoalhaven, 1,500
feet above the sea, in January.

Glyph, euastera, n. sp.

£ ? . 3£"-3£". Head, antennae, and thorax dark fuscous.
Palpi whitish at base, second joint with two whorls of dark
fuscous white-tipped scales, terminal joint black with two
white rings. Abdomen blackish-fuscous, beneath silvery- whitish.
Legs dark fuscous, middle and posterior tibia3 with white central
and apical rings, all tarsi with white rings at apex of joints.
Fore- wings elongate, very slightly dilated, hind-margin indented
beneath apex ; basal and apical thirds dark fuscous, densely
strewn with whitish scales, central third bronzy-ferruginous,
more or less broadly suffused with dark fuscous on costa and
inner margin ; a white oblique costal streak at £, reaching
middle, ending in a leaden-metallic spot ; an indistinct white
spot on inner margin near base ; two outwardly curved steel-blue
metallic fascia) ending in white spots on both margins, first
hardly before, second beyond middle ; beyond these are three
white spots on costa, the first two giving rise to obsolete metallic
streaks, the last sub-apical, sending a steel-blue metallic streak
to hind-margin below apex; a blackish spot on apex; cilia
whitish, fuscous-grey at apex and anal angle, basal half
separated by a strong dark fuscous line, and clothed towards
base with ferruginous scales, except where a wedge-shaped
dark-margined white indentation meets the sub-apical streak.
Hind- wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Distinct from all others in the Australian region through the
absence of both the black discal streak and the apical hook, as
well as by the contrast of the central ferruginous third with the
rest of the fore-wings, and the steel-blue markings. Five
specimens taken on the dry grassy volcanic hills, near Christ-
church, New Zealand, in January.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 237

Glyph, sabella, Newm., Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., N.S. III., 299.

" Fore-wings shining brassy-black, with yellowish scales
towards apex ; four narrow fasciae from costa, reaching to centre
of wing, silvery white ; close to apex two triangular white costal
spots ; from inner margin rise less distinct fasciae, almost meeting
those from costa ; a silvery mark in anal angle ; cilia pale brown,
a black hook at apex. Hind- wings smoky brown, cilia
concolorous. Exp. al. 5£".

Allied to G. thrasonella, but costal fasciae more perpendicular.
Two specimens from Mount Alexander Range, Victoria."

The above description is Newman's original one as written ;
it is palpably insufficient and inaccurate, but appears to denote
an insect very different from any Australian species known
to me.

Glyph, meteora, n. sp.

<$ $ . 4"-4f-". Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Palpi
whitish at base, second joint with two oblique whorls of black
white-tipped scales, terminal joint clothed with two rough whorls
of black white-tipped scales, apex black. Antennae dark fuscous.
Abdomen blackish fuscous, beneath with silvery- white rings,
apex white. Legs fuscous, middle and posterior tibiae black
with white central and apical rings, all tarsi black with white
rings at apex of joints, posterior tarsi with two apical joints wholly
white. Fore-wings moderately dilated, hind-margin indented
beneath apex ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; a broad conspicuous white
transverse fascia near base, attenuated on costa ; a rather large
white transverse spot on inner margin rather beyond middle,
dilated in middle, reaching half across wing, its apex silvery-
metallic; a short oblique silvery-metallic streak from costa
rather before middle, nearly meeting the dorsal spot ; two other
oblique silvery-metallic costal streaks at £ and f, reaching
middle; an oblique silvery-metallic streak from inner margin
just before anal angle, its apex resting between extremities of

238 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTRAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

these two costal streaks ; a few irregular silvery-metallic scales
on hind-margin above anal angle ; two very short silvery -metallic
streaks from costa immediately before apex, white in costal cilia,
not produced to hind-margin, apex of posterior streak ending in
the roundish black apical spot, immediately beneath which is a
small golden-metallic spot on hind-margin ; cilia white with a
strong black apical hook, basal half separated by a blackish
line and clothed with bronzy scales, except where a white
blackish-margined indentation meets the golden-metallic hind-
marginal spot. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Nearest to G. chrysoplanetis, but distinguished from it and all
the other species with black apical hook by the broad white
transverse fascia near base, preceding the central white dorsal
spot. It appears to be a mountain species, occurring amongst
the rich forest-growth on the ascent of the Bulli Pass, and also
on the Liverpool Ranges near Murrurundi, in October.

Glyph, chrysoplanetis, n. sp.

$ $ . 4"-4£". Head and antennae dark fuscous. Palpi
yellowish at base, second joint with two whorls of dark fuscous
broadly yellowish-tipped scales, terminal joint dark fuscous with
two yellowish bands. Thorax dark fuscous, with a small yellowish
spot on posterior margin. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath with
yellowish bands, apex yellowish. Legs dark fuscous, all tibise
with oblique yellowish basal, central, and apical bands, tarsi
with apex of all joints yellowish. Fore-wings strongly dilated,
hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; dark fuscous, almost
blackish ; two rather large yellow spots on inner margin, first
near base, subquadrate, reaching f across wing, second beyond
middle, rounded-triangular, reaching half-way across wing;
seven short oblique streaks from costa ; first at £, second before
middle, both yellow ; third and fourth steely-metallic, violet-
tinged, starting from small yellowish costal spots, third reaching
middle of wing, fourth very short ; fifth very short, yellowish,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 239

apex steely -metallic ; sixth, and seventh close before apex, short,
yellow ; eight small roundish steely-metallic violet-tinged spots,
first just beyond middle of disc, second between first and anal
angle, third and fourth beneath extremities of third and fourth
costal streaks, fifth on anal angle (these last three are in a
straight line), sixth, seventh, and eighth on hind-margin, eighth
being just below apex of seventh costal streak ; cilia yellowish,
with a strong black apical hook, basal half separated by a
blackish line and clothed with dark fuscous scales, except where
a yellowish black-margined indentation meets the eighth spot on
hind-margin. Hind- wings and cilia dark fuscous.

Instantly recognisable from all others by the two conspicuous
yellow dorsal spots. A handsome and common species, appearing
in October and again much more plentifully in March ; it occurs
freely on dry grassy banks round Sydney and Parramatta, and
also at Melbourne ; specimens from the latter place appear
somewhat larger ; it flies readily in the afternoon towards sunset.

Glyph, leucocerastes, n. sp.

£ . 4". Head, thorax, and antennae dark bronzy-fuscous.
Palpi white at base, second joint with two oblique whorls of
black ochreous-whitish-tipped scales, terminal joint black with
two ochreous-whitish rings. Abdomen dark fuscous, apex white.
Legs dark fuscous, anterior and middle tarsi with slender whitish
rings at apex of joints, middle tibise with very oblique slender
white central and apical rings ; posterior tibiee with slender white
central and apical bands, posterior tarsi with first joint white at
base, two apical joints wholly white. Fore-wings moderately
dilated, hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; dark fuscous, almost
blackish ; two conspicuous clear white semilunate spots on inner
margin, first near base, second hardly beyond middle, each
reaching half across wing, their apices curved towards apex of
wing, that of second attenuated ; six slender oblique white
streaks from costa ; first at £ ; second before middle, very

240 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

oblique, becoming obsolete before reaching middle of wing ;
third reaching half across wing, its lower portion steely -metallic ;
fourth short ; fifth and sixth acutely wedge-shaped, close before
apex, very short; a short oblique steely -metallic streak from
aual angle, forming a white spot in cilia ; between its apex and
that of third costal streak is a steely-metallic spot on disc ; a
steely-metallic line along lower half of hind-margin, and some
scattered steely-metallic scales on disc towards apex ; cilia grey,
with a strong black, apical hook, basal half separated by a black
line and clothed with dark fuscous scales, except on a wedge-
shaped black-margined indentation beneath apex containing a
small whitish spot. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous.

Closely allied to G. asteronota, but larger, and the third costal
streak does not unite with the streak from anal angle. Two males
taken on the dry grassy hill-slopes near Murrurundi, in
November.

Glyph, asteronota, n. sp.

g $ . 3£". Head, thorax, and antennae dark fuscous. Palpi
whitish, with olete darker rings. (?) Abdomen dark fuscous,
apex whitish. ^s dark fuscous, middle and posterior tibiae

with whitish central and apical bands, all tarsi with broad
whitish rings at apex of joints, Fore-wings somewhat dilated,
hind-margin rather strongly sinuate beneath apex; dark fuscous ;
two conspicuous clear white semilunate spots on inner margin,
reaching half across wing, first near base, second slightly beyond
middle, both outwardly oblique, their apices curved towards
apex of wing; six slender oblique white streaks from costa;
first at I ; second hardly before middle, not reaching half across
wing ; third uniting with a similar streak from anal angle to
form an outwardly curved transverse fascia ; fourth short ; fifth
and sixth small, wedge-shaped, close before apex ; some irregular
silvery-^* hite scales above anal angle beyond the transverse
fascia ; cilia grey (?), basal half separated by a black line and

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 241

clothed with dark fuscous scales, except on a wedge-shaped
black-margined indentation a little below apex, containing a
whitish spot. (?) Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Very similar to the preceding; best distinguished by the
smaller size, and complete fascia formed by third costal and
anal streaks. Two specimens, in rather imperfect condition,
taken at Auckland, New Zealand, flying over damp grass on a
shady bank, in January.

Glyph, actinobola, n. sp.

$ . 3£". Head and thorax deep bronze. Palpi white,
second joint with two oblique whorls of blackish broadly white-
tipped scales, terminal joint black with two oblique white bands.
Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen blackish-fuscous, beneath
snow-white, apex white. Legs dark fuscous, middle and
posterior tibiae with white central and apical bands, all tarsi
with slender white rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings narrow,
somewhat dilated, hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; dark
bronze, with one dorsal and six costal slender white dark-
margined streaks ; dorsal streak slightly beyond middle, obliquely
curved towards apex of wing, hardly reaching £ across wing,
tending to be produced along inner margin towards base ; first
costal streak beyond £, very oblique ; second in middle, rather
less oblique, not reaching half across wing, apex silvery-metallic ;
third before £ , less oblique, ending in a violet-silvery metallic
spot on disc; between second and third is sometimes an
additional small white spot on costa; fourth, fifth, and sixth
acutely wedge-shaped, small, hardly oblique, close together
before apex; a violet- silvery metallic outwardly oblique streak
from anal angle, ending in a spot between extremities of second
and third costal streaks ; an obscure violet-silvery metallic spot
on hind-margin below middle ; cilia white on tips, with a black
hook at apex, basal |- separated by a blackish line and dark
fuscous-grey, except a white dark-margined wedge-shaped

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indentation below apex, meeting a few silvery scales on hind-
margin. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Belonging to the group of G. fischeriella, G. sehcenieolella, and
the allied species, but distinguished from them all by the
presence of an additional costal streak, nearer to the base than
the dorsal streak ; its nearest allies in Australia are the two
following, which however do not possess the dorsal streak from,
middle of inner margin at all. Three £ 's, taken at Sydney and
Parramatta in dry places amongst low-growing Carex, in
October and November.

Glyph, palseomorpha, n. sp.

$ $ . 8£"-3f-' '. Head and thorax deep bronze. Palpi bronzy
at base, second joint with two whorls of black white-tipped
scales, terminal joint black with two oblique white bands.
Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, in $ elongate,
in £ whitish at apex. Legs obscure fuscous, tarsi with slender
whitish rings at apex of joints. Fore-wings narrow, somewhat
dilated, hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; rather dark bronze,
with five costal silvery- white streaks, and one dorsal silvery-
metallic ; first costal in middle, oblique, reaching half across
wing; second before f, equally oblique, becoming silvery-
metallic at apex, uniting with the outwardly oblique silvery-
metallic dorsal streak from just before anal angle to form an
angulated transverse fascia ; third, fourth, and fifth, short, close
together before apex ; an elongate silvery-metallic spot on hind-
margin below middle ; a round black apical spot, beneath which
are some silvery-metallic scales ; cilia whitish, dark fuscous at
anal angle, and with a black apical hook, basal half separated
by a black line and dark fuscous, except a wedge-shaped white
indentation below apex, whence proceeds a strong black sub-
apical hook. Hind-winds and cilia dark fuscous.

Distinguished from the group of G. fischeriella, to which it
approximates, by the absence of the dorsal streak from middle

BY E. MEYIIICK, B.A. 243

of inner margin, in which and other respects it is closely allied
to G. iochecera, but differs in the dark bronzy ground colour, and
the clearer and more silvery streaks. Three specimens taken at
Brisbane, and on damp goound on the forest-clad ascent of the
Bulli Pass, at rest on the heads of a species of Juncus, in
September and October.

Glyph, iochesera, n. sp.

$ $ . 4"-4£". Head and thorax dark bronzy-grey. Palpi
whitish at base, second joint with two appressed whorls of fuscous
whitish-tipped scales, terminal joint dark fuscous with two
white rings. Antennse dark fuscous. Abdomen elongate, dark
fuscous. Legs ochreous-grey, tarsal joints basally slightly
suffused with darker. Fore-wings narrow, hardly dilated,
hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; dull grey, slightly tinged
with bronze ; one dorsal and five costal slender rather obscure
white streaks, anteriorly margined with dark fuscous-grey ; first
costal in middle, second from before f-, both very oblique, not
reaching half across wing ; dorsal from just before anal angle,
very oblique, apex almost reaching extremity of second costal ;
third, fourth, and fifth costal streaks acutely wedge-shaped,
short, almost wholly on costal cilia ; a silvery-white metallic spot
on middle of hind-margin ; a clear round black apical spot ;
cilia whitish, towards anal angle dark fuscous-grey, with a strong
sharp black apical hook, and with basal half separated by a
black line and dark fuscous-grey, except on a whitish wedge-
shaped indentation below apex, whence proceeds a sharp black
sub-apical hook. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Closely allied to the preceding species, but rather larger and
narrower-winged, ground colour grey only slightly tinged with
bronzy, costal and dorsal streaks not silvery. Four specimens
taken on rushes (Juncus) in swampy places in January, at
Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand.

244 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPLDOPTERA,

Glyph, acrothecta, n. sp.

£. 4£"-5". Head and thorax dark bronzy-grey. Palpi
white at base, second joint with two short oblique whorls of
black white-tipped scales, terminal joint black with two oblique
white rings and white above towards apex. Antennae dark
fuscous. Abdomen elongate, blackish-grey with white rings,
apex white. Legs dark fuscous, posterior and middle tibiae with
white central and apical bands, tarsi with obsolete whitish rings
at apex of joints, posterior tarsi with a clear white ring at apex
of basal joint, and two apical joints wholly white. Fore-wings
narrow, elongate, not dilated, hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ;
dull pale grey, suffused with brownish on disc and inner margin ;
six rather obscure white, anteriorly blackish-margined, oblique
costal streaks ; first at £, reaching to middle, partially black-
margined posteriorly as well ; second in middle, not reaching
half across w ing ; third to sixth short, mostly on costal cilia,
each silvery-metallic at apex ; a black oblique streak from middle
of inner margin, leading to an obscure whitish anteriorly black-
margined spot below apex of first costal streak ; a faint whitish
spot on anal angle, preceded by a short curved black streak ;
two silvery-metallic spots on disc, beneath extremities of second
and third costal streaks, sometimes united with them ; a rather
large conical silvery -metallic black-margined spot on hind-margin
below middle ; a small silvery-metallic black-margined spot on
hind-margin below apex; cilia whitish, with a sharp black
apical hook, fuscous-grey towards anal angle, basal half separated
by a black line and fuscous-grey, except where a whitish black-
margined indentation meets the small silvery-metallic sub-apical
spot. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

Not nearly allied to any described species ; the markings have
a peculiar confused appearance ; the black dorsal streak from
centre of inner margin is caused by the suffusion and
disappearance of the accompanying white streak. Six ^'s

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 245

taken on the dry grassy volcanic hills near Christchurch, New
Zealand, in January.

Glyph, astrapaea, n. sp.

<$ . b^" . Head and thorax brilliant metallic coppery bronze,
face dark fuscus. Palpi with second joint clothed with three
whorls of black very narrowly white-tipped scales, terminal
joint black with an oblique white lateral line. Antenna) dark
fuscous. Abdomen blackish-fuscous, apex ochreous- white. Legs
dark bronzy-fuscous, middle and posterior tibise with obscure
slender whitish central and apical rings, tarsi with obscure white
rings at apex of joints, two apical joints of posterior tarsi wholly
white. Fore-wings moderately broad, somewhat dilated, hind-
margin sinuate below apex ; brilliant metallic coppery-bronze,
with violet-silvery metallic obscurely dark-margined markings ;
a short oblique streak from costa before middle; a rather
irregular outwardly curved fascia from beyond middle of costa
to anal angle ; a rather short oblique streak from f of costa,
opposite extremity of which is a triangular spot on hind-margin
below middle ; two small spots on costa before apex, second
produced as a curved streak to hind-margin below apex ; cilia
whitish towards apex, blackish-fuscous towards anal angle, with
a black apical hook, and intersected by a strong black line,
obliterated at anal angle and where a white black-margined
indentation meets the sub-apical streak. Hind-wings and cilia
blackish-fuscous.

This and the succeeding species are very handsome insects,
not coming very near any others, but very closely allied together ;
G. astrapm is distinguished by the total absence of the
longitudinal streak from base, and by the complete fascia beyond
middle ; in other respects it is extremely similar. One ^ taken
flying in the sun in a grassy swamp near Cambridge, New
Zealand, in January.

246 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Glyph, transversella, WIcr., Brit. Mus. Cat., 849 (Argyresthia).
<§ ? . 5£"-6". Head and thorax brilliant metallic-bronze,
face dark fuscons. Palpi yellowish at base, second joint with
three whorls of black white-tipped scales, terminal joint black
with a white lateral line. Antennae dark fuscons. Abdomen
in <$ dark bronzy-fuscous, beneath silvery-white, in $ blackish,
apex whitish. Legs dark bronzy-fuscous, tarsi with whitish
rings at apex of joints, posterior tibiae with white central and
apical rings, posterior tarsi with two apical joints wholly white.
Fore-wings moderately broad, somewhat dilated, hind-margin
sinuate below apex; brilliant metallic coppery-bronze, with
golden-silvery metallic obscurely dark-margined markings ; an
indistinct paler bronzy-yellowish central longitudinal streak from
base to beyond middle, broadest posteriorly, attenuated at base ;
a short oblique streak from costa before middle; an oblique
streak from costa beyond middle, and a rather oblique streak
from anal angle, which are not united, apex of dorsal streak
lying beyond apex of costal ; a rather short oblique streak from
£ of costa, opposite the extremity of which is a triangular spot
on hind-margin below middle ; two small spots on costa before
apex, second produced as a curved streak to hind-margin below
apex; cilia whitish towards apex, dark fuscous towards anal
angle, with a black apical hook, basal half, except towards anal
angle, separated by a black line and clothed with bronzy scales,
except where a white black-margined indentation meets the sub-
apical streak. Hind-wings and cilia blackish-fuscous.

Very nearly allied to G. astrapcea, but slightly less brilliant,
and characterised by the paler central streak from base, and the
costal and dorsal streaks beyond middle not being united into a
fascia. Eight specimens taken flying gently in the shade over a
damp grassy sheltered bank near Auckland, New Zealand, in
January.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 247

Apistomorpha, n. g.

Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. 'Antennae much
shorter than fore- wings, slender, filiform. No maxillary palpi.
Labial palpi rather short, thick, arched ; second joint beneath
with a loose rather long tuft of projecting hairs, terminal joint
loosely scaled, slender, pointed. Fore-wings elongate, hind-
margin oblique, sinuate beneath apex, apex rounded, produced.
Hind-wings ovate-lanceolate, rather pointed, narrower than
fore-wings, cilia as broad as hind-wings. Abdomen rather
elongate. Legs rather short, smoothly scaled. Fore-wings
with 12 veins; secondary cell indicated ; 7 and 8 stalked, one
to each side of apex ; 1 very shortly furcate at base. Hind-
wings with 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from posterior angle of cell.

Closely allied to Glyphipteryx, and in superficial appearance
extremely similar, but characterised clearly by the stalking of
veins 7 and 8 of forewings, and the tuft on second joint of
palpi; in the latter character it resembles Phryganostola, but
differs in the venation.

The habits of the imago are similar to those of Glyphipteryx ;
it has the same motion of fanning its wings when at rest. The
larva is yet unknown.

Apist. argyrosema, n. sp.
$ $ . 3V'-4£". Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi white
at base, second joint with two whorls of black white-tipped
scales, produced beneath to form a rough tuft of black and white
hairs ; terminal joint black, clothed except extreme apex with
two whorls of black white-tipped hairs. Antennae dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark fuscous, with silvery-whitish rings. Legs dark
fuscous, all tarsi with slender white rings at apex of joints,
posterior tibiae with white central and apical bands, posterior
tarsi with two apical joints wholly white. Fore-wings rather
short, rather narrow, hind-margin distinctly sinuate ; dark

248 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

golden-bronze, with, transverse golden- ochreous strigulae; a
white transverse spot on inner margin near base ; a straight
silvery-metallic streak from costa before £, reaching to fold ; two
straight parallel silvery-metallic transverse fasciae, first from
middle of costa, second from f to anal angle, sometimes shortly
interrupted below middle ; two small silvery-metallic spots on
costa at f, and a little before apex, becoming white in costal
cilia ; beneath the anterior one is a small discal silvery spot ; a
sub-apical silvery-metallic streak from costa to hind-margin a
little below apex ; a triangular black patch on hind-margin
above anal angle; its base resting on lower part of second
fascia, its apex on middle of hind-margin, containing five or six
irregular golden-metallic spots ; above this patch are sometimes
one or two longitudinal black lines on disc ; cilia whitish, grey
at apex and anal angle, basal half separated by a dark fuscous
line and clothed with, golden-ochreous scales, except where a
white indentation meets the sub-apical silvery streak. Hind-
wings and cilia dark fuscous.

A handsome species, bearing considerable resemblance in
markings to Glyph, iometalla and Glyph, triselena ; being
distinguished from the former by its larger size and the second
complete fascia, from the latter by its darker colouring and
broader irregularly-spotted anal patch. Rather common,
occurring round Sydney and Parramatta, and at Bowenfels and
Tarana on the Blue Mountains, about 2,500 feet above the sea ;
it flies in the sunshine towards sunset over dry grassy banks, in
September, November, and from January to March, so that
there is probably a succession of broods.

Phryganostola, n. g.

Head smooth ; with ocelli ; tongue moderate. Antennae about
half as long as fore-wings, filiform, in $ very shortly ciliated.
No maxillary palpi. Labial palpi rather short, thick, arched ;
second joint clothed with long loose projecting hairs beneath,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 249

forming a broad tuft ; terminal joint short, acute. Fore-wings
elongate, variable in breadth, apex produced, hind-margin
indented, very oblique. Hind- wings lanceolate or ovate-
lanceolate, narrower than fore-wings, pointed, cilia about as
broad. Abdomen elongate, slender. Legs moderate, smoothly-
scaled. Fore-wings with 12 separate veins; secondary cell
indicated ; 1 simple or furcate at base. Hind- wings with 8
veins ; 3 and 4 from posterior angle of cell.

Nearly allied to Glyphipteryx, but differing in the long tuft
on second joint of palpi ; from Apistomorpha it is distinguished
by veins 7 and 8 of fore- wings not being stalked. The fore-
wings and abdomen are mostly more elongate than in either of
these genera. The imagos have the same habit of fanning
themselves when at rest, but frequent the shade rather than the
sunshine, and are less brilliantly marked. The larvae are at
present unknown. The four species described here may be
known from one another by the following characteristics : —

1. Fore-wings with scattered silvery-metallic

spots . . . , . . . . drosophaes

2. Fore- wings with central longitudinal white

streak from base . . . . . . euthybelemna

3. Fore-wings with white streak from base

along inner margin . . . . oxymachaera

4. Fore- wings unicolorous pale grey . . achlyoessa

Phryg. drosophaes, n. sp.

£ . 6". Head and thorax dull bronzy-grey. Palpi ochreous-
white at base, second joint with a long rough tuft of mixed
black and white hairs, terminal joint slender, black, with two
white rings. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous,
apex whitish. Legs dark fuscous, tarsi with white rings at
apex of joints, posterior tibiae dull grey, apex white. Fore-
wings rather broad, dilated, dull fuscous-grey, with fine
2 F

250 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTBRA,

transverse ochreous strigula3, and silvery-metallic coarsely black-
margined markings; five short rather oblique costal streaks,
first before, second beyond middle; a spot on inner margin
beyond middle, and a short rather oblique streak from anal
angle ; three spots on hind-margin, respectively below middle, in
middle, and below apex ; five spots on disc, first two forming a
curve with second costal and first dorsal streak, second two
forming a parallel curve with third costal and streak from anal
angle, fifth beneath apex of fourth costal streak ; a small silvery-
metallic spot in apex ; cilia whitish, with a black apical hook,
basal half separated by a black line, and dark purple-fuscous,
except where a white black -margined indentation meets the
sub-apical silvery spot. Hind- wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey.

This is the broadest winged species of the genus. It appears
to be a shade-loving insect; two J^'s taken in a deep gully
beneath damp overhanging rocks near Parramatta, in October.

Phryg. euthybelemna, n. sp.

$ . 5£". Head and thorax light bronzy grey. Palpi pale
ochreous, second joint beneath with a rather long rough projecting
fringe of white hairs. Antennse dark fuscous. Abdomen
ochreous-grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous-grey, tarsi
with whitish rings at apex of joints, posterior tibiae with
whitish central and apical rings. Fore-wings moderate, slightly
dilated, pale ochreous-bronze, with pure white fuscous-margined
markings ; a rather broad central longitudinal streak from base
to £ ; a small spot on costa about £, slenderly produced along
costa towards base ; a short oblique streak from costa before
middle, followed by a small obscure costal spot ; a longer oblique
streak from middle of costa, and a rather oblique streak from
anal angle, their extremities meeting in a silvery-metallic spot
on apex of basal streak; the apical half of costa filled with
seven short rather oblique white streaks, separated only by their
dark fuscous margins ; an irregular silvery-metallic streak along

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 251

lower part of hind-margin, black-margined anteriorly ; apex
blackish, with some silvery-white scales ; cilia white, with a
blackish apical hook, towards anal angle fuscous-grey, basal
half separated by a black line and fuscous-grey, except where a
white black-margined indentation meets hind-margin below
apex. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia rather paler.

An elegantly-marked species, conspicuous through the central
basal streak. Several <^'s taken by Mr. GK H. Raynor at
Melbourne, and also at Brighton in Tasmania, in January.

Phryg. oxymachaera, n. sp.

£ ? . 4J"-5£". Head whitish. Thorax whitish, sometimes
suffused with fuscous. Palpi white, second joint with two
fuscous-grey rings, beneath with a long loose projecting tuft of
white hairs, mixed with a few fuscous-grey. Antennae dark
fuscous. Abdomen very elongate, especially in $ , varying from
pale ochreous to dark fuscous-grey ; with whitish rings. Legs
fuscous-grey or ochreous-grey, posterior tibiae white at apex, all
tarsi fuscous or dark fuscous with white rings at apex of joints.
Fore-wings elongate, narrow, hardly dilated, dull fuscous,
sometimes suffused with whitish along costa, with white dark-
margined markings ; a broad streak along inner margin from
base to beyond middle, thence attenuated and directed obliquely
upwards, ending on middle of disc at f from base ; eight rather
short oblique costal streaks, none reaching half across wing,
first at i, produced along costa towards base, all sometimes
rendered obsolete by a general white suffusion of the costa ; a
rather short oblique streak from anal angle, ending in a bright
silvery -metallic spot on disc; a small silvery -metallic spot on
hind-margin below middle ; cilia white, with a black apical hook,
and intersected by a strong black line, except where a white
black-margined indentation meets hind-margin beneath apex.
Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia whitish.

252 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEFIDOPTERA,

Remarkable from its lanceolate wings and very elongate
abdomen ; it varies rather considerably in depth of colouring.
Six specimens taken on the dry grassy volcanic hills near
Christchurch, New Zealand, in January.

Phryg. achlyoessa, n. sp.

$ . b^". Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi whitish-
grey, mixed with dark fuscous, second joint beneath with a long
loose prejecting fringe of hairs. Antennae dark fuscous.
Abdomen elongate, dark fuscous. Legs pale ochreous-grey.
Fore- wings elongate, narrow, hind-margin strongly sinuate below
apex ; pale whitish-grey, faintly strigulated transversely with
darker; a few solitary black scales, tending to be arranged
longitudinally on fold and lower median vein ; cilia whitish, with
an obscure dark fuscous apical hook, basal § separated by a
blackish line and dark smoky-grey. Hind- wings and ciJia
fuscous-grey.

An inconspicuous narrow-winged almost unicolorous species.
One <$ taken flying at dusk on a bare grassy hill near
Wellington, New Zealand, in January.

EEEOHTHIADiE.

I have at present five genera of this family, which may be
thus tabulated : —

A. Face smooth . . . . . . . . Hippiochretes

B. Face rough-haired.

I. Fore-wings with 12 veins . . . . Eschatotypa

II. Fore-wings with 1 1 veins.

a. Yeins 6 and 7 of fore-wings stalked Ereunetis

b. Yeins 6 and 7 of fore-wings separate.

1 . Yeins 5 & 6 of hind-wings stalked Erechthias

2. Yeins 5 & 6 of hind-wings separate Comodica

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 253

Hippiochvetes, n. g.

Head roughly tufted above, face smooth ; ocelli (?) ; no tongue.
Antennae shorter than forewings, in $ thickened, finely ciliated.
Maxillary palpi rather short, folded. Labial palpi short, slender,
drooping. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, hind-margin
very obliquely rounded. Hind-wings lanceolate, narrower than
fore- wings, cilia nearly twice as broad. Abdomen moderate.
Legs rather short, slender, posterior tibia) and first joint of tarsi
clothed beneath with rather long dense hairs. Fore-wings with
(apparently) 1 1 separate veins. Hind-wings with 8 veins ; 5
and 6 stalked ; one to each side of apex.

This genus, containing at present only a single species, is very
remarkable, affording a clear connecting link between the
Ghjpliipterygidce and ErecMliiada. It differs from the rest of the
Erechthiadce in the smooth face, and in superficial marking, and
I have not been able to properly examine the neuration of the
single specimen; but the roughly-tufted crown prevents its
association with the Glyphiptenjgidce, and its reference to the
Erechthiadce is clearly determined by the absence of a tongue,
the development of the maxillary palpi, and the short drooping
labial palpi, as well as by what can be made out of the neuration.
Its habits are at present unknown.

Hipp, chrysaspis, n. sp.

$ . 3|". Head dark ochreous mixed with fuscous on crown,
face dark fuscous mixed with ferruginous. Palpi pale whitish-
grey. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax and abdomen blackish-
fuscous. Legs black above, shining ochreous-white beneath.
Fore-wings blackish-fuscous ; a large acute-triangular yellow
oblique spot on inner margin at base, its base extending from
middle of base of wing to £ of inner margin and including a
roundish black spot, its apex resting on disc just before middle ;
a rather smaller oblique triangular yellow spot on inner margin
before anal angle, bisected by a blackish line from its apex to

254 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LETTDOPTERA,

its base, its base broad, its apex reaching half across wing
beyond middle of disc, its anterior side parallel to the posterior
side of first spot ; a very oblique white streak from middle of
costa to above apex of second dorsal spot ; a second much less
oblique white streak from costa before }, reaching £ across wing ;
between its apex and that of second dorsal spot is a silvery-
metallic spot near hind-margin; an oblique white sub-apical
streak from costa ; a silvery-metallic line along lower part of
hind-margin ; cilia white at tips, basal f dark fuscous-grey,
round apex (apparently) silvery-white with a black intersecting
line. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous.

This is a beautiful and singular insect, not closely resembling
any other known. I have but one specimen, of which the apical
cilia are a little injured, but otherwise very perfect ; taken at
rest on a fence in Sydney, in November.

Comodica, n. g.

Head rough all over, tufted between eyes ; with ocelli ; no
tongue. Antennae shorter than fore-wings, in <$ thickened,
basal ]" oint large, broadly compressed. Maxillary palpi moderate,
folded. Labial palpi moderate, porrected, rather slender, with
appressed scales; terminal joint much shorter than second,
bluntly pointed. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow, tolerably
evenly pointed. Hind-wings lanceolate, hardly narrower than
fore-wings, apex rather produced, very acute, cilia rather broader.
Abdomen elongate. Legs moderate, posterior tibiae clothed with
long hairs. Fore-wings with 11 separate veins, sub-costal
obsolete towards base ; secondary cell indicated ; 1 simple.
Hind-wings with 8 separate veins, sub-costal obsolete before
middle, 6 running to apex.

The genus is readily recognised by the neuration, especially
by the separation of veins 5 and 6 of hindwings, the sharp
rather produced apex of hind- wings, and the double apical hook
of fore-wings. In repose the imago sits closely appressed to

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 255

the surface, the double apical hook on the fore-wings being
turned up, so as to present the semblance of four short erect
tails round the posterior extremity of the insect. I have only
one species, of which the larva is unknown.

Com. tetracercella, n. sp.

J $ . 4" 5". Head whitish-ochreous, with a blackish-fuscous
spot between antennae. Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennae in
g dark fuscous above, whitish-ochreous towards base, in ?
wholly whitish-ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous, with an
irregular blackish central spot. Abdomen dark ochreous-grey,
apex pale ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior tibiee
suffused with dark fuscous, middle tibiee with slender oblique
dark fuscous central and apical bands, all tarsi suffused with dark
fuscous at base of joints. Fore-wings ochreous-white or cream
colour, sometimes partially suffused with ochreous ; five oblique
streaks from costa and five from inner margin blackish, suffused
with ochreous, of variable intensity ; a minute blackish spot on
costa at base, sometimes obsolete, and a rather larger one on
inner margin at base ; first costal streak near base, generally
very short, sometimes suffusedly produced very obliquely to
apex of second ; second at £, sometimes broad, very oblique,
reaching half across wing ; third from middle of costa, broadest
of all, very oblique, not reaching half across wing ; fourth a
little beyond it, slender, bent at apex to meet extremity of third ;
fifth close before apex, very oblique, consisting of a few black
scales preceded by a rather broad ochreous streak ; first dorsal
streak oblique, close to base, reaching middle; second at £,
equally oblique, apex produced to meet extremity of second
costal ; third broad, in middle, fourth just beyond it, both often
confluent and blotch-like, reaching half across wing, where their
apices are often produced as slender longitudinal lines ; fifth
irregular, spot-like, on anal angle ; a strong black apical streak,
extending obliquely downwards from apex to disc below

256 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

extremities of third and fourth costal streaks ; cilia ochreous-
white, becoming grey at anal angle, containing a clear black
spot directly above apex, and another more obscure directly
below it, and with two straight thick black lines projecting from
apex, the one rather obliquely upwards, the other rather
obliquely downwards, beneath the lower of which the cilia are
excavated to base by a curved wedge-shaped indentation.
Hind- wings and cilia fuscous-grey.

The sharp erected apical hooks give this insect a singular
appearance in repose. It has a peculiar streaked and variegated
ornamentation, and does not nearly resemble any other. Common
at Sydney on fences from November to January ; also taken at
Brisbane in the open bush in September.

ESCHATOTYPA, 71. g.

Head rough all over, tufted between eyes ; with ocelli ; no
tongue. Antennae shorter than fore-wings, in $ somewhat
thickened, basal joint slightly broader. Maxillary palpi long,
folded. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected; second joint
with a few bristles above, and clothed beneath with short
projecting hairs, especially at apex ; terminal joint much shorter
than second, bluntly pointed, loosely scaled. Fore-wings
elongate, somewhat dilated, hind-margin very obliquely rounded.
Hind-wings ovate-lanceolate, rather narrower than fore-wings,
cilia narrower. Abdomen rather elongate. Legs moderate,
posterior tibiae smoothly scaled, beneath fringed with long hairs.
Fore-wings with 12 separate veins ; 5 branches to hind-margin ;
sub-costal obsolete towards base; secondary cell indicated; 1
furcate at base. Hind-wings with 8 veins, sub-costal obsolete
before middle ; 5 and 6 stalked, 6 running to hind-margin.

This genus differs from all the rest of the family in possessing
12 veins (all separate) in the fore-wings, and is proportionately
somewhat broader winged. In repose the apex of the fore-wings
is somewhat turned up, but not very conspicuously.

BY E. MEYUICK, B.A. 257

Esch. melickrysa, n. sp. = cL+ijafiM*- fjA *■•
J ? . 1 "-(>''. Head snow- white. Palpi white, fringe of
second joint mixed with dark fuscous-grey. Antenna whitish-
ochreous, basal joint white. Thorax white, irregularly suffused
on margins with greyish-ochreous. Abdomen dark ochrcous-
grey. Legs pale greyish-ochreous, tarsi suffused with darker
grey at base of joints. Fore- wings white, with irregular and
partially suffused greyish-ochreous or yellow-ochreous markings ;
an oblique rather narrow dark-margined band from £ of costa,
meeting an obsolete similar band from £ of inner margin on
disc, to form an angulated fascia of which the lower half is
indistinct; before this are several irregular strigulae on costa
and inner margin; a similar dark-margined angulated rather
broader fascia from f of costa to about f of inner margin, often
furcate on costa (in one specimen obsoletely double throughout),
most indistinct on disc ; between the two fasciae are faint greyish-
ochreous clouds on disc, and sometimes indistinct fuscous-grey
striguloa on costa ; apical portion of wing greyish-ochreous or
ochreous, separated from second fascia by a narrow white fascia,
and connected with it by an oblique greyish-ochreous dark-
margined irregular band below middle ; in the apical portion
are two small white irregular spots on costa close before apex, a
small blackish apical dot, white-margined above and below, a
small white black-margined spot on hind-margin beneath apex,
and some irregular confused white black-margined spots on
lower part of hind-margin and on disc ; all the markings are
variable in shape and intensity of colouring ; cilia yellowish-
ochreous, with a dark grey dividing line, and a white spot below
apex. Hind-wings and cilia pale slaty-grey.

A rather elegantly marked insect, but variable in size and
colouring ; my southern specimens are the largest and brightest.
Bather common at Wellington and Dunedin, New Zealand, in
December and January, beaten from forest growth ; its habits
are sluggish.
2 Gt

258 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Ereunetis, n. g.
Head rough all over, tufted between eyes ; with ocelli ; no
tongue. Antennse shorter than forewings, in £ somewhat
thickened, basal joint broadly compressed. Maxillary palpi
moderate, folded. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected,
second joint beneath with a more or less long and dense fringe
of hairs ; terminal joint shorter, bluntly pointed, sometimes
concealed in hairs of second joint. Fore-wings elongate, rather
narrow, tolerably evenly pointed. Hind-wings lanceolate, rather
narrower than fore-wings, cilia rather broader. Abdomen
elongate. Legs moderate, posterior tibiae beneath or entirely
clothed with long hairs. Fore-wings with 1 1 veins ; sub-costal
obsolete towards base ; secondary cell indicated ; 6 and 7 stalked,
both to costa ; 1 simple. Hind- wings with 8 or 7 veins (vein 7
being sometimes obsolete) ; sub-costal obsolete before middle; 5
and 6 stalked, one to either side of apex.

Distinguished from all the other genera by the stalking of
veins 6 and 7 of for e- wings ; from jErechthias, to which it comes
nearest, also by vein 1 of fore-wings not being furcate at base.
In one species the hind-wings (? in $ only) possess a peculiar
thickened patch of scales on disc near base, and in another a
transparent hyaline spot in the same place. The species are
rather retired and sluggish in habit ; the only larva known
appears to feed in the bark of trees. There are three species
known to me, distinguished as follows : —

A. Hind-wings with a transparent patch at

base . . . . . . . . 3. iuloptera

B. Hind- wings without a transparent patch

at base.

1 . Fore-wings with faint ochreous-yellow

bands . . . . . . 1. selenophanes

2. Fore-wings with dark fuscous and

ochreous markings . . . . 2. brontoctypa

(9

BY E. MXTtiXCK, E.A. 259

Eroun. eelenoplianes, n. sp.

$ . 8J-* -4". Head snow-white. Antenna) white, slenderly
annulated with dark fuscous, and with a broader blackish band
in middle, and four other black rings towards apex. Palpi
snow-white, second joint of labial palpi with a short fringe.
Thorax white, suffused with pale yellowish on sides. Abdomen
ochreons-grey, beneath whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish,
tarsi suffused with darker grey at base of joints. Fore-wings
whitish, faintly suffused with ochreous-yellowish, and with three
rather darker faint ochreous-yellow transverse bands ; first band
near base, rather curved, margined on costa with two blackish
spots ; second at \ ; irregular, angulated outwards above middle,
margined on costa with two very short blackish streaks ; third
much broader, from about f of costa very obliquely outwards
nearly to hind-margin, thence angulated very sharply and
continued more obscurely, and parallel to hind-margin, to inner
margin before anal angle, margined on costa with two very short
blackish streaks ; a longitudinal linear black apical spot ; a faint
grey line on hind-margin, becoming blackish round apex ; cilia
pale ochreous-yellow, with a cloudy whitish spot beneath apex.
Hind-wings and cilia rather pale fuscous-grey.

A faintly-marked species, most nearly resembling Ereum.
iuloptera, but smaller, without the transparent spot of hind- wings,
and the markings differently arranged. Four $ 's taken in the
dry barren scrub above the Bulli Pass, and also at Brisbane, in
September and October.

Ereun. brontoctypa, n. sp.

S • 3£"-3£-' '. Head and palpi white, second joint of labial
palpi dark fuscous beneath, with a short fringe. Antennas
swollen above basal joint, white, slenderly annulated with dark
fuscous, with three broader blackish bands towards apex, and
sometimes one above base. Thorax ochreous-whitish, anterior
margin dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Legs ochreous-

260 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTKALIAN MICPO-LEPIDOPTERA,

grey, tibiae darker grey. Fore-wings dull whitish, with ochreous
and dark fuscous markings ; a small oblique cloudy dark fuscous
blotch on costa before £, and a rather larger oblique dark
fuscous blotch from costa slightly before middle, reaching £
across wing ; between second blotch and base the costa is
slenderly dark fuscous ; a much broader oblique dark blotch on
costa above £ , suffusedly truncate and reaching only £ across
wing ; two or three small irregular blackish -fuscous spots on
inner margin near base ; a cloudy dull ochreous streak along
fold, extending to anal angle where it is expanded into a cloudy
ochreous blotch, partially uniting with third costal blotch ; hind-
margin irregularly dark fuscous ; a small linear blackish apical
spot ; cilia whitish- ochreous, towards anal angle grey-whitish,
with a darker dividing line. Hind- wings and cilia rather pale
fuscous-grey, with a roundish black thickened spot of dense
scales (in $ only ?) in disc close to base, visible on both surfaces,
on lower surface forming a raised hooked projection.

Distinguished from both its congeners by the cloudy dark
fuscous markings ; it has somewhat the superficial appearance
of a Bucculatrix. Three $ 's taken amongst dry scrub at Sydney
and Brisbane, in September, October, and April.

Ereun. iuloptera, n. sp.

$ ? . 4"-5". Head and palpi white, labial palpi entirely
clothed with dense rough hairs, on sides mixed with ochreous-
fuscous. Antennae ochreous-whitish, slenderly annulated with
black. Thorax white, anteriorly suffused with ochreous.
Abdomen elongate, whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous,
anteiior tibiae dark fuscous, middle tibiae with dark fuscous
central and apical rings, all tarsi with dark fuscous rings at base
of joints. Fore- wings whitish, irrorated and irregularly suffused
with pale ochreous, with indistinct cloudy ochreous markings ; a
roundish spot at base of costa ; an oblique fascia-like spot from
^ of inner margin, reaching more than half across wing, mixed

BY^E. MEYRICK, B.A. 261

with blackish near inner margin ; an oblique fascia-like spot
from costa just before middle, reaching half across wing ; an
irregular spot on anal angle ; a rather larger irregular suffused
spot on costa about £ ; a roundish dark fuscous apical spot ;
costa throughout tending to be irregularly f-trigulated with short
blackish marks, sometimes obsolete ; cilia white, round apex
ochreous, with tips and an irregular dividing-line dark fuscous.
Hind- wings grey, with an elongate-ovate transparent patch on
disc at base, beneath lower median vein ; cilia whitish.

Larger than either of the two preceding, remarkable from its
densely haired palpi, and the hyaline patcji on hind-wings.
When at rest the tips of the fore-wings are bent up very
strongly, more so than in the allied species. Common at Sydney
at rest on fences, from November to January, and again in May.

I have bred this species from a pupa found in the bark of a
fibrous-barked species of Eucalyptus, between the layers;
although I have not observed the larva, I have little doubt that
it had fed in that situation. Pupa elongate, slender, pale amber,
antennal sheaths separate ; enclosed in a cocoon of firm silk
covered with refuse ; found in November.

Erechthias, n. g.
Head rough all over, tufted between eyes ; with ocelli ; no
tongue. Antennae shorter than fore-wings, in J somewhat
thickened, basal joint rather broader. Maxillary palpi rather
short, folded. Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, second
joint with from a few bristles to a dense fringe of hairs beneath ;
terminal joint shorter, bluntly pointed, sometimes also fringed
beneath with hairs. Fore-wings elongate, rather narrow,
tolerably evenly pointed. Hind- wings lanceolate, about as
broad as fore-wings, cilia about as broad. Abdomen elongate.
Legs moderate, posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs.
Fore-wings with 1 1 veins, sub-costal obsolete towards base ;
secondary cell indicated ; 4 and 5 sometimes approximated on

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262 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

hind-margin ; 1 furcate at base, but lower sometimes partially
obsolete. Hind-wings with. 8 veins, sub-costal obsolete before
middle ; 5 and 6 stalked, one to either side of apex.

This genus appears to be of some extent; it is subject to
variation with regard to the scaling of the labial palpi, which
are sometimes densely rough-haired, but the gradations do not
admit of further division. The neuration throughout the genus
is uniform ; vein 1 of fore-wings is always furcate at some
distance from base, but the lower branch is sometimes only
distinct at its origin. The width of the fore- wings also varies.
The habits of t^e imago are retired and sluggish; in repose
they sit flatly appressed to the surface, with the apex of the
fore-wings bent upwards. Though, not brightly coloured, they
are elegantly marked. •

The larva of one species only is known to me ; it is 1 6-legged,
without peculiarity, and feeds in the seed-heads of one of the
Ziliacece ; the pupa is placed in a slight cocoon amongst refuse
in the seed-head,

I have ten species of this genus, which may be thus tabularly
arranged : —

A. Fore-wings ochreous.

1 . Fore-wings with dark fuscous streaks

along margins^ 6 charadrota

2. Fore-wings without dark fuscous streaks

along margins.
a. Face white . . . . . . . . 4 acontistes

I. Face orange-ochreous .. ..5 eleeorrhoa

B. Fore- wings white, with dark fuscous
m markings.

1. Labial palpi beneath with long dense

fringe 1 mystacinella

2. Labial palpi loosely haired, hardly

rough.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 263

a. With, a central longitudinal streak

from base to apex . . . . 3 stilbella

b. With a streak along inner margin

from base to middle . . . . 2 chasmatias

c. With a band along inner margin

from base to apex . . . . 7 cliionodira

C. Fore- wings grey, with white markings ..10 aellophora

D. Fore-wings dark fuscous with white

markings.

1. Central streak from base broad,

extending to hind-margin .* 8 subpavonella

2. Central streak from base narrow, not

reaching middle . . . . . . 9 niphadopla

Ereeh. mystacinella, JFkr.} Brit. Mus. Cat. 100G (Tinea.)

$ ? . b"-T '. Head and palpi white, second joint of labial
palpi with a dense long fringe beneath, more or lfess concealing
terminal joint. Antenna) dark greyish-ochreous, slenderly
annulated with whitish, witfy a slender black ring above white
basal joint. Thorax white, anterior margin and two spotsk on
back connected with it blackish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous.
Legs white ; anterior tibia) and tarsi black above, middle tarsi
with dark fuscous rings at base 0 joints. Fore-wings white,
with a black white-sprinkled streak along inner margin from
base almost to anal angle, narrow at first and partially interrupted
near base, emitting two oblique teeth, (the first fuscous) before
and after \, which reach half across wing, and beyond middle
dilated into a broad semi-ovate spot, reaching half across wing,
containing a linear white indentation on its posterior edge ; #
small Tdack spot on costa at b^e ; a^lmall blackisb spot on disc
above and between teeth of dorsal streak ; four slender dark
fuscous streaks from costa ; first before, second beyond middle,
short, very oblique ; third at £ , longer, very oblique, uniting at

%

264 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPTDOPTERA,

apex with fourth, which is almost apical and much less oblique,
extending through costal cilia, and followed by a white line,
beyond which is a round ochreous posteriorly black margined
spot in apical cilia, containing a crescent-shaped black mark ;
hind-margin faintly clouded with grey; cilia white except on
the apical ochreous spot, beyond which are two distinct blackish
lines round apex only, and a strong short black hook projecting
directly from apical spot, being a prolongation of the black
crescent shaped mark. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia whitish.

A handsome species, variable in size, southern specimens
being the largest. It resembles the two following species in
shape of wing, and general appearance, but is immediately
known by the broad toothed inner-marginal streak, as well as
by the long dense hairs of the labial palpi. A common and
widely distributed species, generally taken at rest on fences,
without any clue to its habits ; it occurs at Sydney and
Parramatta, at Springwood on the Blue Mountains (1,200 feet),
also at Brisbane, Melbourne, and at Brighton in Tasmania, from
October to March.

Erech. chasmatias, n. sp.

£ . 6£." Head white. Palpi white, second joint of labial
palpi dark fuscous above, beneath with loose scales, terminal
joint loosely haired. Antennae whitish, obsoletely annulated
with darker. Thorax white, lateral and anterior margins dark
fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Legs whitish, anterior
tibise and tarsi blackish above, middle tarsi with dark fuscous
rings at base of joints. Fore- wings white, with dark fuscous
markings; a broad streak along inner margin from base to
beyond middle, where it is attenuated and bent upwards, ending
on disc beyond middle ; a slendel* straight line from base of
costa through disc to apex, interrupted at £ , beyond which it
becomes much broader, containing a black longitudinal streak
and ending in a round black apical spot ; a short very oblique

liY E. MEYUICK, 13.A. 265

blotch on costa beyond middle ; a black streak along costa from
about |- to apex ; an elongate streak on hind-margin ( a,bout anal
angle, attenuated at both ends ; cilia white, with two blackish
dividing lines throughout, and indications of a projecting hook
at apex. Hind-wings whitish-grey, cilia whitish, with two dark
fuscous cloudy lines round apex.

At first sight very like the following species, but the markings
are very differently arranged; probably other nearly allied
species will be found. Two males taken at Wellington, New
Zealand, amongst forest growth, in January.

Erech. stilbella, JF/cr., Brit. Mus. Cat. 849 ( ArgyresthiaJ '. - fiJji

c5 $ . 6"-7". Head white, narrowly dark fuscous on sides
and behind. Palpi white, labial palpi with second joint and
base of terminal joint dark fuscous externally, second joint with
loose scales beneath, terminal joint with loose rather long hairs.
Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax white, lateral margins broadly
dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Legs whitish,
anterior tibiae and tarsi dark fuscous above, middle tarsi with
dark fuscous spots at base of joints. Fore- wings white, with
dark fuscous markings ; a rather broad straight central streak
from base to apex ; extreme costal edge blackish towards base ;
a slender partially indistinct straight line from base of costa
through disc, coalescing with the central streak at £ of wing ; a
slender very oblique streak from costa beyond middle, also
coalescing with central streak before apex ; a slender streak
along costa from £ to apex ; a slender streak along hind -margin
throughout ; a round blackish apical spot in cilia ; cilia white,
with two dark fuscous dividing lines throughout towards tips,
innermost indistinct. Hind- wings pale fuscous-grey, cilia whitish,
with a blackish dividing line round apex.

Characterised by the strong central streak from base to apex.
Three specimens taken amongst forest at Auckland and
Wellington, New Zealand, in January.
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266 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Erech. acontistes, n. sp.

$ $ . 5£"-7|". Head white, sides of crown ochreous-
f uscous. Palpi white, labial palpi with second joint and base of
terminal joint externally ochreous-f uscous, both clothed with
rather loosely appressed hairs, apex of second joint with two
or three projecting bristles above. Antennae dark ochreous-
f uscous. Thorax dark ochreous-brown, with a central longitudinal
white stripe. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior
tibia) and tarsi dark fuscous above, middle tarsi suffused with
fuscous, posterior tarsi with dark fuscous rings at base of joints.
Fore-wings brownish-ochreous, darkest towards costa ; a white
central longitudinal streak from base to f of disc, somewhat
attenuated at both ends, lower edge straight and sharply
margined by a cloudy streak of blackish scales which is continued
to apex of wing ; two very oblique white streaks from costa,
first from middle, second from f, extending almost to hind-
margin ; between them is a small cloudy white spot on disc,
often confluent with the second ; a slender white streak along
hind-margin from beneath apex to anal angle ; a blackish
suffused apical spot, above which is a white spot, and sometimes
anteriorly white-margined ; cilia white, with a blackish dividing-
line before middle, the intercepted basal portion brownish-
ochreous, and with another entire blackish dividing-line beyond
middle, and two others beyond it only visible on middle of hind-
margin ; beyond the second dividing-line at apex is a sub-quadrate
blackish spot, forming a short blunt hook, being margined
beneath by a short wedge-shaped indentation in the cilia. Hind-
wings pale fuscous grey, cilia whitish, with two indistinct blackish
lines round apex.

Nearly allied to the following species, but easily known by
the white head, and pale grey hind-wings ; the markings are
very similar, but clearer. Common at Blackheath on the Blue
Mountains (3,600 feet), and also occurring on the Bulli Pass,
and at Parramatta, in September and October, and again in

BY E. MEYRILK, IS. A. 267

March ; it is a very sluggish insect, and habitually remains at
rest on or near its food plant.

Larva moderately elongate, cylindrical, slightly flattened ;
dirty greyish- white, dorsal vessel darker, slate-coloured ; head
brown ; second segment dark brown. Feeds in the tall spear-
like seed-heads of Xanthorrhoea Australia (Liliacece), the so-called
" grass-tree ;" it burrows amongst the seeds, manifesting its
presence by loosening them at their base and ejecting refuse ;
feeds inFebruary and March, and in August. Pupa pale amber,
in a slight cocoon amongst refuse in the head.

Erech. elseorrhoa, n. sp.

'g . b\". Head bright orange-ochreous, with a narrow white
longitudinal stripe on crown. Labial palpi bright orange-
ochreous, beneath whitish, with loosely appressed hairs.
Antennae dark fuscous, annulated with whitish. Thorax orange-
ochreous, obsoletely whitish in centre. Abdomen dark fuscous
Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and anterior
tarsi suffused with dark fuscous above, middle and posterior
tarsi suffused with dark fuscous at base of joints. Fore- wings
bright orange-ochreous, suffused with white towards inner
margin, and mixed with blackish along costa and hind-margin ;
a white central longitudinal streak from base to beyond f, but
posteriorly suffused, rather indistinct and not sharply marked ;
two very oblique indistinct white streaks from costa, first from
middle, second from f, extending almost to hind-margin ; some
white scales on hind-margin mixed with the black; cilia dark
fuscous, with a white apical spot, and indistinct blacker lines
round apex. Hind- wings and cilia blackish-fuscous.

Bears a close general resemblance to E. acontistes, but rather
smaller, brighter and more suffused, with orange-ochreous head
and palpi, and blackish-fuscous hind- wings. One male only, taken
at Parramatta in September, amongst dry scrub.

268 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTEAILIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Erech. charadrota, n. sp.

$ $ . 5"-6|-". Head and palpi pale ochreous, face darker
ochreous ; labial palpi externally dark fuscous, second joint
roughly scaled beneath, with two or three projecting bristles
above at apex. Antennae pale ochreous, with obsolete darker
fuscous annulations. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen greyish-
ochreous. Anterior and middle legs blackish, tarsi with slender
pale ochreous rings at apex of joints ; posterior legs whitish-
ochreous, tarsi suffused at base of joints with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings narrow, pale ochreous ; a broad sharply marked ochreous-
fuscous streak, suffused with blackish, along costa from base to
apex, narrowest at base and dilated beyond middle ; a similar
more evenly broad streak along inner-margin from base to anal
angle ; in the costal streak are a very slender pale ochreous
oblique streak from middle of costa, and an irregular streak -like
pale ochreous spot before apex ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with two
blackish dividing-lines, and a small apical hook-like spot beyond
them. Hind-wings pale fuscous-grey, cilia whitish-grey, with
two blackish lines round apex.

Not nearly resembling any of its congeners ; it is the narrowest-
winged species of the genus. Three specimens taken amongst
dry forest-scrub near "Wellington and Port Lyttelton, New
Zealand, in January.

Erech. chionodira, n. sp,

£ ? . 4£-"-5£". Head white, sides of crown narrowly brownish-
ochreous. Palpi white, second joint of labial palpi dark fuscous
externally except at apex, both joints loosely haired. Antennae
whitish, with obsolete dark fuscous annulations. Thorax ochreous
browh, with a narrow white longitudinal central stripe. Abdomen
whitish-ochreous. Legs white, anterior tibiae and tarsi obscurely
suffused with dark fuscous above, middle tarsi with dark fuscous
rings at base of joints. Fore-wings glossy snow-white ; a broad

BY E. MEYKICK, B.A. 269

ochreous-brown streak along inner-margin from base to anal
angle, posteriorly attenuated, containing some blackish scales on
inner margin ; this streak is margined above by a blackish streak,
commencing at base as a slender line and dilating gradually to
anal angle, where it is as broad as the inner-marginal streak in
middle, thence continued along hind-margin to apex, its upper
edge obtusely dilated about middle of hind-margin, produced into
apical cilia as a short straight projecting bar ; base of costa
slenderly blackish ; a small cloudy subcostal blackish spot before
middle ; two slender blackish oblique streaks from costa, first
beyond middle, very short, nearly obsolete, second midway
between first and apex, longer, its apex confluent with the hind-
marginal streak ; cilia whitish, with three broad cloudy blackish-
fuscous lines. Hind-wings and cilia white, extreme apex and two
obscure lines round it fuscous.

A very distinct and elegant species. Two specimens at Auckland
New Zealand, amongst forest growth on a shady bank in January.

Erech. subpavonella, Wkr., Brit. Mus. Cat. 898, (ElachistaJ. -

$ . 5£". Head and palpi white, second joint of labial palpi
fuscous externally, roughly scaled beneath. Antennse ochreous-
whitish, obsoletely annulated with darker. Thorax white, anterior
margin sharply dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous.
Anterior legs blackish; middle and posterior legs whitish-
ochreous, middle tibise suffused with fuscous above, middle tarsi
with dark fuscous rings at base of joints. Fore-wings blackish-
fuscous ; a straight central longitudinal creamy- white streak from
base to hind-margin below apex, becoming rather broader
posteriorly, lower margin rather irregular ; two oblique white
streaks from costa, first from rather before middle, becoming
confluent with central streak before its apex ; second midway
between first and apex, shorter and more suffused ; cilia white,
containing a blackish ovate apical spot, and with two black

270 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

dividing-lines beyond it. Hind-wings pale fuscous-grey, cilia
whitish.

This appears to be the species intended by Walker's description.
From JE. niphadopla, the only other species with dark fuscons
ground- colour, it is distinguished by the white basal streak being
extended to hind-margin, as well as by the considerably larger
size. One male from forest at Auckland, New Zealand, in
January.

Erech. niphadopla, n. sp.

? . 3£". Head white, sides of crown rather broadly blackish.
Labial palpi blackish, terminal joint white at apex, second joint
rather roughly scaled. Antennee blackish, with indistinct whitish
annulations. Thorax blackish-fuscous, with a narrow white
central longitudinal stripe. Abdomen grey. Anterior legs
blackish, middle and posterior legs glossy grey, apex of tarsal
joints paler. Fore-wings blackish-fuscous ; a rather narrow
white central longitudinal streak from base to before middle ; a
slender white streak along inner-margin from base to anal angle,
thence along hmd-margin nearly to apex ; two oblique moderately
broad white costal streaks, first from about middle, second from
£-, each reaching about half across wing ; cilia white, containing
a roundish black apical spot, and three broad cloudy blackish-
fuscous dividing-lines beyond it. Hind-wings rather pale fuscous-
grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish-grey.

This is the smallest species of the genus, known by its black
and white markings, and short basal streak. One female taken
amongst dry scrub on the North Shore, Sydney, in December.

Erech. aellophora, n. sp.

g $ . 4"-4£"- Head white, slightly mixed with grey. Labial
palpi with appressed scales, blackish-fuscous, internally silvery-
white, apex of second joint with two or three projecting bristles

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 271

above and below. Antennae whitish, with obsolete dark fuscous
annulations. Thorax white, anterior margin narrowly blackish-
fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Legs whitish, anterior pair
suffused with dark fuscous above, middle and posterior tarsi with
faint dark fuscous rings at base of joints. Fore-wings dull grey
along costa broadly suffused with blackish ; a white very oblique
streak from costa near base, and a white oblique streak from ±
of inner-margin, uniting in a white spot on disc before middle,
whence proceeds a rather cloudy straight central longitudinal
white streak towards apex of wing, becoming obsolete a little
before it ; below this streak and towards apex the ground-colour
is suffusedly mixed with white ; three other slender very oblique
white streaks from costa, first rather beyond middle, indistinctly
meeting central streak ; second and third close together about £ ,
running out nearly to apex ; an ovate blackish apical spot, with
a white blotch above and another below it, mostly in cilia ; cilia
white, towards anal angle fuscous-grey, with a blackish line round
outer edge of apical spot, a blackish dividing-line beyond it, and
a short hook-like blackish spot at extreme apex. Hind- wings
and cilia fuscous-grey.

Allied to E. niphadopla, but not capable of being confused with
it or any other species ; the larger number of costal streaks, and
the longitudinal central streak not extended to base are reliable
points. Eight specimens taken at rest on the trunk of a fibrous-
barked species of Eucalyptus near Parramatta at the end of
January ; I have little doubt that the larva had fed in the bark
of the tree.

NOTES AND EXHIBITS.

Dr. Cox exhibited eight Stone Axe Heads, turned up by the
plough at Castlereagh on the Nepean Flats. He was of opinion,
from the position in which they were found, that they had been

272

NOTES AND EXHIBITS.

deposited in the grave of an aboriginal. Some time since about
30 similar axe beads were found uuder somewhat the same
circumstances on the other side of the river. All were bevilled
to the centre, and not to one side as was sometimes the case in
other districts. The Chairman stated that the stones were
dioritic.

From the Proceedings of the Limican Society of New
South Wales, Vol. VI. /

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Head Wednesday, April 27 tk, 1881.

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410 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera.

By E. Meyrick, B.A.

V. TOETEICINA.

In the present paper (together with the next instalment shortly
to follow) I have endeavoured to create a substantial basis for
the acquisition of knowledge of the Tortricina of Australia and
New Zealand. I have identified, classified, and redescribed the
species of the group indicated by Walker in the British Museum
Catalogue of Lepidoptera, as well as the few others named by
other writers ; and have added descriptions of all the new species
which I possess in my own collection. In the present instalment
103 species are described, of which 57 are new. The worthless
character of Walker's descriptions is sufficiently well known ; in
this group, owing to the great similarity of marking and obscure
colouring of the species, the great majority of his descriptions
are in themselves absolutely unidentifiable, in the absence of
trustworthy generic indication. The forty species of the Tortricidai
which he possessed from Australia and New Zealand are described

BY E. MEYItICK, B.A. 411

by him under seventy-eight different names, one species being
burdened with as many as eleven synonyms, and in no single
instance has a species been correctly referred to its proper genus.
I have recently examined the whole of his Australian types in
the British Museum collection, and have identified almost all as
species of which I possess specimens ; of four or five I do not
possess specimens, and in these cases I have not been able to
make a sufficiently thorough investigation to make the generic
identification absolutely certain, but I trust I have not made any
gross errors in that respect. With regard to the retaining of
Walker's names, it appears to me indisputable that it would have
been perfectly justifiable to reject all names followed by descrip-
tions which did not of themselves sufficiently indicate the species
referred to. If the description is not identifiable, it is no
description ; the existence of the type is not to the point. If an
author of the present day were to publish a list of names of new
species, and observe that he had omitted to add descriptions, as
the types were always on view in his collection, I presume his
names would not be adopted ; yet in regard to most species, what
Walker has done amounts to no more. Notwithstanding, in
deference to general usage, I have retained his names on the
strength of the* types alone ; but at the same time I assert distinctly
that I do not consider myself bound to do so in any instance.
The rule which I have adopted (suggested to me by Prof.
Fernald) has been to retain all names followed by descriptions
which there appears sufficient reason to believe were really
intended to represent the specimen standing in the collection as
type of the species, however inadequately they may do so. If,
as is not unf requently the case, the type has been lost, then I have
rejected the name entirely, unless the description clearly indicated
a particular species. When the form of the name errs grossly
against the elementary rules of the Latin language, I have
corrected it to a more seemly shape. Prof. Zeller urges me also
to change the pointless and nonsensical names which often occur

412 DESCRIPTION OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

for more significant titles, but though sometimes sorely tempted,
I have not ventured to carry out a principle so liable to abuse.

Of other authors, Lewin, Newman, and Zeller have described
one or two species each, which I have determined as far as
practicable. Eelder in the '• Keise der Novara " has figured
several species, principally from New Zealand ; the figures are
very poor and frequently quite unidentifiable, but all those which
I have been able to determine are synonyms of species previously
described by Walker. Butler has also described a few species,
of which I have included those of which I have seen the types in
the British Museum collection ; they seem to have been invariably
referred to wrong genera, after the example set by Walker, but
are mostly distinct species.

The classification of the Tortrieina has usually been regarded
by European writers as a task of unusual difficulty, their know-
ledge being confined to the European fauna. It is true that,
until the publication of the systems of Lederer and Heinemann,
all schemes proposed were scientifically quite valueless. I am
disposed to think, however, that the difficulty of the group has
been somewhat exaggerated. The general character of the
markings, colouring, and form of wing is so uniform throughout
the group, and restricted within such narrow limits of variation,
that the same, or an extremely similar, superficial facies often
recurs in distinct genera ; which has fostered an erroneous belief
that the structural points of generic distinction were misleading
and insufficient. Moreover the structure of the head and palpi,
which in the Tineina affords so ready a means of classification,
in the Tortrieina presents usually but few and unimportant
differences. The best generic characters are afforded by the
neuration, which I have always found a very trustworthy guide ;
the basal pectination of the lower median vein of the hindwings,
the structure of the antennae, and the presence of a costal fold in
the male, are also points on which much stress may be safely
laid. In the case of the Australasian species I have found no

RY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 413

particular difficulty in applying these means, and they have
enabled me to separate the species into genera which appear to
be undoubtedly natural. I should add that in the Tortricina the
neuration can usually be clearly traced by inspection of the lower
surface of the wings without denuding them of scales ; a
circumstance which has enabled me to fix with certainty the
position of those species of which I possess only single specimens
which could not therefore be spared for dissection.' For the just
classification of the present family (TortricidcE) I have been
compelled to form seventeen new genera, owing to the very strong
specialisation of the fauna, many of these forms being very
remote from anything previously known.

The Tortricina appear to me clearly separable into three well-
defined families, by the following characters, viz :

1 . Tortricidce. — Lower median vein of hind wings not pectinated
at base ; vein 2 of forewings rising from before posterior third
of cell.

2. Grapholithidce. — Lower median vein of hindwings pectinated
at base ; vein 2 of forewings rising from before posterior third
of cell.

3. ConchylidcB. — Lower median vein of hindwings not pectinated
at base ; vein 2 of forewings rising from posterior fourth of cell.

These families constitute assemblages of an undoubtedly
natural character, and are capable of accurate limitation as above ;
but even were one or two exceptions to be discovered, I should
not consider that the fact would invalidate the title of these groups
to be regarded as families. In my view, these three families are
independent branches of a common stock, and might be repre-
sented by three lines, diverging somewhat, from nearly the same
point ; and being distinctly separable at their origin, they need
not be confused, even though one should, through analogous
variation, perhaps occasionally develope the peculiar characteristic
of the others. The true position will always be discernible by a

414 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

consideration of the sum of the characters, rather than a blind
dependence on one alone. In the present paper the Tortricida
alone are included ; the Grapholithidce and Conchylidcc, which even
together are much less numerous, will form the subject of the
next instalment.

The Tortricidce are divisible by means of the neuration into
well-defined and natural groups which might, if desirable, be
adopted as subfamilies, viz. :

a. Mictoneura — Veins 8 and 9 of forewings rising on a stalk from

7 (genus 1).

b. Acropolitis group — Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings separate at

origin (genera 2-10).

c. Bichelia group — Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings from a point or

stalked, 7 and 8 of forewings stalked (genera 11-16).

d. Tortrix group — Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings from a point, 7

and 8 of forewings separate (genera 17-21).

There are also other lower-organised groups, but they are
apparently not represented in Australia, and I will not therefore
attempt to define them. Assuming that the origin of the family
is to be found in the extreme forms of the Gelechidce (Dasy stoma
and ChimahacclieJ, a direct progression may be traced from such
forms as Cheimatophila and Exapate through Sciaphila to Tortrix
and Caccecia. with a continually increasing breadth of wing ; the
transition from these to Bichelia seems at present to be incomplete,
there being no distinct indication of the steps through which
veins 7 and 8 of the forewings became stalked ; Capita is a modi-
fication of Bichelia, and from Capua are formed Acropolitis and
Py ryot is by the separation of veins 3 and 4 of the hindwings ;
and from these latter again are developed the more extreme forms
of this type, with veins 3, 4, 5 all equidistant and parallel, and
the other details of structure often considerably modified.
Mictomura stands at present so remote from its allies, that it is

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 415

hardly possible to conjecture whence it may have originated, but
perhaps from the neighbourhood of Capua.

The Tortn'cidce are represented in this region at present by
103 species, two-thirds of the whole Tortricina, since I have
altogether only about 50 native species of the other two families.
In Europe, on the other hand, the Tortn'cidce number about 145
species out of 680, little more than one-fifth of the whole. Of
the 103 species hereafter described 24 are indigenous to New
Zealand, and 79 to Australia, none being common to both, nor
are any at present known to occur elsewhere. No European
species of the family has yet been introduced, though the food-
plants of many common species have been imported ; amongst
the Grapholithidco, however, there are several introduced species.

On a general analysis of the fauna, the most striking feature
appears to be the development of group b., of which Acropolitis
may be taken as the type, since this group, distinguished by a
clearly-marked peculiarity of structure, is unknown elsewhere,
and appears to be wholly confined to the Australian region,
where it is represented at present by nine genera and nineteen
species ; the large proportion of distinct genera being very
noticeable. Only one of these genera extends into New Zealand,
where it reaches some development, being represented by at least
four species, much more intimately allied to one another than to
the single Australian species. Arranging the genera of this group
in a natural progression by the amount of peculiarity, we find
at the one end of the series forms closely approximating to Capua,
and at the other peculiar and abnormal types, differing widely
from any other group. There can be little doubt under the
circumstances that the whole of this group has been developed
in Australia from some original form closely resembling Capua,
and it will probably be found to be wholly confined to this region,
though it is of course possible that one or two forms may have
spread outwards to other lands. A single species of this group
reaching New Zealand will bo sufficient to account for the

416 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

ancestry of the forms at present known thence. From the large
amount of generic diversification in the group, we may infer with
some probability a correspondingly long period of isolation. We
shall see hereafter that the Conchylidw afford a quite similar
instance of a peculiar group, from the characteristics of which
precisely the same inferences may be drawn. In connection with
the development of this group derivable from Capua, the pre-
dominance of Capua itself and its close ally Dichelia in the
Australian region is of considerable interest. The first of
these genera is represented by twelve, and the second by
thirteen species, both genera extending to New Zealand ; whilst
in Europe and America they are very sparsely represented ; in
fact, of Capua only three other species are known. Besides these
there are four other nearly allied endemic genera, including
seven species ; so that in fact three-fourths of the peculiar
Australian genera of the family are traceable to this source ; and
as out of the twenty-one genera described seventeen are endemic,
this disproportion is very marked.

Of the rest, the cosmopolitan genera Tortrix and Caccecia are
represented by numerous forms of no marked peculiarity ; these
genera are doubtless of great antiquity. Caccecia is especially
predominant in New Zealand, where all the species appear to
belong to a special group with more elongate palpi, suggesting
a limited origin. There are also three other endemic genera of
this group, all moderately nearly allied to Tortrix, and two of
them extending to New Zealand. Finally there is the very
singular genus Mictoneura, wholly remote from all others ; so far
as can be judged at present, it seems probable that we have here
a last surviving relic of an extinct group, possibly indicating the
transition from the Tortricina to the Pyralidina.

All the characteristics of the fauna will therefore agree in
indicating great isolation, and from the limitation of forms may
be inferred the remoteness of the period at which the isolation
began. New Zealand is distinguished by a much greater limi-

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 417

tation of forms, but does not show any peculiar genera, or any
differing from those native to Australia, though all the species
are peculiar. To sum up briefly the characteristics of the
representation of the Tortricidce in the Australian region, it will
be seen that there are (1) two genera occurring throughout the
world plentifully, (2) two genera occurring plentifully here, but
very scantily elsewhere, (3) three endemic genera derivable from
the first two, (4) thirteen endemic genera derivable from the
second two, (5) a single abnormal endemic genus representing
an extinct group.

Of genera remarkable by their absence maybe noticed especially
Teras Hb., and Sciaphila, Tr. ; these are of very general distribu-
tion, appearing to extend over most of the rest of the globe, and
contain numerous species, but are neither themselves present in
Australia, nor represented by allies. It seems almost certain
that these are really absent, as they are freely developed and
conspicuous wherever else they occur.

TORTRICINA.

Head rather rough ; ocelli present ; tongue short (rarely obsolete).
Antenna} short. Maxillary palpi absent. Labial palpi rather stout,
more or less porrected. Wings usually broad. Forewings icith twelve
f rarely eleven) veins, vein one furcate at base f rarely one fork obsolete).
Ilindwings with eight or sometimes seven veins,

Fam. I. TOETRIOIDiE.
Lower median vein of hindAvings without basal pectination ;
vein two of forewings rising before posterior third of lower
margin of cell.

The indigenous genera of this family may be tabulated as
follows :

I. Veins 8 and 9 of forewings stalked . . 1. Mictoneura.

II. Veins 8 and 9 of forewings separate

418 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

A. Veins 3 and 4 of hinclwings remote at

origin.

1. Veins 3, 4, 5 of hindwings remote and

equidistant at origin.

a. Veins 7 and 8 of forewings separate 2. Proselena.

b. Veins 7 and 8 of forewings stalked. . 4. Isochorista.

2. Vein 5 closely approximated at base to 4.

a. Forewings with 11 separate veins.. 5. Atelodora.
h. Forewings with 12 veins.

i. Veins 7 and 8 of forewings separate 3. Pala)otoma.
ii. Veins 7 and 8 of forewings stalked.
*. Thorax smooth.

f. Hindwings narrower than

forewings . . . . . . G. Aristocosma.

If. Hindwings broader than

forewings . . . . . . 7. Adoxophyes. .

**. Thorax strongly crested,
i . Veins 6 and 7 of hindwings

stalked 10. Pyrgotis.

jj\ Veins 6 and 7 of hindwings
separate.
J. Palpi arched, appressed to

face . . . . . . 8. Thrincophora.

XX- Palpi porrected . . . . 9. Acropolitis.

B. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings from a point

or short-stalked.
1 . Veins 7 and 8 of forewings stalked.

- a. Costa of male with basal fold.

i. Costal fold strong . . . . ..11. Capua.

ii. Costal fold very small and imperfect
* Palpi arched upwards ; thorax

crested 13. Asthenoptycha

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 419

** Palpi porrected ; thorax smooth 12. Acroceuthes.
b. Costa of male without fold.

i. Palpi arched upwards ; thorax

crested , . . . . . . . 14. Anatropia.

ii. Palpi porrected ; thorax smooth.
* Anal valves of male very large,

tufted .. .. .. ..15. Anisogona.

*• Anal valves of male moderate 16. Dichelia.
2. Veins 7 and 8 of fore wings separate.

a. Hind wings with a costal tuft of

raised scales .. .. ..17. Cryptoptila.

b. Hindwings without tuft.

i. Costa of male more or less strongly

folded 18. Cacoocia.

ii. Costa of male without fold.

•. Veins 6 and 7 of hindwings
separate :
f. Antenneo of male filiform,

finely ciliated .. ..19. Tortrix.

ff. Antenna) of male strongly

dentate, with tufts of cilia . .21. Arotrophora.
*# Veins G and 7 of hindwings

stalked 20. Dipterina.

1. Mictoxeura, n. ff.

Thorax with strong erect crest. Antenna) in male thickened,
joints crowded, serrate, strongly ciliated ; basal joint above with
a ridge-like pointed erect tooth of scales. Palpi rather long,
porrected, second joint with elongate-triangular appressed scaling,
terminal joint long, cylindrical, exposed. Legs moderate, inner
spurs very much longer than outer. Forewings subtriangular,
dilated, costa in male simple, arched at base, thence gently arched,
apex obtuse, hindmargin rather oblique, rounded. Hindwings
as broad as forewings, trapezoidal, hindmargin strongly sinuate

420 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

beneath, apex. Forewings with veins 8 and 9 stalked, rising out
of 7 near its base, vein 7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell
distinct. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5 approxi-
mated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate.

This remarkable genus is remote from all other known Tortricina
in the type of neuration of the forewings, in which particular it
resembles the typical Pyralidina. I think, however, that it is
without doubt properly referred to its present position at the
head of the Tortricidce, with which family it agrees in all other
structural points, though peculiar in its superficial features. It
is not nearly allied to any other genus, but in general character
approaches perhaps nearest to the group of which Diclielia is the
type.

1. Mict. flexanimana, n. sp.

<$ J . 5"-6". Head and palpi whitish, irregularly mixed with
fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax whitish, finely irrorated
with greyish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tibia3 and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous,
posterior tarsi infuscated at base of joints. Forewings whitish,
clearer white along costa, especially at base, rest of wing crossed
by regular fine straight parallel transverse fuscous strigulae, all
the veins whitish marked with numerous blackish-fuscous spots ;
a small blackish-fuscous rounded-triangular spot on costa in
middle, darkest on edges ; before it are four small equidistant
black spots on costa, and beyond it on the costa and hindmargin
are more indistinct blackish-fuscous spots between the veins ; the
costa is also minutely strigulated with fuscous throughout ; the
hindmargin, especially towards anal angle, and the disc and inner
margin, especially before middle, are faintly and irregularly
clouded with pale fuscous-grey : cilia ochreous-whitish, barred
with grey opposite the veins. Hindwings grey-whitish, with
fine parallel transverse grey strigula> ; cilia grey.

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 421

The general aspect of this species is very peculiar ; the extreme
regularity of the transverse strigulre between the veins produces
an appearance of geometrical reticulation similar to that of the
>vebs of some spiders.

Five specimens taken at rest on fences in Sydney, from
September to December.

2. Proselena, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennro in male thickened, thinly and shortly
ciliated. Palpi short, porrected, second joint roughly scaled
above, terminal joint almost concealed. Pore wings elongate,
narrow, costa in male simple, gently arched, hindmargin very
oblique, rounded. Hindwings elongate, broader than forewings.
Pore wings with veins 7 and 8 separate. Hindwings with veins
3 and 4 remote at origin and parallel, 5 equidistant from 4 and
parallel, 6 and 7 long-stalked.

This genus belongs to the group in which veins 3 and 4 of the
hindwings do not rise from the same point. In this group it is
distinguished from all except Isochorista by having veins 4 and 5
of the hindwings not only widely remote at origin but parallel
throughout ; from Isochorista it differs by the separation of veins
7 and 8 of the forewings, which in Isochorista rise from a common
stalk.

1. Pros, annosana, n. sp.
<£ ? . 4£"-5". Head and palpi white. Antennre greyish-
ochreous. Thorax white, margins spotted with pale ochreous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous- white, anterior tarsi
suffused with fuscous at base of joints. Forewings white,
irregularly strewn with fine fuscous-grey scales, forming indistinct
strigulge on costa ; base indistinctly spotted with ochreous ; four
nearly straight transverse slender ochreous fascise, nearly per-
pendicular to costa ; first at one-fourth, indistinct, clearest in disc,
slightly bent below costa ; second in middle, slightly broader

422 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

and more conspicuous than the others, somewhat bent below
costa, mixed with black on costa and on lower half of its anterior
edge ; third at three-fourths, fainter, often interrupted ; fourth
subapical, slender, often mixed with black ; cilia white, with a
slender blackish central dividing -line. Hindwings and cilia white.

This is a peculiarly delicate and fragile-looking little species,
and has more the facies of some of the Oecophoriclce than of a
veritable Tortrix, and its markings are equally abnormal.

Sufficiently common where it occurs, but rather local ; taken
near Parramatta, New South Wales, flying gently towards sunset
amongst the Eucalyptus bushes in dry grassy places, in September
and October.

3. Pal^iotoma, n. ff.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male thickened, ciliated. Palpi
long, porrected, second joint somewhat arched, with rather
appressed scales, terminal joint very long, naked, horizontal.
Porewings elongate, narrow, surface with raised scales ; costa in
male simple, nearly straight, apex rather acute, hindmargin very
oblique, rounded. Hindwings elongate, broader than f orewings.
Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, closely approximated
towards their origin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 remote at
origin and parallel, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Larva sixteen-legged, producing true galls, inside which it feeds.

Distinguished from the other genera with veins 3 and 4 of the
hindwings remote at origin and 12 veins in the forewings (except
ProselenaJ by the separation of veins 7 and 8 of the forewings ;
from Proselenct it differs by the elongate palpi, and the approxi-
mation of veins 4 and 5 of hindwings at origin. In general
facies it somewhat resembles a Sciaphila. It is remarkable as
affording an instance of a true gall-producing Tortricideous
larva ; and it seems not improbable that some of the allied
genera may be found to have a similar larval habit.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 423

1. Pal. styphelana, n. sp.

£ ? . 6" -8". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark ashy-
grey. Abdomen dark ochreous-grey. Anterior and middle legs
dark fuscous-grey ; posterior legs whitish, tarsi suffused with
fuscous-grey at base of joints. Forewings ashy-grey, surface
somewhat roughened, thinly and irregularly sprinkled with black
scales, which tend to form short longitudinal strigulse ; costa with
very short oblique blackish strigulae ; a strong irregular black
streak from base to disc above anal angle, posteriorly attenuated,
sometimes partially obsolete ; a very slender blackish line from
three-quarters of costa very obliquely outwards nearly to hind-
margin, thence bent abruptly round to anal angle ; beyond this
is sometimes another similar line ; a black spot on disc beyond
middle, above the extremity of the basal streak : cilia pale ashy-
grey, with a blackish line above base, and three other slender
dark-grey lines. Hindwings fuscous-grey, darker on apex and
hindmargin ; cilia fuscous-grey.

The longitudinal black streak from base is generally a good
characteristic of this insect.

The imago is sluggish in habit, and not commonly met with,
but I have found two or three specimens at rest near Sydney, in
September and January. I bred a number of specimens from
the larvre, which were not uncommon in some places in the bush
near Sydney, and these all emerged in September, so that
January specimens probably belong to a second generation.

Larva stout, cylindrical, not tapering ; glossy whitish ; head
and second segment almost as broad as body, blackish. It feeds
in galls on Eucalyptus sp. ; the galls are formed on the extremity
of young shoots by metamorphosis of the terminal tuft of unex-
panded leaves ; they are from one to two inches long, and about
half an inch broad, irregular-shaped, resembling an inflated tuft
of leaves but solid ; the larvse eat hollow galleries through them,
ejecting the excrement through minute holes ; there are generally

424 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LFPIDOPTERA,

one or two, rarely more, larvae in each gall. Pupation takes
place inside the gall, without a cocoon. The larvze were found
in July about half-grown, and the imagos appeared in September.

"With regard to this and other Eucalyptus-feeding species, I
may say that it is generally very difficult to identify the species
of Eucalyptus on which they are found ; the general similarity of
these plants is very great, there are usually several kinds growing
near together, and the larva) are almost invariably found on
young saplings which have not yet developed their specific
characteristics.

4. ISOCHORISTA, 71. ff .

Thorax smooth. Antenna) in male somewhat thickened, shortly
ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrectecl, second joint broadly scaled,
rather truncate, terminal joint very short, distinct. Porewings
elongate-triangular, rather narrow, costa gently arched, in male
with fold towards base, hindmargin very obliquely rounded.
Hindwings elongate-trapezoidal, as broad as forewings. Pore-
wings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 running to hindmargin.
Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 remote at origin and parallel, 5
equidistant from 4 and parallel, 6 and 7 stalked.

Differs from ail except Proseletia in having veins 3, 4, 5 of the
hindwings all equidistant and parallel ; from Proselena it is at
once known by having veins 7 and 8 of the forewings stalked,
and by the costal fold of the male. In general superficies the
imagos much resemble some of the smaller species of Capua and
Bichelia.

There are two species, of which /. panaeolana may be known
from I. ranulana by the presence of transverse leaden-metallic
markings.

1. Isoch. ranulana, n. sp.

£ $ . 4"-5". Head, palpi, and thorax dull ochreous, thinly
mixed with fuscous. Antenna) whitish-ochreous, sharply annul-

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 425

ated with dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, anal tuft of
male ochreous- whitish. Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior and
middle tibiae with central and subapical fuscous bands, tarsi dark
fuscous at base of joints. Fore wings elongate, narrow, pale
ochreous ; costa strongly strigulated with black ; basal patch
represented by one or tw o sharply bent transverse blackish lines
at one-fourth, sometimes filled up with several indistinct parallel
fuscous lines ; central fascia straight, moderately and evenly
broad, dark fuscous-grey edged with black, running from middle
of costa to anal angle, sometimes slightly dilated on lower half ;
a dark fuscous triangular blotch on costa before apex, connected
with hindmargin above anal angle by a narrow fuscous cloudy
streak, thence produced upwards along hindmargin ; a short
black marginal line round apex ; cilia pale ochreous, clouded
with greyish, and cut on middle of hindmargin by a longitudinal
blackish mark. Hindwings and cilia grey.

This species is nearly allied to the succeeding, but is smaller and
narrower-winged, and without the transverse leaden-metallic
markings ; the basal patch and central fascia are also more
distinctly marked.

Rather common, though liable to be overlooked from its small
size and inconspicuous colouring ; it flies towards sunset in dry
grassy places amongst Eucalyptus bushes, generally keeping
near the ground. It is probably very generally distributed in
New South Wales, where I have taken it at Sydney, Parramatta,
Bulli, Mittagong, and Murrurundi ; it occurs most commonly
from August to October, but also in December and March.

2. Isoch. panaeolana, n. sp.

4 %"-&%". $ . Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous mixed
with ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, strongly annulated
with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft ochreous-
white beneath. Legs dark fuscous ; posterior pair whitish, base
of tarsal joints dark fuscous on sides. Forewings elongate,
IB

426 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

posteriorly dilated, rather pale ochreous, irregularly mixed with
numerous black scales, which tend to form irregular margins to
the metallic markings, between which they also form black spots
on costa ; they also generally accumulate in an irregular black
patch on anal angle ; seven oblique transverse somewhat irregular
leaden-metallic lines from costa to inner margin, indistinct towards
base, the three apical lines clearest and becoming whitish on
costa ; between each pair as far as the sixth is an obscure leaden-
metallic costal spot, only the last being distinct ; between the
sixth and seventh is a small round leaden-metallic spot on disc
above middle ; seventh line ending on hindmargin about middle ;
a short curved transverse leaden-metallic line immediately before
apex : cilia pale ochreous at apex, becoming fuscous-grey towards
anal angle, with a broad leaden-metallic basal line. Hindwings
dark fuscous-grey ; cilia grey, with a blackish line near base.

? . Forewings elongate, narrower than in male, not dilated,
more suffused, the leaden-metallic markings tending to coalesce
in pairs, so as to leave an oblique dark basal patch, central fascia,
and costal spot before apex produced to anal angle.

This species may be at once distinguished from I. ranulana by
the leaden-metallic markings, and generally darker colouring ;
the male especially is also broader-winged.

Taken rather plentifully near Blackheath on the Blue
Mountains, New South Wales, at a height of 3,600 feet, in
October ; the male flying wildly in the hot sunshine round the
tops of tall Eucalyptus bushes, the female keeping nearer the
ground. I have also a male of this species taken near Sydney
nearly on the sea level, which differs only in being more suffused
with smoky-fuscous, with the metallic markings broader and
more obscure.

5. Atelodora, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male serrated, shortly ciliated.
Palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint triangularly scaled,

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 427

terminal joint exposed. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa rather
strongly arched towards base, in male simple, apex nearly
rectangular, hindmargin obliquely rounded beneath. Hind wings
rounded-trapezoidal, as broad as forewings. Forewings with 1 1
veins, all separate ; vein 6 to hindmargin, 7 to costa. Hind wings
with veins 3 and 4 remote at origin, 5 approximated to 4 at base,
6 and 7 stalked.

Distinguishable by the possession of only 11 veins in the
forewings, the normal veins 7 and 8 being no doubt coincident.
In the American Amorhia, Clem., ( Hmchcadema, Wlsm.y the
male also has only 11 veins (the female has 12), but that genus
belongs to a different group, in which veins 3 and 4 of hindwings
rise from the same point, and differs besides in other characters.

1. A.tel. pelochytana, n. sp.

$ $ . 5"-6". Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-ochroous.
Antenna) of male greyish-ochreous, of female whitish, annulated
with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-
white, anterior tibia) and tarsi dark fuscous. Forewings of male
pale brownish-ochreous, of female darker, with a few transversely
arranged scattered blackish scales ; some small blackish marks
on inner margin : cilia of male whitish-ochreous, of female
brownish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia whitish, faintly tinged
with ochreous.

This species has a rather glossy appearance, and is almost
unicolorous.

I received specimens of this species from Mr. G. H. Eaynor,
who took it not uncommonly at Deloraine in Tasmania, in
December, and at Murrurundi and Waratah on the Hunter
River, New South Wales, late in September, amongst mixed scrub.

6. Aristocosma, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antenna) in male serrate, with a double row
of long ciliations. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint

428 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

elongate-triangularly scaled, terminal joint distinct. Forewings
rather triangular, costa rather abruptly arched near base, in male
broadly folded towards base, apex nearly rectangular, hind-
margin rather oblique, straight. Hind wings elongate-trapezoidal,
narrower than forewings, apex somewhat produced. Forewings
with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 running to hindmargin.
Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 remote at origin, 5 approximated
to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Differs from all the genera with veins 3 and 4 of hindwings
remote at base, and 7 and 8 of forewings stalked, by the narrow-
ness of the hindwings, which are distinctly less broad than the
forewings, an unusual character in the group. The long ciliations
of the antennae in the male also afford a good characteristic.

1. Arist. chrysophilana, Walk.

{Caccecia clirysophilana. Walk., Brit. Mus. Oat. 315.)

<$ $ . 6"- 6£". Head and palpi bright ochreous. Antenna)
ochreous-whitish, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax reddish-
ochreous. Abdomen brownish-ochreous, becoming dark fuscous
posteriorly. Legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings in male deep
reddish-ochreous, brighter and lighter towards inner margin, in
female reddish-ochreous-brown ; a small semi-ovate yellowish-
white blotch on middle of costa, posteriorly enclosing or cut by
a small reddish-ochreous costal spot ; two very irregular trans-
verse leaden-metallic lines from costa at one-third to inner
margin, sharply angulated above middle ; before them are some
faint metallic scales nearer base ; two other brighter leaden-
metallic transverse lines from the white costal blotch, very
irregular, angulated, broken and interrupted beneath costa, the
anterior one divided into several spots ; two leaden -metallic lines
from costa a little before apex, uniting shortly below costa and
thence continued to hindmargin above anal angle ; a leaden-
metallic apical mark, sometimes separated into three spots : cilia
yellowish-white, on anal angle ochreous. Hindwings yellow,

RY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 429

apical third blackish-fuscous, hindmargin very narrowly dark
fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous.

This beautiful and richly-coloured species has some general
resemblance to such species as Teras holmiana and Tortrix berg-
mamiiana, but is very different in structure ; the yellow hindwings
are a noticeable point.

I have two specimens, and have seen three others, taken near
Sydney and Parramatta, New South Wales, from August to
October, flying in the afternoon sunshine or beaten from mixed
scrub in rocky places. Walker's specimen is also from Sydney.

7. Adoxophyes, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antenna) in male thickened, shortly ciliated.
Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint triangularly scaled,
terminal joint distinct. Fore wings oblong, costa rather strongly
arched towards base, in male with a broad basal fold, apex
rectangular, hindmargin hardly oblique, rounded. Hindwings
rounded-trapezoidal, broader than forewings. Forewings with
veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 running to hindmargin, 3 rising from
before lower angle of cell. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 remote
at origin, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

This genus comes near the following Acropolitis, from which
the best distinction seems to lie in the absence of the thoracic
crest ; the antenna) of the male are also much less strongly
ciliated, and veins 6 and 7 of the hindwings are stalked. From
Aristocosma it is separated by the much broader hindwings.

1. Adox. heteroidana, n.sp.
<$ . 6 '-!". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax pale ochreous.
Abdomen and legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings short, broad,
pale whitish-ochreous, irrorated with ochreous ; costa faintly
strigulated with ochreous ; basal parch indicated by several faintly
darker transverse lines ; an irregular somewhat oblong fuscous
or dark fuscous blotch on inner margin before middle, uniting

430 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

with the indications of a basal patch ; central fascia irregular,
very oblique, running from costa slightly before middle to anal
angle, moderately broad, contracted below costa, ochreous-brown
or reddish-ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous on inner margin,
its anterior edge distinct, angulated below middle, posterior
edge suffused except on costa ; apex within a very oblique line
from two-thirds of costa to middle of hindmargin ochreous-brown
mixed with paler towards liindmargin ; cilia ochreous- whitish.
Hindwings whitish, tinged with ochreous posteriorly.

?' . 10"- 11". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous.
Antenna) pale ochreous, obscurely annulated with fuscous.
Abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wings longer than in male, hind-
margin rather sinuate beneath apex ; pale brownish-ochreous,
thickly irrorated with darker, with ochreous-brown markings
similar to those of male, but almost wholly suffused and very
indistinct except on costa and inner margin : cilia ochreous-brown
at apex, becoming whitish- ochreous at anal angle. Hindwings
whitish-yellow, becoming deeper yellow posteriorly ; cilia yellowr-
whitish.

This species has a strong superficial resemblance to some of
the typical species of Cacoscia and Pandemis, and the sexual
differences are similar to those which commonly occur in those
genera, but the type of neuration is wholly different.

I took four specimens (two males, two females) in the dense
subtropical scrubs near Rosewood, Queensland, in September ;
they wrere beaten out of the thick vegetation characteristic of the
volcanic soil in those districts.

8. Thrixcophora, n. (j.
Thorax with erect erest. Antenna) in male ciliated. Palpi
moderate, arched upwards, oppressed to face, roughly scaled
beneath. Forewings oblong, costa arched towards base, in male
with, broad basal fold, apex rectangular, hindmargin rather
obliquely rounded. Hindwings rounded-trapezoidal, broader

BY E. MEYBJCK, B.A. 431

than forewings. Forewings with, veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7
running to hindmargin. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 remote
at origin, 5 approximated to 4 at base.

Nearly allied to Acropolitis, from which it only differs in the
palpi, which are arched upwards and appressed to the face,
rising nearly to the level of the crown, whilst in Acropolitis they
are straight and horizontally porrected. This difference is well
marked and apparently sufficient for generic distinction ; but I
have not been able to make a thorough examination of the
characters of this genus, for want of specimens.

1. Thrinc. impletana, Walk.

(Tortrix impletana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 331.)

$ $ . 12"- 15". Head and thorax cinereous-grey. Forewings
cinereous-grey, irrorated and strigulated with blackish-grey ;
outer edge of basal patch represented by a black line from one-
fifth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, somewhat angulated
in middle; central fascia narrow, cloudy, dark grey, black-
margined, from costa before middle, reaching half across wing,
the black margins continued thence to meet inner margin (first
before middle, second in middle) as slender black lines ; a short
cloudy grey streak from middle of costa ; a cloudy grey triangular
costal blotch about three-fourths, black-margined, its apex
reaching more than half across wing, its margins thence confluent
and produced as a black line to anal angle ; a slender grey black-
margined streak from costa before apex to hindmargin above
anal angle. Hindwings grey, paler towards base, spotted with
darker.

The above description is taken from the original types in the
British Museum, and is necessarily not quite complete, but I think
it is a sufficient diagnosis of the species. Walker's own description
is extremely cursory, and evades describing the markings at all.

432 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

I have not taken this species, and know of no other specimens
but the original types ; two of these are stated to be from Tas-
mania, the third from " Australia," which probably means
Tasmania in this case.

9. Acropolitis, n. g.

Thorax with large double crest. Antenna) in male thickened,
serrate, strongly biciliated. Palpi moderately long, straight,
porrected, second joint triangularly scaled, terminal joint distinct.
Forewings oblong, costa in male broadly folded and bent before
middle, in female evenly arched at base, thence nearly straight,
apex rectangular, hindmargin obliquely rounded. Hindwings
rounded-trapezoidal, broader than forewings. Forewings with
veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings
with veins 3 and 4 rising apart, 5 closely approximated at base
to 4 or rising from the same point with it, 6 and 7 separate (in
A. signigerana stalked).

This genus forms the type of the group to which Adoxophges,
Thrincophora, Pgrgotis, and (less intimately) Aristocosma belong ;
characterised by veins 3 and 4 of hindwings rising apart but
near together, 5 closely approximated to 4, forewings with veins
7 and 8 stalked, and broad costal fold in male. From Adoxophges
and Aristocosma it differs in the crested thorax, from Thrincophora
in the straight porrected palpi ; it is very near to Pgrgotis, and
the only points of distinction that I have been able to define lie
in the more oblong forewings, and the separation of veins 6 and
7 of hindwings, to which latter character A. signigerana presents
an exception ; but the genera are readily separated by superficial
characters, and I think will be found capable of definition.

The species are mostly rather large and well-marked insects,
having commonly a longitudinal black dash in the disc of fore-
wings, and resemble some of the larger species of Capua, to
which the genus is in fact nearly allied. In habit they are

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 433

sluggish, and they appear to be rather restricted in distribution,
and not generally plentiful.

The six species known to me may be analytically arranged as
follows :

A. Thorax white 2. magnana.

B. Thorax whitish mixed with dark scales.

1. Forewings white, transversely strigulated

with grey 1. canana.

2. Forewings whitish, densely irrorated with

grey.

a. Forewings elongate ; veins 6 and 7 of

hindwings stalked .. .. ..6. signigerana.

b. Forewings short and broad .. ..4. passalotana.

C. Thorax greyish-ochreous .. .. ..5. lignigerana.

D. Thorax dark fuscous .. .. .. ..3. dolosana.

1. Acrop. canana, Walk.
(Tortrix canam, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 331.)

<$ (?). about 11". Head and thorax whitish, irrorated with
grey. Forewings white, with numerous slender irregular
transverse fuscous-grey strigulse ; outer edge of basal patch
represented by an oblique blackish transverse line about one-fifth
rather angulated in middle, apex of angulation connected with a
short longitudinal blackish line in disc below middle ; 'central
fascia represented by a grey black-margined spot on costa before
middle, and a grey oblique streak on inner margin about two-
thirds, not reaching half across wing ; beyond these is a small
grey blotch in disc above middle, margined beneath by a short
black longitudinal line ; a grey triangular blotch on costa towards
apex, its apex expanded into a small irregular spot reaching
half across wing, and black-margined ; an elongate cloudy-grey
streak near hindmargin above anal angle. Hindwings whitish-
grey, darker at apex.

434 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Allied to A. magnana, but distinguishable by the white ground-
colour of the forewings, and the grey irroration of the thorax, as
well as by the differences of detail in the markings, and the
absence of any ochreous tinge in the hindwings.

Described from Walker's original type in the British Museum
Collection, which is the only specimen that I have seen ; it is
stated to be from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Walker's description
is wholly insufficient for identification.

2. Acrop. magnana, Walk.
(Tortrix magnana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 330.)

$ 11"-11£", $ 14". Head dark fuscous, mixed with white on
crown and behind. Palpi dark fuscous, internally white.
Antenna) dark fuscous. Thorax white, anteriorly suffused with
dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish ;
anterior tibia) dark fuscous with two whitish rings, tarsi dark
fuscous with slender whitish rings at apex of first two joints ;
middle tibia) with two oblique dark fuscous bands, tarsi dark
with whitish rings at apex of joints. Forewings broad, costa
moderately arched, hindmargin strongly bowed outwards; fuscous
mixed with darker ; costa strigulated with dark fuscous ; a very
irregular broad transverse whitish band about one-third, clouded
with pale fuscous and coarsely sprinkled with blackish, ■ very
strongly angulated outwards a little above middle, broadly and
irregularly dilated on inner margin ; the enclosed basal patch is
irregularly spotted with black ; beyond this band is a small
blackish costal spot, and in the centre of the disc is a broad (in
female very narrow) linear longitudinal black mark, its base
resting on the lower side of the angulation of the band, its margins
gradually suffused into the ground-colour, its apical extremity
concave, followed by a few whitish scales ; a somewhat curved
blackish line from two-thirds of costa to anal angle, preceded by
a rather broad irregular band, of which the upper half is hardly
paler than the ground-colour, the lower half white shading

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 435

rapidly into ground-colour except posteriorly, so as to leave an
obscurely defined oval patch; an irregular narrow subapical
white band from middle of hindmargin nearly to costa before
apex, dilated above, rather sharply margined with dark fuscous,
and containing several fuscous scales : cilia with basal third
barred with dark fuscous and white, remainder greyish-ochreous.
Ilindwings pale greyish-ochreous, spotted obscurely with darker,
hindmargin narrowly dark ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous
with an ochreous-grey parting-line.

Broader-winged than the other species of the genus, and
readily known by the white markings on a dark ground, and the
ochreous tint of hindwings ; it is a handsome and very distinct
species.

I took live specimens (four males, one female) at rest on a
fence during a high wind, near Sydney, in October. Walker's
type is also from Sydney ; his description, though incomplete,
is quite recognisable.

3. Acrop. dolosana, Walk.

(Tortrix dolosana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 331).

£ . 10". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax dark fuscous.
Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs greyish-ochreous, anterior
tibia) and tarsi dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa some-
what bent before middle ; dull greyish-fuscous, costa obscurely
strigulated with dark fuscous ; an irregular dark fuscous blotch
in middle of disc, extending to costa, becoming longitudinally
blackish in tho centre, anteriorly sharply margined, elsewhere
suffused into ground-colour ; connected with the anterior edge of
this blotch below middle is a short linear, anteriorly sharply
dilated, black mark ; nearer base are two or three small
irregular blackish spots ; a dark fuscous irregular line from a
little beyond middle of costa to anal angle, rather concave and
distinct anteriorly, posteriorly suffused ; between it and central

436 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

blotch is a short black longitudinal streak in middle of disc ;
beyond the oblique line are two or three obscure dark fuscous
transverse lines from costa, uniting with it : cilia greyish-fuscous,
barred with dark grey, and with a slender black waved basal
line. Hindwings fuscous-grey, cilia rather darker, with a dark
basal line.

?. 13". Forewings rather abruptly arched near base, dull
greyish-fuscous indistinctly clouded with darker ; markings as
in male but very suffused and indistinct, central blotch obscured,
black longitudinal streaks before and beyond middle slender but
clearly perceptible. Hindwings more ochreous-tinged than in
male.

Eecognisable in both sexes by its dark and suffused colouring.
Described from my own specimens, the identity of which with
Walker's species is not absolutely assured ; Walker's type is a
single female (one of the Geometrina has been subsequently added
as a second example), of which the forewings appear to be some-
what roughened with raised scales, and more blackish-tinge^ ;
but in the absence of sufficient material I think it will be best to
consider the specimens as forming only a single species.

I have two specimens (male and female) taken near Melbourne
by Mr. GK H. Eaynor. Walker's specimen is from Tasmania.

Note. — I have another female of this genus (also from Mel-
bourne), which may either be a variety of the above, or a new
species; it is smaller (11J*) but similar in shape, the forewings
more variegated with lighter fuscous and ochreous, the hindwings
pale ochreous spotted with grey, with dark grey hindmargin.

4, Acrop. passalotana, n. sp.

$ . 9". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish mixed with fuscous.

(Antennae broken.) Abdomen pale ochreous, whitish on sides.

Legs whitish, anterior tibia3 and tarsi banded with dark fuscous.

Forewings short and broad, costa rather strongly arched towards

.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 437

ase ; whitish, closely irrorated with greyish-fuscous, especially
towards apex ; costa and inner margin marked with small dark
fuscous spots ; an irregular outwardly curved transverse dark
fuscous line near base ; a subquadrate dark fuscous spot on costa
before middle ; a strong black longitudinal mark in middle of
disc, sharply margined above and in front, beneath bordered by
a small dark fuscous blotch ; from its posterior extremity proceed
two irregular obscure blackish lines to costa between middle and
three-fourths, enclosing a suffused fuscous blotch, and a sharper
black waved line to anal angle, anteriorly margined with fuscous :
cilia fuscous mixed with whitish. Hind wings grey, darker
towards apex, and indistinctly mottled with darker ; cilia grey,
with a darker basal line.

This insect appears so distinct, that it is worth describing even
in the absence of the male, which has doubtless special differences.
It differs from the female of all other species in the genus by the
comparative shortness and breadth of the forewings, and the
strength and conspicuousness of the longitudinal black discal
streak.

I took one specimen in the bush-clad ranges near Toowoomba,
Queensland, about 2,000 feet above the sea, in September.

5. Acrop. lignigerana, Walk.
fPcsdisca lignigerana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Oat. 380.)

<£. 10A"-12y. Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-ochreous,
irrorated with darker. Antenna) ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen
ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle tibise and
tarsi broadly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate,
costa somewhat bent about middle ; whitish-ochreous irrorated
with fuscous, becoming whitish at apex and above anal angle ;
costa and inner margin very shortly strigulated with blackish ; a
small erect whitish tuft on inner margin at one-fourth ; a small
oblique dark fuscous blotch on costa at one-fourth ; a slender

438 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

irregular, more or less interrupted, blackish longitudinal line
from centre of disc to hindmargin above middle, beneath posterior
part of which is a slenderer parallel similar line ; a subquadrato
dark fuscous blotch below middle of disc, its upper edge parallel
to the blackish line, lower edge suffused ; connected with its
anterior edge is a short irregular longitudinal dark fuscous mark,
and the basal portion of wing is obscurely spotted with fuscous ;
a suffused triangular dark fuscous blotch on costa at three-fourths,
its apex connected with a roundish dark fuscous blotch before
middle of hindmargin ; a small elongate dark fuscous blotch on
hindmargin above middle : cilia ochreous-whitish, barred with
dark fuscous. Hind wings fuscous-grey, cilia whitish with a grey
basal line.

Nearly allied to the succeeding A. signigsrana, but larger and
more ochreous-grey, and without the distinct ochreous discal
patch of that species in the male. Walker's type is poor, but
appears to be really this species ; his description is inadequate.

I have two specimens (males) sent by Mr. Gr. Barnard from
Coomooboolaroo, near Duaringa, Northern Queensland; Walker's
specimen is from Moreton Bay, Queensland.

6. Acrop. signigerana, Wall-.
(Tortrixsignigcrana,'WaXk.,l$rit. Mus. Cat. 332; Seiaphilarudisana,

ibid. 349 ; Pentium indccretana, ibid, 377.)

$. 8"-l(H". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish mixed with
ashy-grey and black scales, shoulders tinged with ochreous.
Antennce dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tibia) and tarsi banded with blackish. Fore-
wings rather elongate, costa somewhat bent before middle ;
whitish, thickly strewn with ashy-grey and dark fuscous scales ;
costa indistinctly strigulated with dark fuscous ; a small ochreous
basal spot beneath costal fold, and an ochreous spot on inner
margin near base ; some irregular fuscous spots about one-third ;

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 439

a strong sharply-defined black longitudinal mark in middle of
disc, its anterior extremity connected with an oblique dark fuscous
streak running to costa at one-third, and also produced a little
beneath towards inner margin ; above the black mark is a
suffused ochreous patch. ; below it is a fuscous-grey cloud,
suffusedly continued to anal angle ; a cloudy fuscous-grey
triangular blotch on apical third of costa, from apex of which
proceeds a very irregularly waved cloiuty-grey streak to hind-
margin above anal angle ; a small elongate cloudy-grey blotch
on middle of hindmargin : cilia whitish, basal third separated by
an interrupted dark fuscous line and barred with dark fuscous.
Hindwings fuscous grey ; cilia fuscous-grey, extreme tips and
base whitish.

$ . IItV". Forewings with costa moderately arched near base;
markings as in male, but the ochreous tints generally replaced
by grey, central black mark extremely slender, basal patch more
distinctly but very irregularly indicated. Hindwings slightly
paler than in male, spotted with darker.

The narrowest-winged species of the genus, distinguished by
its ashy-grey tints and the ochreous discal patch of the male ; it
also has veins 6 and 7 of hindwings stalked, and therefore
approximates to Pyrgotis, but is too intimately allied to the
preceding species to be separated from it.

Tolerably common and generally distributed ; I have usually
found it at rest on tree-trunks. It occurs at Sydney and Parramatta,
at Melbourne, and at Helidon in Queensland ; from September
to November.

The types of Walker's descriptions quoted above are all
referable to this species ; that of Sciaph. rudisana is much worn,
the others are normal.

10. Pyrgotis, n. g.
Thorax with large broad erect crest. Antennaa in male
thickened, strongly ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second

440 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

joint shortly triangular- scaled, terminal joint distinct. Forewings
triangular, posteriorly much dilated, costa in male with broad
basal fold, hardly arched, not bent, apex rather produced, hind-
margin sinuate. Hind wings rounded- trapezoidal, broader than
f orewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 running to
hindmargin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 separate at origin
but very near together, 5 closely approximated to 4 at base, 6
and 7 stalked.

Nearly allied to Acropolitis, but veins 6 and 7 of hindwings
are always stalked, the costa of fore wings is hardly bent in the
male, the apex is always more or less produced and the hind-
margin sinuate beneath it, whilst in Acropolitis the apex is
rectangular.

The species are rather brightly coloured with ochreous or
ferruginous tints.

I am acquainted with one Australian species, and four from
New Zealand, which may be thus tabulated :

A. Forewings reddish-ochreous, with two dark

ferruginous dorsal spots . . . . . . 1 . insignana.

B. Fore wings pale ochreous with dark fuscous

fascia and markings.

1 . An inwardly oblique streak from costa at

three-fourths, meeting central fascia . .2. plagiatana.

2. A small sharply defined dark spot on costa

at three-fourths.

a. Cilia of forewings ochreous .. ..4. conditana.

b. Cilia of forewings dark fuscous . . . .3. gavisana.

C. Forewings greyish-ochreous, shading into dark

reddish-brown posteriorly ., .. ..5. porphyreana.

1. Pyrg. insignana, n. sp.

$ ? . 6". Head, palpi, and antennae reddish-ochreous. Thorax
deep reddish-ochreous, crest large, dark ferruginous. Abdomen
ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibise and

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 441

tarsi broadly banded with dark fuscous. Fore wings triangular,
costa very slightly arched, apex somewhat produced, hindmargin
sinuate, slightly oblique ; dark reddish-ochreous, somewhat
deoper towards base and inner margin ; two small sharply-defined
dark ferruginous spots on inner margin, first rather near base,
semiovate, second in middle, acute-triangular, erect, reaching
nearly half across wing, slenderly margined with pale yellowish ;
cilia dark reddish-ochreous, with a blackish apical line. Hind-
wings in male grey-whitish, tinged with pale reddish-ochreous,
except at base, in female light ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish, with
a grey basal line.

This, the only Australian representative of the genus, is ver}'
distinct in markings, and could not be confused with any other
known species of the group.

I have three specimens (two males, one female) taken at
Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, at an
elevation of 3, GOO feet, and near Brisbane ; I have also seen a
specimen from near Melbourne. These were taken in September
and October, and (probably a second generation) in March, flying
in the afternoon sunshine amongst Eucalyptus scrub.

2. Pyrg. plagiatana, Walk.

( Conclnjlis plagiatana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 370 ; Conchylis recusana

ibid. 371 ; Grapholitha punana, Feld., Eeis. Nov., pi. cxxxvii, 43 ;

? G. xylinana, ibid. 44.)

J . 7"-8V'. Head, palpi, and antenna) ochreous-grey-whitish,
palpi beneath mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax grey-whitish,
irregularly suffused with ochreous ; crest large, dark brownish-
ochreous, in front mixed with black. Abdomen whitish-ochreous.
Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibial and tarsi suffused with
dark smoky-fuscous. Fore-wings triangular, costa hardly arched
until just before apex, apex rather strongly produced, hindmargin
oblique ; whitish, more or less (sometimes wholly) suffused with
1C

442 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

pale ochreous, becoming darker towards inner margin ; an
ochreous-fuscous or dark fuscous angulated fascia close to base,
starting obliquely from one-sixth of costa, sharply angulated in
middle, ending at one-fifth of inner margin, the upper portion
often partially obsolete ; costal fold ochreous ; costa irregularly
strigulatecl with dark fuscous ; inner margin often obscurely
suffused with dark fuscous, especially towards base ; a straight
oblique rather narrow ochreous-fuscous or dark fuscous fascia
from one-third of costa to inner margin a little before apex, dilated
and enciosmg a small pale spot on costa, thence straight and
uniting with the other fascia below middle of wing, so as to
enclose a large pale costal triangle ; a broad irregularly oval
fuscous blotch almost on hindmargin above anal angle, darkest
above, sometimes uniting with extremity of second oblique fascia ;
a short dark fuscous irregular streak from apex close to hind-
margin : cilia rather pale ochreous, with two slender grey-fuscous
lines near base. Hindwings whitish, faintly tinged with ochreous
at apex, spotted with grey, especially towards base and inner
margin ; cilia whitish.

A variable species, differing much in the intensity of colouring,
but generally to be known by the tolerably well-defined pale
costal triangle enclosed by the fuscous f asciee ; it has also a more
variegated appearance than the two following species, to which
it is nearly allied.

The species appears to be common and generally distributed
in New Zealand ; I took it plentifully near Dunedin in January,
and also at Christchurch and Wellington ; and one of Walker's
types is from Auckland ; it occurs amongst ordinary bush. All
my specimens are however males, and I have not met with the
female ; the types described by Walker are ordinary varieties.

3. Pyrg. gavisana, Walk.

(Pandemia gavisana, Walk., Brit, Mus. Cat. 312 ; Conchy lis

marginana, ibid. 371.)

BY. E. MEYRICTC, B.A. 443

$ . 6"-8". Head and thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen
ochreous- whitish. Forewings moderate, costa rather arched
towards base, somewhat sinuate beyond middle, apex somewhat
produced, hindmargin rather oblique ; pale ochreous ; central
fascia oblique, dark ochreous-brown, starting from costa before
middle, reaching half across wing, its anterior edge thence
obscurely produced to inner margin before anal angle ; a small
triangular dark ochreous-f uscous blotch on costa about three-
fourths ; cilia dark fuscous, extremities pale. Hindwings whitish.

Described from Walker's types, which are the only specimens
I have seen. The species appears to be really distinct ; it may
be at once known from the preceding and following by the
conspicuously contrasted dark fuscous cilia of the f orewings. The
locality of the two specimens is merely given as New Zealand.

4. Pyrg. conditana, Walk.

( Terns conditana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 306.)

£. 10". Head and thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen grey-
whitish. Forewings moderate, apex somewhat produced, hind-
margin rather oblique ; light brownish-ochreous ; central fascia
rather broad, irregular, oblique, dark fuscous, upper half clearly
marked, lower half suffused and indistinct ; a small flattened
semi-oval blotch on costa about three-fourths ; cilia light ochre-
ous. Hindwings whitish, faintly ochreous-tinged, scantily
spotted with grey.

I have only seen Walker's type ; it is possible that it may be
the male of the preceding species, but the ochreous cilia and
differently shaped costal spot seem to afford sufficient grounds
for distinction. The type is stated to be from Auckland, New
Zealand, and is in very poor condition.

5. Pyrg. porphyreana, n. sp.
£ . 7". Head and antennae whitish-ochreous. Palpi rather
long, purple-fuscous, internally whitish. Thorax pale ochreous,

444 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

irrorated with, fuscous on margins. Abdomen pale ochreous.
Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi
suffused with dark fuscous except at apex of joints. Forewings
triangular, costa slightly bent before middle, apex very slightly
produced, hindmargin oblique ; light greyish-ochreous at base,
becoming ochreous in middle, shading into dark reddish-ochreous-
brown along hindmargin, where it appears to form a broad
suffused band ; the whole surface of the wing is strewn with
numerous small obscure spots of pale leaden scales ; costal fold
dark fuscous ; costal edge very narrowly white from extremity
of fold to a little before apex : cilia reddish-ochreous-brown, at
anal angle fuscous-grey, extremities white. Hindwings whitish-
grey, spotted with darker grey, apex darker ; cilia whitish-grey,
with a darker basal line.

A very distinct species ; I took one specimen amongst scrub
near Wellington, New Zealand, in January.

11. Capua, Steph.

Thorax smooth, or slightly crested. Antennee in male
thickened, somewhat dentate, strongly ciliated. Palpi moderate
or rather long, straight, porrected, second joint triangularly scaled.
Forewings short, subtriangular, costa in male with broad basal
fold, bent before middle, thence nearly straight, hindmargin
oblique, hardly rounded ; in male often with an expansible tuft
of hairs beneath costal fold. Hindwings rather elongate, broader
than forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7
running to hindmargin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from a
point or short-stalked, 5 moderately approximated to 4 at base,
6 and 7 stalked.

This genus forms the type of a group characterised by veins
3 and 4 of hindwings rising from the same point, 7 and 8 of
forewings springing from the same stalk, and the presence of the
costal fold in the male. It differs from the other Australian
members of the group, Asthenoptycha and Acroceuthes, in the

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 445

breadth and completeness of the costal fold, which in those genera
is very short and imperfect ; from the North American Platynota
in the absence of tufts of raised scales on the forewings ; from
the South American Cerorrhineta in the shorter palpi and absence
of scaly dilation of the antenna).

The species are mostly rather small insects, and usually of
sombre colouring ; some are very plentiful and of general occur-
rence. In superficial features they bear a close analogy to
Dichelia. which genus only differs by the absence of the costal
fold in male.

There is only one European species ; two have been described
from North America, and I have ten Australian and two New
Zealand species, which are hereafter described. These latter
may be thus distinguished :

A. Forewings yellow, with two perpendicular

blackish fasciae .. .. .. ..12. plathanana.

B. Forewings pale whitish-ochreous.

1. Head whitish, ochreous.

a. Forewings with a dark fuscou^ longi-

tudinal streak above fold . . . . 4. hemicosmana.

b. Forewings without a dark fuscous

longitudinal streak . . . . . . 2. decolor ana.

2. Head blackish-fuscous . . . . . . 3. vacuana.

C. Forewings white .. .. .. ..11. scutiferana.

D. Forewings grey- whitish, irrorated with

darker.

1 . Markings dark fuscous, black-margined 5. melancrocana.

2. Markings suffused fuscous-grey. . .. 1. aoristana.

E. Forewings grey- whitish coarsely [irrorated

with ochreous-reddish . . . . . . 6. niontanana.

F. Forewings brownish.

1 . With pale greyish-ochreous space beneath

costal fold .. .. .. ..10. obfuscatana.

446 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEP3D0PTEEA,

2. Without pale greyish-ochreous space
beneath, costal fold.

a. Basal patch darker than ground-colour 9. sordidatana.

b. Basal patch not darker, only outer

edge indicated.

i. Face dark fuscous . . . . . . 7. chiuierinana.

ii. Face pale ochreous . . . . . . 8. semiferana.

1. Cap. aoristana, n. sp.

$ . G£"-6 V' . Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-grey-whitish,
mixed with darker. Palpi elongate, more than twice as long as
head, irrorated on sides with dark fuscous. Antenna) grey-
whitish, slenderly annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen
greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and
tarsi suffused with dark fuscous-grey above. Forewings
posteriorly dilated, rather broad, costa moderately arched, some-
what bent before middle, hindmargin nearly straight, rather
oblique : ochreous-whitish, thinly irrorated with whitish-grey ;
costa and inner margin obscurely strigulated with fuscous-grey ;
basal patch represented by an obscure ochreous-grey or fuscous -
grey outwardly oblique streak from one-third of inner margin,
reaching more than half across wing ; central fascia suffused,
obscure fuscous-grey, only distinct on costa, moderately narrow,
straight, running from middle of costa to inner margin before
anal angle ; an irregular obscure brownish-grey cloud on costa
at three-fourths, suffusedly produced nearly to anal angle ; cilia
ochreous-whitish, with a slender dark grey line near base. Hind-
wings grey, faintly spotted with darker, apex darker ; cilia
whitish-grey, with a darker basal line.

This species has an indistinct and faded appearance, from the
faintness of its markings, but does not approach very nearly to
any other, being further distinguished by the elongation of its
palpi ; in form of wing it is very similar to Pyrg. porphyreana.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 447

I took two males at Wellington, New Zealand, amongst forest
growth, in January ; and later another at Auckland.

2. Cap. decolorana, Walk.

( Grapholita decolorana. Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 392.)

$ ? . 6"-6£". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdomen
pale whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and
middle tarsi dark fuscous towards base of joints. Forewings
moderate, costa gently arched, slightly bent before middle, hind-
margin almost straight, oblique ; pale whitish-ochreous, some-
times irregularly suffused with darker ochreous ; costa and inner
margin irregularly strigulated with dark fuscous ; a small oblique
ochreous-fuscous spot below middle at one-third from base,
posteriorly blackish- edged, representing angle of an obsolete
basal patch ; central fascia very oblique, from before middle of
costa to anal angle, ochreous-fuscous mixed posteriorly with dark
fuscous, narrow on costa, lower two-thirds much dilated but
anteriorly suffused ; a subquadrate ochreous-fuscous spot on costa
before apex, its angle towards middle of disc somewhat produced ;
an irregular obscure dark fuscous line from apex along hind-
margin : cilia whitish-ochreous, extremities mixed with dark
fuscous, especially towards anal angle ; costal fold of male with
an expansible tuft of whitish hairs. Hindwings'and cilia whitish
or pale grey.

Distinguished from the other pale ochreous species by its much
lighter markings ; it is also proportionately rather broader-winged
and the central fascia is conspicuously dilated on its lower two-
thirds.

I have six specimens, taken at Sydney, Bulli, and Murrurundi,
New South Wales, in October and April, amongst dry scrub ;
and have also seen others from Launceston, in Tasmania, and
from Melbourne. Walker's typo is^from Sydney.

448 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

3. Cap. vacuana, Walk.

(Conchylis vacuana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Oat., 367 ; Grapholita
mutatana, ibid. 393.)

g $ . 5"-7". Head blackish-fuscous, becoming greyish-
ochreous behind, especially in female. Palpi blackish-fuscous.
Antenna? whitish-ochreous, in female annulated with dark fuscous.
Thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes anteriorly greyish-fuscous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior
and middle tibire and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings rather elongate, costa in male moderately arched, in
female rather straighter, hindmargin straight, very oblique ;
pale whitish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with ochreous, costa
and inner margin irregularly strigulated with dark fuscous ;
basal patch represented only by five or six irregularly scattered
blackish dots ; central fascia very oblique, from before middle of
costa to inner margin before anal angle, dark fuscous, narrow,
not dilated, clearly defined and black-margined ; costa in male
narrowly dark fuscous towards base ; a small dark fuscous black-
margined triangular spot on costa at two-thirds, from apex of
which proceeds a slender blackish line to anal angle ; another
slender blackish line crosses the wing between this and apex ; a
sharply-marked blackish hindmarginal streak from beneath apex
to a little above anal angle : cilia pale ochreous, with a dark
grey apical spot, and dark fuscous basal line becoming obsolete
towards anal angle. Hind wings and cilia whitish-grey, some-
what darker posteriorly.

Immediately recognisable from the allied species by the
blackish-fuscous head ; it is a rather neatly marked insect, some-
what resembling Dich. clarana.

Common and generally distributed ; it occurs near Sydney,
Parramatta, and Bulli, in New South "Wales ; near Melbourne ;
at Launceston in Tasmania; and at Brisbane, Helidon, and

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 449

Toowoomba, in Queensland ; during October, and from December
to February, amongst thin bush.

4. Cap. hemicosmana, n. sp.

<$ £ , 5£". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous, some-
what mixed with darker. Antenna) whitish-ochreous, annulated
with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Legs
whitish, anterior pair suffused with dark fuscous, middle tarsi
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, costa
gently arched, in male somewhat bent before middle, hindmargin
straight, oblique ; very pale whitish-ochreous, costa obscurely
strigulated with dark fuscous, costal edge in male suffusedly
dark fuscous towards base ; a blackish suffused somewhat inter-
rupted longitudinal streak above the submedian fold from near
base to about middle; outer edge of basal patch obscurely
indicated in female by a dark fuscous outwardly oblique line from
costa at one-fourth, ending in the longitudinal streak ; central
fascia dark fuscous mixed with blackish, rather narrow, very
oblique, from before middle of costa, reaching only half across
wing, beneath truncate and margined by a longitudinal black
line, of which the posterior extremity is somewhat produced and
bent dovvnwards ; a moderately large triangular dark fuscous
costal blotch, mixed with blackish, extending on costa from
middle to a little before apex, sharply defined, apex blackish and
reaching half across wing ; anal angle and lower part of hind-
margin obscurely clouded with faint grey ; a short linear blackish
streak from apex along upper part of hindmargin : cilia pale
whitish-ochreous, with a blackish-grey line near base. Hind-
wings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish, with a faint grey line near
base.

Closely allied to C. vacuana, but apart from the whitish-ochre-
ous head, easily known by the markings extending only across
the costal half of the forewings, and by the blackish longitudinal
discal streak.

450 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LFPIDOPTERA,

Mr. G-. H. Raynor took two specimens (male and female) at
Warragul in Gippsland, Victoria, in December.

5. Cap. melancrocana, n. sp.

$ ? . 7"-8". Head and palpi dark fuscous, in female mixed
with pale grey. Antennae dark fuscous, slenderly annulatod
with, whitish. Thorax pale grey, anterior margin broadly dark
fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Legs whitish, anterior
and middle tibiae dark fuscous, all tarsi dark fuscous with whitish
rings at apex of joints. Forewings moderate, somewhat dilated,
especially in male, costa in male rather strongly arched, some-
what bent in middle, in female moderately arched towards base,
hindmargin oblique ; pale whitish-grey, with very faint transverse
lines of pale purplish-grey and sometimes of blackish scales ;
costa and inner margin strongly strigulated with blackish ; basal
patch represented in male by a broad blackish outwardly oblique
streak from one fourth of inner margin, reaching half across
wing, in female obsolete ; central fascia oblique, from before
middle of costa to inner margin at two-thirds, dark fuscous,
sharply margined with blackish, in male obsolete on costa, in
female distinct throughout, upper half narrow, lower half
abruptly and broadly dilated, the posterior margin being suddenly
bent out in middle ; a semicircular dark fuscous-grey blackish-
margined patch on costa at two-thirds ; a small irregular dark
fuscous blotch near hindmargin above anal angle, connected
with hindmargin by a blackish line ; a strong black line along
hindmargin : cilia pale whitish-grey, surf used with reddish-
ochreous along hindmargin, with a blackish line near base.
Hindwings pale grey, spotted with darker ; cilia pale grey, with
a darker basal line.

Distinguished from all other species of the genus by the
character of the sharply-defined dark fuscous-grey black-margined
markings on a pale grey ground ; a very similar type of colour-
ing is found in Caccecia hjthrodana.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 451

Taken at Sydney and Parramatta, in September and October,
amongst dry bnsh in sheltered places, generally flying near the
ground ; it is restricted in locality and not common.

6. Cap. montanana, n. sp.

$. 7£". Head brownish-grey. Palpi brownish-grey, in-
ternally whitish, beneath mixed with dark fuscous. Antenna)
greyish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown, dark fuscous in
middle. Abdomen silvery-grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous.
Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibia) and tarsi
suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate,
somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, not bent, hindmargin
very oblique, an expansible tuft of whitish hairs beneath costal
fold ; grey-whitish, coarsely and irregularly strewn with ochreous-
reddish scales, especially in centre of disc and towards apex ;
costa and inner margin irregularly strigulated with blackish,
costa marked with four larger blackish spots between middle and
apdx ; basal patch indicated by a transverse dark fuscous line
from before one-fourth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin,
augulated above middle ; a small triangular dark fuscous spot
on inner margin before middle ; central fascia indistinct, irregular,
from before middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle,
brownish-red, suffused with blackish above and below middle,
and on costa and inner margin ; a triangular dark fuscous blotch
on anal angle, its apex connected with a small irregular dark
fuscous blotch in disc above middle at two-thirds from base ; a
blackish elongate streak along hindmargin ; cilia pale ochreous,
reddish-tinged at apex, becoming whitish at anal angle, with a
blackish line near base along hindmargin. Hindwings light
grey, indistinctly spotted with darker ; cilia whitish-grey, with
an indistinct darker grey basal line.

Readily distinguished by the ochreous-reddish irroration on a
grey-whitish ground, and the definiteness of the markings.

452 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

One male, taken at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, New
South Wales, about 3,600 feet above the sea, in March, amongst
low heathy scrub.

7. Cap. chimerinana, n. sp.

<$ . 5|"-ZJ-f. Head ochreous-brown, face dark fuscous. Palpi
dark fuscous, internally whitish. Antenna) whitish-ochreous, an-
nulated with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-brown, mixed with
dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, anal tuft whitish-
ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle pair
suffused above with dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate,
somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched, hardly bent, hind-
margin nearly straight, oblique, costal fold enclosing an expan-
sible tuft of pale grey hairs ; brownish-ochreous or ochreous-
brown, thinly or sometimes densely sprinkled with dark fuscous :
costa and inner margin obscurely strigulated with dark fuscous,
sometimes suffused ; basal patch obsolete, sometimes represented
by one or two faint transverse lines or scattered blackish dots ; a
small obscure dark fuscous subquadrate spot on inner margin
before middle ; central fascia oblique, from middle of costa to inner
margin just before anal angle, dark fuscous, moderately narrow,
broadest below middle, its anterior edge nearly straight, posterior
edge with a short abrupt semicircular excavation slightly above
middle ; a broadly triangular dark fuscous patch on costa hardly
before apex ; an obscure elongate dark fuscous streak on middle
of hindmargin, sometimes suffused : cilia ochreous or whitish-
ochreous, with a blackish or dark grey line near base. Hind wings
grey, indistinctly spotted with darker ; cilia grey, with a darker
basal line.

This and the three following species form a closely allied group,
the members of which are very similar and obscure in colouring,
and often difficult to separate, especially as they all present some
range of variation. This species comes nearest to the New
Zealand C. semiferana, from which it can only be distinguished

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 453

with certainty by the dark fuscous face ; from C. sordidatana it is
also separated by the same character, as well as by the slightly
narrower forewings, and the obsolescence of the basal patch ;
C. cibfuxcatana is smaller, shorter, and broader- winged, usually
with a distinct pale ochreous space beneath the costal fold, and
the darker markings almost wholly suffused and obliterated.

Tolerably common near Sydney and Parramatta amongst dry
bush, in June, and from October to December.

8. Cap. semiferana, Walk.

(Term semiferana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 306 ; Sciaphila detritana,
ibid. 356 ; Tinea admotella, ibid. 485 ; Grapholita abnegatana,

ibid. 991.)

<$ $ . 5£"-7". Head ochreous-grey or ochreous-brown, face
pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, dark fuscous on sides.
Antennae pale ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax
dark greyish-ochreous or fuscous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous,
anal tuft of male pale ochreous. Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior
and middle tibias and tarsi dark fuscous ringed with pale ochre-
ous. Forewings moderate, in male dilated, costa moderately
arched, hardly bent, hindmargin nearly straight, oblique ; in
female more elongate, not dilated, costa arched towards base,
hindmargin more rounded ; brownish-ochreous or ochreous-brown,
often irregularly transversely strigulated with dark fuscous ; costa
and inner margin coarsely strigulated with blackish ; basal patch
distinctly indicated in male by a blackish spot at base of costa
and a blackish inwardly oblique streak from disc near base to
inner margin, in female obsolete ; central fascia oblique, from
before middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, dark
fuscous, containing a blackish longitudinal mark above middle,
lower half often obsolete, anterior edge distinct, waved, posterior
edge generally uniting with a dark fuscous triangular patch on
costa before apex so as to form a larger triangular blotch ; an
elongate dark fuscous cloud near middle of hindmargin, often

454 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

connected with the costal patch, in female obliterated ; a blackish
interrupted hindniarginal line : cilia pale ochreous, paler towards
anal angle, with a darker basal line.

This species shows a good deal of variability in size, and in
distinctness of marking ; some of the forms approach very closely
to C. cMmerinana, but always differ in the pale ochreous face,
and in the possession of a distinct blackish longitudinal mark in
the middle of the central fascia. From C. sorclidatana it is
distinguished by the narrower forewings, the incomplete indica-
tions of a basal patch, and the generally lighter and less suffused
ground-colour.

I took the species commonly amongst scrub near Dunedin and
Christchurch, New Zealand, in January ; and later in the same
month three specimens of a small and more variegated form in
the swampy forest near Hamilton, on the Waikato Eiver ; these
latter were probably a second generation.

Walker's types of Sciapliila detritana and Tinea admotella are
exceedingly poor in condition, but appear to be correctly referred.

0. Cap. sordidatana, n. sp.

$ $ . 6"-8£". Head greyish-brown, face paler. Palpi dark
fuscous, internally whitish. Antenna? whitish-ochreous, an-
nulated with dark fuscous. Thorax greyish- brown, suffused with
dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-grey, anal tuft of male dull
whitish mixed with grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior tibia?
suffused with dark fuscous, anterior and middle tarsi banded with
dark fuscous. Forewings moderately broad, in male short,
dilated, costa rather strongly arched and bent before middle,
hindmargin straight, oblique, in female more elongate, costa
strongly but evenly arched towards base ; dull reddish-grey-
brown, irregularly mixed with pale grejdsh-ochereous scales ;
costa and inner margin coarsely and obscurely strigulated with
blackish, often partially suffused ; basal patch small, obscure

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 455

dark fuscous, its outer edge distinct, obtusely angulated outwards,
in male forming a black oblique spot below the angle ; central
fascia distinct on costa before middle, obscure dark fuscous,
extending to a blackish longitudinal mark in middle of disc (in
female obsolete), thence obliterated on the inner edge faintly
traceable (especially in female) ; an indistinct broadly triangular
dark fuscous blotch on costa towards apex ; a roundish dark
fuscous blotch on anal angle, anteriorly indistinct and suffused,
posteriorly distinct, often connected above with the costal
triangular blotch ; a small triangular elongate dark fuscous blotch
on middle of hindmargin ; all these markings are very obscure
and often suffused : cilia grey-whitish mixed with ochreous, with
two suffused blackish-grey lines, often more or less distinctly
chequered. Hindwings grey, faintly spotted with darker ; cilia
pale grey, with a dark grey basal line.

A very dull and obscure-looking species ; broader- winged and
rather larger than either C. chimerinana or C. semiferana, with
darker ground-colour, more suffused markings, and a distinct
darker basal patch. It resembles C. ohfuscatana in breadth of
wing, but is generally considerably larger, with distinct darker
markings, and without the pale patch beneath costa near base.

Mr. Gr. H. Eaynor found this species very abundant in gardens
round Melbourne, flying in great numbers round roses and other
shrubs in the evening ; and I have taken it occasionally near
Sydney, in August and September.

10. Cap. obfuscatana, n. up.

$ . 5"-6^". Head and thorax ochreous-fuscous mixed with
blackish. Palpi brownish-ochreous, internally white. Antennae
brownish-ochreous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous, anal tuft whitish.
Legs whitish, anterior tibiae and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous.
Forewings short, rather broad, costa rather strongly bent in
middle, hindmargin oblique, an expansible tuft of whitish hairs
beneath fold ; greyish-ochreous, irregularly suffused throughout

456 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

with, dark fuscous mixed with blackish, so that no distinct mark-
ings are discernible, except that the costal fold and a semi-ovate
space below it are generally paler greyish-ochreous or clear
ochreous, and not suffused : cilia dark fuscous-grey mixed with
ochreous, with a black interrupted line near base. Hind wings
whitish-grey, darker towards apex, and spotted with darker
ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish, with a darker grey basal line.

Distinguished by its small size, short broad forewings, and
general dark fuscous suffusion, without distinct markings except
(usually) the pale subcostal space near base. The female is still
unknown to me, and may probably differ in these respects.

Occasionally taken, especially at light, by which it is strongly
attracted ; it occurs at Sydney, Bulli, and Kiama, in New South
Wales, from September to February.

11. Cap. scutiferana, n. sp,

<$ $ . 5"-6". Head, palpi, antennce, and thorax ochreous-
white ; palpi in male rather directed upwards, but oblique and
not appressed to face, in female straight, horizontally porrected.
Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior tibia) and tarsi
suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings rather short, somewhat
dilated, more strongly in male, costa in male strongly arched,
slightly bent before middle, in female strongly arched at base,
thence nearly straight, hindmargin nearly straight, very oblique ;
white, faintly suffused with pale ochreous ; costa and inner
margin with a few irregular blackish strigulations towards base ;
basal patch indicated by a rather oblique blackish streak from
inner margin at one-fourth, reaching half across wing, in female
uniting there with a slender black line from one-sixth of costa ;
central fascia rather oblique, from costa before middle to inner
margin beyond middle, blackish mixed with ochreous-fuscous,
upper half rather narrow, lower half abruptly and strongly
dilated, the posterior edge being suddenly bent outwards in
middle ; a blackish triangular patch on costa at two-thirds, its

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 457

apex almost or quite confluent with the angle of the dilated portion
of central fascia ; a small blackish spot on costa between triangular
patch and apex : cilia pale ochreous, becoming more whitish at
anal angle, obscurely barred with blackish. Hindwings in male
ochreous- whitish, greyish-whitish at apex, cilia ochreous-white ;
in female pale ochreous-grey, posteriorly darker, cilia pale
ochreous-grey with a darker basal line.

A small but conspicuously distinct species, at once known by
the well-contrasted blackish markings on a white ground.

I took one specimen on the forest-clad hills between Kangaroo
Valley and Moss Vale, New South Wales, in January ; and
subsequently six others in dense scrub near Kosewood, Queens-
land, in September.

12. Cap. plathanana, n. sp.

$ $ . 5|"-6". Head, palpi, and antennae blackish-fuscous.
Thorax pale yellow, anterior margin narrowly blackish-fuscous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous, anal tuft of male whitish-yellow, of
female blackish-fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa gently
arched, hardly bent, hind margin rounded ; pale golden-yellow,
with two direct transverse blackish-fuscous fasciae suffused with
bluish-grey-metallic scales except on their margins ; first at one-
third, nearly straight, rather narrow, irregularly margined,
sending a slender dark fuscous streak along extreme costal edge
to base ; second much broader, parallel, from about four-fifths
of costa to anal angle, somewhat contracted in middle, broadest
on costa : cilia ochreous-yellow, beneath the second fascia blackish.
Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish, with a grey basal line.

This peculiarly marked and beautiful species differs widely
from all others in the yellow ground-colour, and the position of
the two direct parallel fasciae.

I took two specimens (male and female) in the bush near Sydney
in December and February ; and have seen a third from the
same locality.
ID

458 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

12. ACROCETJTHES, Yl. g.

Thorax smooth or crested. Antennae short, in male thickened,
ciliated. Palpi moderate, straight, porrected, in male clothed
above with very long dense erect spreading hairs, in female
with dense rather appressed scales, terminal joint almost concealed.
Abdomen in male with very large tnfted anal valves. Forewings
short, broadly oblong, costa in male with a short imperfect basal
fold, arched before middle, apex nearly rectangular, hindmargin
obliquely rounded. Hindwings rounded, elongate, hardly as
broad as forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein
7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from
a point, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Distinguished from its nearest allies by the imperfect costal
fold, the erect spreading tuft of hairs on the upper side of the
palpi, and the large tufted abdominal valves of the male ; the
female is hardly distinguishable from Capua. I have included A.
oxygrammana in the genus on account of the evident close alliance
between the female and the corresponding sex of A. metaxanthana;
but the male is still unknown to me.

A. metaxanthana may be known from A. oxygrammana by the
pale yellow hindwings.

1. Acroc. metaxanthana, Walk.

fCaccecia metaxanthana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 315; Sciaphila

projectana, ibid. 352 ; Carpocapsa trajectana, ibid. 992.

$ . 5i"-6". Head dark grey-brown, face white. Palpi white
with long fine erect white hairs above. Antenna3 greyish-ochreous.
Thorax brownish-ochreous, dark fuscous on back. Abdomen
dark ochreous-grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs white,
anterior and middle tibise and tarsi suffusedly banded with dark
fuscous. Forewings short, broad, costa rather strongly bent
before middle, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; basal third within
a suffused outwardly angulated line white, more or less broadly

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 459

strigulated towards inner margin with brownish-ochreous and
dark fuscous, and with a stronger oblique dark fuscous streak
from inner margin at one-fifth, reaching half across wing ; a
blackish line along basal third of costa, ending posteriorly in a
black spot ; remainder of wing ochreous-brown, irregularly
mixed with dark fuscous and blackish, and with a few whitish
scales ; costa strigulated with blackish-fuscous ; a very oblique
silvery- whitish indistinct line from beyond middle of costa in an
irregular curve to hindmargin below middle, thence continued to
anal angle ; another similar line from costa a little before apex
to hindmargin below apex : cilia brownish-ochreous, towards
anal angle whitish-ochreous, irregularly barred with dark fuscous.
Hindwings whitish-yellow, hindmargin suffused or spotted with
gre}' ; cilia whitish-grey, with a darker grey basal line.

? . 6£"-7£". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen
ochreous-brown. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle
tibia) and tarsi suffused above with dark fuscous. Forewings
broad, costa rather strongly arched, becoming straight towards
apex, hindmargin more oblique than in male ; light ochreous-
brown, costa and inner margin strigulated with dark fuscous ; a
very large dark fuscous or reddish-fuscous rounded-triangular
blotch, mixed with blackish, on posterior half of inner margin,
its apex nearly reaching costa beyond middle, its anterior edge
nearly straight, its posterior edge rounded, ending on hindmargin
just above anal angle; a fuscous obliquely curved streak from
three-fourths of costa to middle of inner margin, irregularly
margined on both sides with silvery-metallic scales ; apex dark
fuscous : cilia dark reddish-fuscous or blackish-fuscous. Hind-
wings pale yellow, spotted with grey towards margins, apex and
hindmargin grey ; cilia grey.

The sexes are at first sight very different in appearance, but
the markings are really nearly identical in position, the differences
being chiefly in intensity of colouring. Both sexes may be
separated from A. oxygrammana by the pale yellow hindwings.

460 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Taken not uncommonly at rest on fences in Sydney, from
September to February ; it also occurs at Waratah on the Hunter
River, and at Brisbane.

Walker's descriptions are in this case tolerably accurate ; the
type of Carpocapsa trajectana is lost, but the description is certainly
referable to this species.

2. Acroc. oxygrammana, n. sp.

$ . 71". Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown ; thorax
with strong crest. Antennae ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen ochre-
ous-grey, darker posteriorly, anal tuft broad, truncate. Legs
whitish, anterior and middle tibia3 and tarsi banded with dark
fuscous. Forewings posteriorly dilated, rather broad, costa
strongly arched, becoming straight towards apex, hindmargin
nearly straight, very oblique ; whitish, with clearly-defined rather
dark ochreous-grey markings ; costa and inner margin obscurely
strigulated with darker fuscous-grey ; basal patch dark ochreous-
grey, its outer edge starting from one-third of costa, thence curved
gently and obliquely inwards to one-fifth of inner margin ; central
fascia broad, oblique, starting from middle of costa and gradually
dilated, its anterior edge running to inner margin at two-thirds,
its posterior edge to hindmargin at one-third above anal angle,
enclosing a small elongate transverse suffused whitish spot before
anal angle ; the space between basal patch and central fascia
obscurely strigulated with ochreous-grey, most broadly on inner
margin ; a dark fuscous sharply-defined triangular patch on apical
third of costa, its anterior margin parallel to edge of central fascia
and only separated by a narrow whitish line ; within the patch
are three short white strigulse in the costal cilia ; the space
between costal patch and hindmargin whitish, irregularly clouded
with ochreous-grey : cilia ochreous-white, with a dark fuscous
line towards base. Hind wings fuscous-grey; cilia ochreous-
white, with the basal half fuscous-grey.

BY E. MEYItICK, B.A. 461

Tlio male being unknown, it is uncertain whether this species
is correctly referred to its present position; but in general
characters it strongly resembles the female of the preceding
species, though the thoracic crest is a discordant point.

Mr. G. H. Eaynor took three specimens near Hobartown and
Evandale, Tasmania, in January.

13. AsTIIENOPTYCHA. 91. (J.

Thorax with erect crest. Antenna) in male rather thickened,
somewhat dentate, moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, arched
upwards and appressed to face (especially in male), thickly rough-
scaled beneath on second joint, terminal joint erect, distinct.
Forewings rather short, subtriangular, costa arched, in male with
very short narrow fold at base, hindmargin obliquely rounded.
Hindwings rounded-trapezoidal, broader than forewings. Fore-
wings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 running to hindmargin.
Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 fron a point, 5 approximated to 4
at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Distinguished from the group of Capua, to which it is allied,
by the upward-arched palpi, in conjunction with the very small
and imperfect costal fold. The species are dull-coloured insects,
with a general resemblance to Capua.

A. conjunctana may be separated from A. hemicryptana by the
clearly-defined white markings.

1. Asth. hemicryptana, n. sp.

$ ? . 6"-7". Head, palpi, antenna?, and thorax dark fuscous.
Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior tibia? and
tarsi strongly banded with dark fuscous, middle pair suffused.
Forewings moderately broad, dilated, costa rather strongly arched,
hindmargin obliquely rounded ; ochreous- whitish, coarsely irro-
rated with greyish-ochreous ; costa and inner margin shortly
strigulated with dark fuscous ; basal patch blackish-fuscous, its
outer edge angulated in middle ; central fascia broad, oblique, its

462 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LFPIDOPTERA,

base resting on the whole posterior half of inner margin, dark
fuscous mixed with blackish, its anterior edge concavely angulated,
its posterior edge straight, so that it appears to dilate strongly
from the middle downwards ; a narrow dark fuscous black-
margined fascia from two-thirds of costa (where it encloses a small
whitish costal spot) to hindmargin above anal angle, attenuated
beneath ; a blackish elongate streak from apex along upper half
of hindmargin : cilia greyish-ochreous, mixed with whitish
towards anal angle, suffused with blackish towards apex, along
hindmargin obscurely barred with blackish. Hindwings in male
pale fuscous-grey, in female rather darker, cilia pale grey with
a darker basal line.

An obscure-looking species, readily distinguished from the
following by the absence of the clear white markings ; it is also
rather broader- winged, and has nearly the form of Cap. sordidatana.

I have as yet only met with this species in Queensland ; I took
seven specimens at Brisbane, Eosewood, and Toowoomba, (in the
latter case at an elevation of 2,000 feet,) in September, amongst
subtropical thickets.

2. Asth. conjunctana, Walk.
(Sciaplrila conjunctana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 348.)
$ . 5^"-6", Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-fuscous mixed
with dark fuscous, thorax with a pale spot on back. Antenna)
greyish-fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Legs whitish, suffused
above with dark fuscous, all tarsi dark fuscous with white rings
at apex of joints. Forewings dilated, costa slightly arched, hind-
margin oblique ; light greyish-fuscous, mixed with paler scales
towards anal angle, irrorated with dark fuscous ; costa and inner
margin coarsely marked with blackish ; a distinct narrow whitish
transverse rather oblique fascia from one-third of costa to inner
margin before middle, angulated outwards above middle,
suffusedly margined with brownish-ochreous mixed with black
in middle ; a short transverse white streak from costa at two-

BY E. MEYKICK, B.A. 463

thirds, abruptly terminated before reaching middle, slightly
oblique, margined by two suffused brownish-ochreous lines mixed
with black on disc and continued to inner margin before anal
angle ; two short white strigulas on costa before apex, from
between which a suffused brownish-ochreous line runs to meet
that preceding it in middle of disc ; a brownish-ochreous line
along hindmargin, mixed with black : cilia whitish-grey or
whitish, above apex blackish-grey, beneath it barred indistinctly
with dark grey, sometimes suffused with brownish-grey. Hind-
wings grey, darker at apex ; cilia whitish-grey, with a dark grey
line near base.

This is a neatly marked insect ; the short clear white streak
from the costa beyond middle is a noticeable characteristic.

Mr. G. H. Eaynor took this species commonly (but without
noticing the female) near Deloraine in Tasmania, in January ;
Walker's type is from the same island.

14. Axatropia, n. g.

Thorax strongly crested. Antennae in male biserrated, ciliated.
Palpi moderate, arched upwards, tolerably appressed to face,
second joint rough-scaled beneath. Fore wings sub triangular,
costa in male simple, regularly arched, hiudmargin oblique.
Hindwings rounded-trapezoidal, broader than forewings. Fore-
wings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 running to hindmargin.
Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 rising from a point, 5 approximated
to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

This genus is nearly allied to the preceding Asthenoptyclia, from
which it only differs in the entire absence of the costal fold. From
the other allied genera it is removed by the upward-arched palpi,
the apex of which rises as high as the crown.

The single representative has nearly the facies of Asth. Iwmi-
cryptana.

464 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

1. Auatr. craterana, n. sp.

£ . 6". Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous mixed with
oehreous. Antenna) ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen dark ochreous-
grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior
and middle tibia? and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
dilated, costa evenly arched ; whitish, with an irregular transverse
greyish suffusion between the dark fuscous markings ; costa and
inner margin coarsely strigulated with black ; basal patch dark
fuscous mixed with black, its outer edge running from one-fifth
of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, strongly angulated outwards
in middle ; central fascia broad, oblique, dark fuscous mixed
with black, starting from costa somewhat before middle, very
strongly dilated below middle, its posterior edge being abruptly
bent outwards, its base resting on whole posterior half of inner
margin ; between basal patch and central fascia are two or three
small irregular dark fuscous spots ; within the base of central
fascia is a transverse pale mark before anal angle ; a fuscous
triangular patch on apical third of costa, containing two short
whitish costal strigulse, its apex blackish and produced narrowly
to meet hindmargin ; cilia brownish-grey, with a blackish suffused
line towards base, extremities oehreous- whitish. Hindwings
fuscous-grey spotted with darker ; cilia pale grey, darker towards
base.

Apart from the absence of the costal fold, this species may be
known from Asth. hemicryptana by its smaller size, and the different
shape of the central fascia, of which the posterior edge is strongly
bent outwards in the middle, whilst in Asth. hemicryptana it is
straight.

One specimen taken at light at Mount Victoria in the Blue
Mountains, New South Wales, 3,300 feet above the sea, in January.

15. Anisogona, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antenna) in male slightly thickened, finely
ciliated. Palpi rather short, somewhat ascending, slender, with

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 465

smooth appressed scales, terminal joint distinct. Abdomen of
male with very large tufted anal valves. Forewings broad,
unevenly dilated, costa in male simple, arched near base, in
female more or less concave beyond middle, apex in male obtuse,
in female produced, hindmargin hardly oblique, rounded beneath.
Hindwings rounded-trapezoidal, hardly broader than forewings,
costa convex, apex in female very bluntly rounded. Forewings
with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 running to hindmargin. Hind-
wings with veins 3 and 4 rising from a point, 5 approximated to
4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Allied to Dichclia ; differing by the short smoothly-scaled palpi,
and especially by the large tufted abdominal valves of the male,
and the peculiar distorted form of the wings in the female. In
form and in the difference between the sexes, the species approach
Caccccia, between which genus and Dichclia they are in some sense
intermediate. The venation of the genus is however identical
with that of Dichelia.

The sexes of the two species may be distinguished as follows :

A. Forewings nearly rectangular at apex.

1 . Forewings suffused with dark fuscous

towards base . . .. .. .. 1. simana, male.

2. Forewings not suffused . . . . 2. similana, male.

B. Apex of forewings produced.

1. Hindwings grey . . . . . . 1. simana, female.

2. Hindwings posteriorly yellow . . 2. similana, female.

1. Anis. simana, n. sp.

<$ 7V, $ 8£". Head, antenna), and thorax whitish-grey;
palpi pale greyish-fuscous, apex darker. Abdomen pale ochreous
grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibise and
tarsi banded with dark fuscous above. Forewings broad, oblong ;
in male costa strongly arched towards base, apex nearly
rectangular, hindmargin perpendicular ; in female costa very
strongly arched near base, posteriorly sinuate, apex strongly

466 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

produced, hindmargin sharply excavated beneath apex, strongly-
bowed outwards below middle ; whitish-grey, with a few irregular
blackish-fuscous transverse striguhe, basal portion in male suffused
with dark fuscous ; costa and inner margin finely strigulated with
dark fuscous ; outer edge of basal patch indicated by an irregular
blackish line from one-fifth of costa to before one-third of inner
margin ; a small grey-fuscous spot on costa at one-third ; a large
subquadrate dark grey-fuscous blotch on posterior half of inner
margin, anteriorly and posteriorly somewhat rounded and blackish
margined, above straight but less distinct ; a dark grey-fuscous
black-margined triangular blotch on costa at two-thirds, its apex
slenderly connected with posterior angle of blotch ; a small dark
fuscous costal spot before apex ; a dark grey-fuscous black-
margined evenly broad streak along hindmargin from apex nearly
to anal angle ; cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings light fuscous-grey,
spotted with darker, and becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia
whitish-grey, dark grey round apex, and with a dark grey basal
line.

Probably the species may be subject to variation analogous to
thai of A. similana, for which allowance should be made. The
male is larger and broader-winged than A. similana, without the
ochreous-brown ground-colour of that species, and also strongly
suffused with dark fuscous towards base ; the female is also rather
larger than the corresponding sex in A. similana, with the
peculiarities of form all exaggerated, and especially the hind-
margin deeply excavated beneath the apex, whilst the hind-
wings are entirely without any yellow colouring.

Mr. Gk H. Eaynor took three specimens (one male and two
females) in a garden at Waratah on the Hunter Eiver, New
South Wales, in September.

2. Anis. similana, Walk.

(Teras similana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 300 ; Pandemis mediana,

ibid. 311).

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 467

$ 5$~6£", $ 7£"-8". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax in
male ochreous-brown, in female whitish-grey. Abdomen light
ochreous-grey, anal tuft of male whitish-ochreous. Legs ochre-
ous-whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with
dark fuscous. Forewings broad, oblong ; in male, costa rather
strongly arched towards base, apex nearly rectangular, hind-
margin somewhat oblique ; in female costa rather strongly arched
near base, somewhat sinuate posteriorly, apex rather produced,
hindmargin somewhat sinuate below apex, slightly bent outwards
below middle ; in male ochreous-brown strigulated with darker,
in female whitish-grey faintly tinged with brown, sometimes
strongly suif used with brown in irregular cloudy blotches towards
inner margin ; outer edge of basal patch faintly indicated in
female, running from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner
margin ; a small cloudy fuscous spot on costa at one-third, in
male obsolete ; a small dark fuscous triangular blotch on costa
at one-third, in male obsolete ; a small dark fuscous triangular
blotch on costa at two-thirds, in male often rather obscure, in
female blackish and much more distinct ; sometimes there is a
large dark fuscous blotch on posterior half of inner margin?
uniting with costal triangular blotch, but generally this is obsolete
or quite imperceptible : cilia in male ochreous-brown, paler
towards anal angle, in female dark fuscous, becoming whitish at
anal angle. Hindwings in male fuscous-grey spotted with darker,
cilia light grey with a darker basal line ; in female whitish-
yellow, becoming deeper yellow at apex and pale grey along
inner margin, and generally spotted with pale grey ; cilia whitish
with a dark grey basal line.

A very variable species, the markings differing much in size,
position, and intensity.

Generally distributed and very common in gardens, as well as
in dry bush ; it occurs at Sydney, Parramatta, Morpeth, and
Bulli, New South Wales ; at Toowoomba in Queensland ; and

468 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

round Melbourne ; in August and October, and from January to
March, apparently in a succession of generations.

The type of Pandemia mccliana, Walk., is from Tasmania; it is
a female, larger and more brightly coloured than usual, but
apparently not essentially different.

16. Dichelia, Gn.

Thorax smooth (or rarely crested). Antenna) in male thickened,
more or less serrate, ciliated. Palpi rather short, porrected,
densely rough-scaled above and generally also beneath, the hairs
often forming a rough tuft beneath, in which the terminal joint
is nearly concealed. Forewings elongate-oblong or rather short,
costa in male simple, evenly arched towards base, hindmargin
oblique, rounded. Hindwings rather elongate, hardly or not
broader than forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked,
vein 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4
rising from a point or short-stalked, 5 approximated to 4 at base,
6 and 7 stalked.

This genus forms the type of a group distinguished by veins 3
and 4 of hindwings rising from the same point, 7 and 8 of fore-
wings rising from a common stalk, and the absence of a costal fold
in male ; the latter character separating it from Capua, to which
it is otherwise intimately allied. The distinguishing points of
Anatropia and Anisogona, its nearest Australian allies, have been
already pointed out. Other genera of the group are Oenectra,
Gn., (Europe and America,) separated by the very long palpi;
Amphisa, Curt., (Europe,) by the pectinated antennae of male ;
Amorbia, Clem., (North America,) by the coincidence of veins 7
and 8 of forewings in male ; Cenopis, Z., (North America), by the
deeply excavated forehead of male.

The species are generally small and rather neatly marked.
There are eight European species, and at least two have been
described from North America ; other North American species
have been referred to this genus, as well as one (probably correctly)

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 469

from West Africa, but in the case of these latter the generic
identification is not yet assured. I have ten Australian species
and one from New Zealand ; and there are two Australian species
in the British Museum which appear to belong to the genus and
are included below. These may be arranged as follows :

I. Forewings with white or pale triangular

costal blotch.

A. Anterior dark margin of blotch produced

to anal angle , . . 2. isoscelana.

B. Anterior dark margin not produced .. 1. luciplagana.

II. Forewings without pale blotch.

A . Forewings with numerous leaden-metallic

spots .. .. .. .. ..13. panoplana.

B. Forewings without metallic markings.

1. Forewings pale ochreous.

a. Without markings .. .. ..12. argillosana.

h. With dark fuscous markings.

i. A dark fuscous streak along basal

third of costa . . . . . . 5. humerana.

ii. Without costal streak,
f. Central fascia entire.

*. Basal patch entire . . . . 7. clarana.

*#. Basal patch represented by

a dorsal streak . . . . 4. fusciceps.

ff. Central fascia represented by a

small costal spot . . . . 6. retractana.

2. Forewings light reddish-fuscous, to-

wards costa whitish . . . . . . 3. disputana.

3. Forewings brownish.

a. With a crescentic black discal streak 10. atristrigana.

b. Without crescentic black discal streak,
i. Forewings very elongate ; basal

patch absent . . . . . . 9. montivagana.

470 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

ii. Forewings moderate ; basal patch,
indicated,
f. Hind wings of male yellowish,

base black . . . . . . 8. solana.

jf. Hindwings of male wholly

dark grey . . ... ..II. hyperetana.

1. Dich. luciplagana, Walk.

(Pcedisca luciplagana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 381).

J $ . 8%"-9". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen
whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior tibioe dark
f uscons, anterior and middle tarsi dark fuscous towards base of
joints. Forewings elongate, moderately broad, posteriorly dilated,
costa arched at base, apex rather produced, hindmargin sinuate,
oblique; whitish-ochreous, finely strigulated and sometimes
suffused with darker ; inner margin narrowly suffused with dark
fuscous ; a moderately broad dark fuscous or dark reddish-fuscous
outwardly oblique streak from costa at one-third, and a similar
inwardly oblique streak from costa at two-thirds, uniting on disc
below middle so as to form a triangle which encloses a semi-oval
white or pale ochreous patch ; a cloudy suffused semi-oval fuscous
blotch along hindmargin from apex to anal angle ; all these
markings are sometimes very faint : cilia dark fuscous. Hind-
wings whitish, towards apex faintly tinged with ochreous, and
strongly spotted with grey towards inner margin ; cilia whitish.

A distinct and peculiar species, apparently allied to D. isoscelana;
it varies much in depth of colouring.

I took three specimens (one male, and two females) amongst
forest growth near Dunedin, New Zealand, in January. Walker's
type is from Auckland.

2. Dich. isoscelana, n. sp.

$ . 8"-8£". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous ; thorax
crested. Antennae brownish-ochreous, annulated with dark

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 471

fuscous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, anal tuft whitish-
oehreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibifo and
tarsi suffused with dark fuscous except at apex of joints. Fore-
wings rather broad, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched,
hindmargin sinuate beneath apex ; whitish-ochreous, obscurely
suffused with reddish-ochreous, especially towards fold and above
anal angle ; an irregular cloudy dark reddish-fuscous spot above
submedian fold near base ; a straight narrow dark reddish-fuscous
oblique fascia from before middle of costa to anal angle, its lower
extremity suddenly attenuated and often obsolete ; an inwardly
oblique dark reddish-fuscous streak from costa at three-fourths,
its extremity almost uniting with the oblique fascia in middle of
wing but not quite reaching it, enclosing with it a white equilateral
triangular space, the apex of which is shortly produced towards
anal angle ; a slender dark reddish-fuscous streak along hind-
margin from apex nearly to anal angle : cilia reddish-ochreous,
dark fuscous below anal angle, and with a dark fuscous line near
base along hindmargin. Hind wings whitish-grey, indistinctly
spotted with darker ; cilia whitish with two grey lines.

?.• 7V'-8". Head, etcastera, as in male; abdomen grey.
Forewings rather less dilated than in male, costa less strongly
arched ; whitish-ochreous, coarsely irrorated with dark reddish-
ochreous, costa and inner margin strongly strigulated with
dark fuscous ; an indistinct straight slender dark fuscous
oblique fascia from one-sixth of costa to before middle of inner
margin ; a broader oblique dark fuscous fascia from before
middle of costa to anal angle, rather dilated beneath, posterior
margin rather irregular; a dark fuscous inwardly oblique
triangular spot on costa at two-thirds, its apex almost meeting
middle of central fascia, the space enclosed between them narrower
than in male, white irrorated with dark reddish-ochreous, its apex
shortly produced towards anal angle ; an irregular dark fuscous
spot on hindmargin below middle, connected with a dark fuscous
streak from apex along upper half of hindmargin : cilia reddish-

472 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

ochreous, barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings pale grey,
faintly spotted with, darker ; cilia whitish with two grey lines.

This handsome and distinctly coloured species differs much in
the sexes, the female being more variegated and more darkly
marked. The male makes some approximation to D. luciplagana,
but the white costal patch is triangular instead of semi-oval, its
anterior dark margin is produced as an oblique fascia towards
anal angle, and the forewings are more triangular.

Tolerably common in dry bush above the Bulli Pass (2,000
feet), and at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains (3,600 feet), in
October and November ; it also occurs near Melbourne.

3. Dich. disputana, Walk,
( Sciaplrila disputana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 349; rect.dispiitatanaj.

<$ . 4£"-6£". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark fuscous.
Abdomen light ochreous-grey. Legs whitish, anterior tibiee and
tarsi dark fuscous, middle tarsi fuscous-grey towards base of
joints. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched,
hindmargin hardly sinuate ; light reddish-fuscous, becoming
white towards costa ; basal patch dark reddish-fuscous mixed
with blackish, its posterior edge somewhat sinuate, running from
one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; central fascia
moderately broad, oblique, dark reddish-fuscous margined with
blackish, running from slightly before middle of costa to inner
margin before anal angle, its anterior edge somewhat sinuate,
posterior edge emitting a sharp tooth below middle obliquely
upwards, generally connected with the succeeding fascia ; a dark
reddish-fuscous blackish-margined fascia from costa at two-thirds
to hindmargin hardly above anal angle, broad on costa and
attenuated gradually throughout, containing two small whitish
spots on costa ; hindmargin beneath apex mixed with dark
fuscous : cilia ochreous-f uscous, tinged with reddish at base, and
with a broad dark fuscous line, darkest at apex. Hindwings

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 473

whitish, tinged with reddish at apex and spotted with grey ; cilia
whitish with two grey lines.

Not closely allied to any other species ; distinguished by its
peculiar tint and by the additional oblique fascia beyond middle ;
the female is still unknown to me.

I have four males, taken in rocky bush near Sydney in
September, and in February and March. Walker's type is also
from Sydney ; it is very poor in condition, but recognisable, which
his description is not.

4. Dich. fusciceps, Walk,

( Conchjlis fmcicepsana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 361; Conchjlis
cepsana, ibid. 366 ; Conchjlis munclulana, ibid. 368).

$ . 4^-5-^, $ . 5 V'-6|". Head dark smoky-fuscous, face and
palpi whitish-ochreous. Antenna) dark fuscous. Thorax whitish -
ochreous, anterior margin narrowly dark fuscous. Abdomen
pale ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibi«3
and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous above. Forewings moderate,
in female rather narrow, costa moderately arched, hindmargm
obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, with sharply denned dark
fuscous markings ; a narrow transverse slightly oblique streak
from inner margin near base, reaching half across wing ; a
slender oblique transverse fascia (in female somewhat broader)
from costa before middle to inner margin at two-thirds, its lower
extremity in male partially obsolete ; a wedge-shaped inwardly
oblique spot on costa before apex, larger in female and its
extremity connected with a streak from hindmargin below middle
which is obsolete in male ; cilia whitish-ochreous, in female more
ochreous-tinged. Hindwings in male whitish tinged with
ochreous towards apex, cilia whitish ; in female grey, rather
darker posteriorly, cilia whitish grey with a darker line near base.

Distinguished from all except D. humerana by the slender
sharply -marked dark fuscous markings on a clear whitish-ochre-
1E

474 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

ous ground ; from D. humerana it differs widely in the absence of
the streak along costa, and in the presence of the oblique streak
from inner margin near base. It is allied to D. clarana, but
larger, broader-winged, and more clearly marked. The female
has a somewhat deeper tinge than the male, and the markings
are slightly broader.

Occurs rather plentifully near Sydney, Parramatta, and Bulli,
New South Wales ; and at Brisbane and Toowoomba, Queens-
land ; in low scrub, from September to November, and in January
and March. I have thought it necessary to alter Walker's
barbarously formed name to an admissible shape.

5. Dich. (?) humerana, Walk.
(Conchylis humerana, Brit. Mus. Cat. 366.)

7". Thorax pale yellowish. Forewings in form nearly as D.
fusctceps ; pale clear ochreous-yellow ; a dark fuscous line along
costa from base to one-third ; a slender dark fuscous rather oblique
transverse streak from costa beyond middle nearly to inner
margin before anal angle. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia pale
yellowish.

Walker's type, from which the above diagnosis is taken, has
no head, and is otherwise in poor condition ; I could not determine
its generic characters, and can only conjecture that it may be
referable to this genus ; but it is such a distinct species that it
could not well be passed over without notice. It may belong to
a quite different group.

The locality is given as South Australia.

6. Dich. (?) retractana, Wal/c.
(Biclielia retractana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 322).

7". Head and thorax pale ochreous. Forewings moderately
broad, costa rather strongly arched towards base ; pale ochreous,
somewhat brownish-tinged ; two small dark fuscous costal spots,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 475

first in middle, second before apex ; an indistinct dark fuscous
line near hindmargin. Hindwings pale grey.

The diagnosis is taken from Walker's type, which appears to
be a true Dichelia, agreeing in neuration. I have thought it
necessary to include the species here ; but unless Walker was
even more erratic than usual, it is difficult to understand how his
description can have been taken from this specimen ; the two
costal spots are mentioned, but the first is said to be "near the
base," and a central fascia and submarginal black points are
added, which I failed to perceive. If I had been acquainted with
the species in Australia, I should have rejected Walker's name
on the ground of the inconsistency of the description with the
type ; but I am inclined to doubt whether the species is Australian
at all.

7. Dich. clarana, n. sp.

$ $ . 4f-"-5". Head, palpi, and antennae dark smoky-fuscous.
Thorax in male whitish-ochreous, anterior margin and a spot
behind blackish-fuscous ; in female suffused with dark fuscous.
Abdomen ochreous-grey. Legs whitish, anterior and middle
tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate,
rather narrow, costa arched near base, posteriorly nearly straight,
hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, somewhat
suffused with brownish-ochreous towards margins; costa and
inner margin shortly strigulated with dark fuscous ; basal patch
in male blackish-fuscous, in female only indicated by a dark
fuscous line representing its outer edge, extending from one-fifth
of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, slightly angulated out-
wards in middle ; central fascia rather narrow, oblique, dark
fuscous edged with blackish, from middle of costa to anal angle,
somewhat broader beneath, posterior margin with a short semi-
circular excavation in middle ; a broadly triangular dark fuscous
spot on costa at three-fourths ; a triangular dark fuscous spot on
middle of hindmargin, connected with a slender dark fuscous

476 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LFPIDOPTERA,

streak from apex along hindmargin : cilia whitish-ochreous,
anal angle dark fuscous, indistinctly barred with dark fuscous
towards base. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with
a suffused dark grey line near base.

Distinguished amongst the pale ochreous species by its small
size, narrow forewings, and the completely indicated basal patch.
In general appearance it strongly resembles Isoch. ranulana, the
markings being almost identical ; the structural differences are
the only safe means of separation, but this species is usually
distinctly the larger.

Eather common near Sydney and Parramatta; also at Mel-
bourne, and at Brighton in Tasmania ; it occurs in February and
March, in dry bush, but there may probably be also an earlier
generation.

8. Dich, solana, Wall:.

(Teras solatia, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 300).

£ $ . 5"-6£". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax ochreous-
brown. Abdomen brownish-grey. Legs ochreous- whitish,
anterior and middle tibise and tarsi banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings oblong, moderately broad, costa arched towards base,
hindmargin oblique ; greyish-brown, in male more ochreous-
tinged, and paler towards hindmargin, with dark fuscous mark-
ings, which are most distinct in male, in female not much darker
than groundcolour ; basal patch indistinct, its outer edge running
from one-fourth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, angulated
outwards and in male blackish in middle, lower portion often
obsolete ; central fascia moderate, oblique, from before middle of
costa to inner margin before anal angle, lower extremity in male
obsolete, posterior edge with a short semicircular excavation in
middle ; a broadly triangular patch on costa at three-fourths ; a
cloudy elongate transverse mark before middle of hindmargin :
cilia in male ochreous -fuscous, in female greyish-fuscous. Hind-

BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 477

wings in male ochreous-yellowish, posteriorly suffusedly spotted
with grey, and with a large irregular black blotch at base, cilia
whitish, becoming grey at apex, with a darker grey basal
line : in female light grey, darker posteriorly and spotted with
darker, cilia light grey.

The male is immediately distinguished by the peculiarly
coloured hindwings, which are unique in their way ; the female
is more difficult of definition, but may be known from J), monti-
vagana by the broader forewings, more arched costa, and distinct
basal patch ; from J), atristrigana by the rather lighter colouring
and the absence of the black markings ; it approaches very nearly
D, I/gperetana, but is larger, rather broader- winged, with the costa
slightly more arched, and the markings less obscure,

Common, and often taken at rest on fences near gardens ; it
occurs at Sydney, Bulli, and Parramatta, in New South Wales ;
at Melbourne ; and at Brisbane and Rosewood, in Queensland ;
from August to October, and in December and April.

9. Dich. montivagana, n. sp.

<$ 5 • 6£"-9". Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown.
Antenna) pale ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen
brownish-grey. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibisc and
tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow,
hardly at all dilated, costa gently arched at base, hindmargin
very oblique ; ochreous-brown, more or less irrorated with dark
fuscous ; costa and inner margin finely strigulated with dark
fuscous ; a small cloudy fuscous spot on inner margin before
middle ; an oblique rather narrow dark fuscous fascia from before
middle of costa, reaching only half across wing, rarely obscurely
produced to inner margin before anal angle, in which case its
outer edge is semicircularly excavated in middle ; an indistinct
triangular dark fuscous patch on costa at three-fourths ; an
obscure triangular dark fuscous blotch on middle of hindmargin ;
all these markings vary in intensity and are often obsolete : cilia

478 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

ochreous, with a dark fuscous line near base. Hind wings pale
grey spotted with darker ; cilia pale grey, darker towards base.

Variable in size, as well as in intensity of colouring ; but well
characterised by the remarkably elongate and narrow forewings,
with costa hardly arched, and the ochreous-brown tint of the
ground-colour is also a constant point of distinction.

Taken commonly at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains (3,600
feet), and also occurs at Nowra, on the Shoalhaven River,
and occasionally near Sydney ; it is plentiful near Melbourne ;
in low heathy scrub, from January to March.

10. Dich. atristrigana, ft. sp.

(J $ . 5V'-6|". Head, palpi, antenna?, and thorax dark fuscous.
Abdomen fuscous-grey- Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and
middle tibiae and tarsi suffused above with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings moderately elongate, somewhat dilated, costa moderately
arched, hindmargin very oblique ; greyish-fuscous or dark
fuscous ; costa and inner margin coarsely strigulated with black ;
an oblique black streak from one-fourth of inner margin, reach-
ing half across wing ; a short black longitudinal streak in middle
of disc, both extremities generally somewhat turned upwards so
as to appear somewhat crescentic in form, sometimes connected
with oblique dark shades from costa ; a blackish elongate oblique
mark above anal angle : a slender black streak along hindmargin
from apex : cilia light ochreous-brown, paler towards anal angle,
indistinctly barred with blackish, and with a black line near base
along hindmargin. Hindwings light grey spotted with darker ;
cilia pale grey with a darker line near base.

Nearest to J), solana in form of wing, but costa more evenly
arched, and hindmargin more oblique ; distinguished by the dark
colouring and black marks, especially the longitudinal discal
streak, which is however variable.

I took four specimens flying in the evening amongst open scrub
near Parramatta, New South Wales, in March.

BY E. MEYRICK, B#A. 479

11. Dicli. hyperetana, ». sp.

$ . 5 J". Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-f uscous mixed with
darker. Antennae grey- whitish, annulated with dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark fuscous-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior
and middle tibue suffused with dark fuscous, all tarsi dark fuscous
with whitish rings at apex of joints. Forewings rather elongate,
moderate, somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched at base,
hindmargin very oblique ; greyish-fuscous, with irregular scattered
transverse dark fuscous strigula) ; costa and inner margin coarsely
strigulated with dark fuscous ; outer edge of basal patch indicated
by a transverse dark fuscous line from one-fifth of costa to one-
fourth of inner margin, angulated outwards in middle ; central
fascia moderate, oblique, dark fuscous, from middle of costa to
inner margin before anal angle, anterior edge slightly sinuate,
distinct, posterior edge with a short deep semicircular excavation
in middle ; an obscure dark fuscous triangular patch on costa at
three-fourths ; an elongate transverse dark fuscous mark near
hindmargin above anal angle ; hindmargin dark fuscous beneath
apex : cilia whitish-grey, with a broad blackish-fuscous partially
interrupted line near base. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia dark
grey, towards extremities whitish-grey.

An obscure-looking species, resembling B. solatia, but smaller,
duller and more obscure, separated by the uniform grey hind-
wings of the male.

Mr. G. H. Baynor took two specimens of this easily overlooked
species (both males), one at Deloraine in Tasmania, the other at
Warragul in Gippsland, Victoria, both in December.

12. Dich. argillosana, n. sp.

$ . 7£". Head, palpi, and thorax light brownish-ochreous.
Antennae ochreous-whitish, broadly annulated with dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark fuscous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior
and middle tibia) suffused with dark fuscous above, all tarsi dark
fuscous with pale rings at apex of joints. Fore wings elongate,

480 DESCRIPTIONS OF. AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

rather narrow, slightly dilated, costa gently arched at base,
hindmargin very oblique ; light yellowish-ochreous, with a few
scattered fuscous scales near inner and hindmargins, and a dark
fuscous dot on disc at three-fourths : cilia pale yellowish-ochreous.
Hind wings fuscous-grey, posteriorly darker; cilia ochreous-
whitish, with an indistinct dark grey line near base.

In form of wing approaching D. monthagana, but hardly as
elongate ; distinguished by the unicolorous light ochreous fore-
wings, contrasting with the rather dark grey hindwings.

I have only one male, taken by Mr. G. H. Eaynor near
Melbourne.

13. Dich. panoplana, n. sp.

£ $ . 4j"-6£". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous
mixed with black, thorax black on back. Antenmc ochreous-
white, sharply annulated with black. Abdomen dark fuscous.
Legs pale ochreous, anterior and middle tibise dark fuscous, all
tarsi dark fuscous with ochreous-white rings at apex of joints.
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat con-
tracted, costa gently arched towards base, hindmargin very
obliquely rounded ; pale dull ochreous, more or less mixed with
dark reddish-brown in irregular spots and streaks, which coalesce
so as to form an oblique fascia from before middle of costa to
inner margin at two-thirds, and an irregular patch on costa at
three-fourths ; whole surface of wing irregularly strewn with
numerous bright leaden-metallic spots, tending to form six or
eight curved transverse lines ; hindmargin with a row of similar
spots : cilia light ochreous towards apex, dark grey towards anal
angle. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey with a blackish
line near base, extremities whitish towards apex.

This species appears to vary greatly in size, and in the character
and position of the leaden-metallic markings ; but is always
recognisable by the presence of these markings, and the slight
posterior narrowing of the forewings.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 481

Mr. G. H. Kaynor took the species commonly on the dry bush-
clad hills round Murrurundi, in October ; and I have also a
specimen taken in a heathy swamp near Appin, New South
Wales, which appears to belong to the same species.

17. Cryptoptila, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antenna) in male ? — . Palpi moderate,
porrected, second joint triangularly clothed with appressed
scales, terminal joint short, distinct. Forewings long, dilated,
costa in male ? — regularly arched, apex obtuse-angled, hind-
margin rounded, bowed outwards. Hindwings broader than
forewings, rounded, costa convex, surface with a large costal
tuft of raised scales beyond middle. Forewings with veins 7 and
8 separate, vein 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings with
veins 3 and 4 rising from a point, 5 approximated to 4 at base,
6 and 7 stalked.

Nearly allied to Tortrix, from which, as well as all other genera
of the family, it is distinguished by the large costal tuft of scales
on the hindwings ; superficially it has more the appearance of
some of the larger species of Cacoecia.

1. Crypt, immersana,, Walk.

(Teras immersana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 302).

$ . 14"- 15". Head, 'palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous,
sometimes suffused with brownish. Thorax whitish-ochreous,
with a fuscous spot on back, sometimes suffused with brownish.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior
and middle tibia) and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
broadly oblong, costa evenly and rather strongly arched towards
base, hindmargin rather strongly bowed outwards below middle ;
whitish-ochreous, sometimes suffused with brownish ; costa and
inner margin very shortly and finely strigulated with dark fuscous ;
a short very oblique narrow fuscous dark-margined streak from
costa at one-fourth, reaching one-third across wing ; a similar

482 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

fuscous irregularly dark-margined streak from before middle of
costa very obliquely to beneath apex of wing, where it is more or
less distinctly connected with the apex of an irregular three-
branched fuscous dark-margined mark near hindmargin some-
what above middle ; four small semi-oval dark fuscous spots on
apical half of costa ; the narrow space between these and the
oblique costal streak is suffused with brownish ; a narrow
irregularly sinuous fuscous dark-margined streak from inner
margin near base very obliquely outwards to middle of wing,
semicircularly concave below middle, its apex dilated into an
irregular spot ; below this streak and the three-branched spot the
inner and hindmargins are suffused with brownish ; an irregular
fuscous dark-margined spot above anal angle ; a fuscous dark-
margined streak along hindmargin : cilia greyish-brown or
ochreous-brown, with an indistinct dark grey interrupted line.
Hindwings light fuscous-grey, more whitish towards base, thickly
spotted with darker grey, costal tuft ochreous-fuscous ; cilia
whitish-grey, with a dark grey line near base.

The largest Australian species of Tortricina, and peculiarly
marked with a rather fantastic irregularity.

I took six specimens at light in Sydney during November,
December, and February ; and also one amongst thick scrub at
Eosewood, Queensland, in September. (Yid. addenda).

18. Cacoecia, Hb.

Thorax smooth. Antenna) in male thickened or dentate,
strongly ciliated. Palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint
triangularly scaled, terminal joint distinct. Fore wings rather
broad, costa in male with a more or less perfect fold towards base,
arched before middle, in female more abruptly arched, often
rather sinuate, apex sometimes produced, hindmargin sinuate or
rounded. Hindwings rounded-trapezoidal, broader than fore-
wings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to

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BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 483

hindmargin. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5
approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate.

This genus only differs from Tortrix by the presence of a costal
fold in the male ; in conjunction with Tortrix, it constitutes the
type of the principal and most universally distributed group of
the family. In this group the only other genus of which the
male possesses a costal fold is Ptycholoma, Stph., characterised by
the very short palpi. Zoxotcenia, HS., is generally maintained
by European writers as a distinct genus from Caccecia, the
separation being based on the character of the costal fold of the
male, which is defined as being strong and membranous in Caccecia
and imperfect and hairy in Zoxotcenia, but I do not think myself
that this distinction is worthy of being maintained ; the form of
the fold differs so much in different species, that every gradation
can be found between a very slight upward curving and roughen-
ing of the extreme costal edge near base, and a broad strong
membranous fold extending over basal half of costa. I have
consequently included all these species in Caccecia, employing the
shape of the fold only as a means of grouping them into natural
sections. The length of the palpi also varies considerably ; all
the New Zealand species have elongate palpi, but are otherwise
not generically separable. Icliographis, Ld., which has elongate
palpi and is referred by Heinemann to this group, has been
shown to belong in reality to the Conchy Uclce.

The species are mostly rather large, with ample wings but dull
colouring. The genus contains about twenty European species,
and is represented, probably to a considerable extent, in North
aud South America ; it is probably cosmopolitan in distribution.
I am acquainted with twelve Australian species, and eleven from
New Zealand ; in the latter country the genus appears to be
represented by an unduly large proportion of species, in com-
parison with the entire fauna. The following is a tabulation of
those described :
I. Costal fold of male extending to base of wing.

484 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

A. Palpi long.

1 . Hindmargin of fore wings not sinuate ..16. miserana.

2. Hindmargin of fore wings sinuate

beneath apex.

a. Forewings whitish.

i. Central fascia obsolete below middle 9. charactana.
ii. Central fascia distinct .. ..11. amplexana.

b. Forewings whitish-ochreous, with

two small dark costal spots . .10. ilavescens.

c. Forewings ochreous or grey.

i. Markings not darker, indistinctly
outlined.
*. A whitish spot in disc at one-
third from base ... . . 6. biguttana.

*•• No whitish spot . . . . 7. excessana.

ii. Markings distinctly darker than
groundcolour.
*« A sinuate black streak in disc

towards base . . . . . . 3. jactatana.

**. No black discal streak.

f . A blackish oblique streak from

inner margin near base . . 2. spurcatana.
j-j-. No blackish dorsal streak.
{. A narrow, oblique, dark,
streak from costa before

middle 8. obliquana.

\\. A broad similar streak,
confluent with a spot
beyond middle . . . . 4. oblongana.

XXX- A sharply-defined large
dark triangular costal
blotch . . . . . . 5. cuneigera.

d. Forewings unicolorous dark brassy-

fuscous 12. senea.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 485

. Palpi moderate or rather short.

1. Hindmargin of fore wings strongly-
bowed outwards below middle . . 1 . australana.

2. Hindmargin of fore wings obliquely
rounded.

a. Central fascia abbreviated, not reach-
ing inner margin.

i. Hindwings light grey ; edge of

basal patch angulated . . . .13. polygraphana.

ii. Hindwings dark grey ; edge of

basal patch nearly straight . . 14. pyrosemana.

b. Central fascia entire . . . . . .15. lythrodana.

II. Costal fold of male not continued to base,
short or rudimentary.

A. Forewings unicolorous light grey ..21. liquidana.

B. Forewings white with dark fuscous

markings.

1. Hindwings grey .. .. ..22. tessulatana.

2. Hindwings yellowish .. .. ..23. desmotana.

C. Forewings ochreous or fuscous.

1. Hindmargin distinctly sinuate beneath

apex . . . . 17. jugicolana.

2. Hindmargin obliquely rounded.

a. Head and thorax greyish-brown ..20. mnemosynana.

b. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous

or brownish-ochreous.
i. Central fascia moderately broad on

costa .. .. .. ..18. responsana.

ii. Central fascia slender, attenuated

on costa .. .. .. ..19. postvittana.

1. Cac. australana, Leivin.
(Tortrix australana, Lewin, Insects of N.S. Wales, 11, plate 17)

486 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

£ . 12". Head, palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax
whitish-ochreous, shoulders brownish, on back mixed with dark
fuscous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous,
anterior and middle pair suffused above with dark fuscous,
posterior tarsi dark fuscous at base of joints. Forewings broad,
dilated, costa much rounded, slightly indented at apex of fold,
which is large, hindmargin hardly at all sinuate, strongly bowed
outwards below middle ; grey-whitish, suffused towards margins
with pale grey-fuscous, and irrorated with fine transverse dark
fuscous strigulee ; costa and inner margin strigulated with dark
fuscous ; fold dark greyish-brown, with long pale ochreous hairs ;
a slender dark fuscous black-margined rather oblique streak from
inner margin at one-fifth, reaching half across wing ; between
this streak and base the groundcolour is clear pale ochreous,
emitting a narrow suffused pale ochreous streak beneath the
costal fold to its extremity ; a dark fuscous fascia-like spot on
middle of costa, rather oblique, reaching half across wing, con-
nected by a slender dark fuscous blackish-margined line with a
narrow sharply triangular dark fuscous spot on middle of inner
margin ; the ground-colour between the pale ochreous basal patcli
and a straight line from middle of costa to anal angle suffused
with greyish-fuscous mixed with ochreous, most deeply along
inner margin ; three small dark fuscous spots on costa between
middle and apex, irregularly connected with two sinuate dark
fuscous blackish-margined partially interrupted transverse streaks
directed towards anal angle, but confluent and obsolete below
middle ; a suffused ochreous spot beneath costa at three-fourths ;
a narrow fuscous black-margined streak along hindmargin : cilia
grey-whitish mixed with ochreous, with two fuscous-grey lines,
and indistinctly barred with dark grey. Hind wings light fuscous-
grey strigulated with darker ; cilia whitish-grey with two dark
grey lines.

A large and rather elegant species, differing from all other
Australian species known to me in the strongly-bowed hindmargin

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 487

of the f orewings ; it is not closely allied to any other. Lewin's
figure is a tolerable representation of my specimens, and is, I
think, undoubtedly identifiable with them.

The larva is represented by Lewin as blackish-green, with the
spots pale yellow, and is stated to feed on Embothrium speciosis-
simum fProteaceceJ, living gregariously in webs until nearly full-
grown, in swampy places near Sydney. I have not been able to
verify these facts ; the food-plant given does not now grow within
several miles of Sydney, and the original localities have been
probably built over.

I took two males on gas-lamps near Sydney, in December ;
and have seen another taken at Parramatta in October. (Yid.
addenda.)

2. Cac. spurcatana, Walk.

(Tera* spurcatana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 305 ; ? Teras congestana,
ibid. 308 ; Sciaphila transtrigana, ibid. 354 ; Sciaphila
turbulentana, ibid. 355 ; Grapholitha ropeana, Feld., Reise der
Novara, PI. cxxxvii., 45.

$ . 8"-8£". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax whitish- ochre -
ous or brownish-ochreous ; palpi rather long. Abdomen whitish-
oehreous or ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and
middle tibiee and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
moderately broad, not dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched,
somewhat bent near middle, fold reaching from base to middle,
hindmargin slightly sinuate, hardly oblique, rounded beneath ;
whitish-ochreous, more or less entirely suffused with pale
brownish-ochreous, and irregularly strewn with short dark fuscous
strigulre ; costa and inner margin shortly strigulated with blackish;
a strong blackish-fuscous rather oblique straight streak from
inner margin before one-fourth, reaching two-thirds across wing,
nearly meeting the costal fold ; an irregular blackish-fuscous
spot on middle of costa, reaching half across wing, narrow on

488 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

costa and irregularly dilated beneath ; three small cloudy dark
fuscous spots on costa between middle and apex, the posterior
one emitting a cloudy inwardly oblique dark fuscous streak,
reaching half across wing ; a cloudy dark fuscous spot on hind-
margin beneath apex ; a cloudy dark fuscous spot on inner margin
before anal angle, sometimes obscurely connected with the central
costal spot ; sometimes the whole wing is suffused with fuscous,
so that all the markings are obliterated except the oblique streak
from inner margin near base, and the central costal spot : cilia
whitish-ochreous or brownish-ochreous, with an obscure dark
fuscous line. Hindwings light-grey, faintly spotted with darker,
in dark specimens entirely dark grey ;cilia whitish-grey, with a
dark grey line near base.

The markings of this species are very dull and ill-defined, and
subject to variation from the suffusion of the ground-colour; but
it may apparently be always recognised amongst its immediate
allies by the strongly-marked oblique dark streak from inner
margin near base.

I took four specimens (all males) in virgin forest near Hamilton
and Cambridge, on the Waikato, New Zealand, in January ; and
there are altogether four others in the British Museum, from
Auckland, under the various names quoted above.

The type of Teras congestana, Walk., is very poor, and cannot
be given with certainty as referable to this species ; the other
synonyms certainly belong here.

3. Cac. jactatana, Walk.

(Batodesjactatana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 317 ; Sciaphil a flexiv it-
tana, ibid. 353 ; Pcedisca privatana, ibid. 382 ; Grapholitha
voluta, Feld., Eeise der Novara, PI. cxxxvii., 39).

8". Head and thorax fuscous ; palpi elongate. Fore wings
rather narrow, posteriorly dilated ; ochreous-fuscous ; costa
marked with small black spots ; a small ochreous space towards

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 489

base of costa, beneath, which, is a sharply-defined sinuate thick
black longitudinal streak in disc, extending from near base to
before middle. Hind wings grey, spotted with darker.

This diagnosis is taken from "Walker's types ; I have not seen
any other specimens. The species appears to be a Cacoecia,
belonging to the same group as the other New Zealand species ;
it is rather narrower-winged than its congeners, and immediately
distinguishable by the sinuate black discal streak.

The British Museum specimens are from Auckland, New
Zealand.

4. Cac. oblongana, Walk.

(Teras oblongana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 303 ; Teras inaptana,
ibid., 304).

<$ $ . 7£"-9". Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-fuscous ; palpi
rather long. Antennae fuscous-grey. Abdomen ochreous-grey.
Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi banded
with dark fuscous. Forewings moderately broad, in male some-
what dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, fold extending from
base to one-third, hindmargin somewhat sinuate, not oblique,
rounded beneath ; generally ochreous-whitish, suffused with
brownish-ochreous and fuscous-grey along margins, sometimes
entirely brownish-grey ; costa and inner margin very shortly
strigulated with dark fuscous ; basal patch distinct, dark fuscous-
grey, often mixed with ochreous, posterior edge most distinct
towards costa, angulated outwards above middle, sinuate beneath
angulation, extending from one-fourth of costa to before one-
fourth of inner margin ; a blackish-fuscous oblique blotch on
middle of costa, reaching half across wing, and a broad ill-defined
triangular dark fuscous patch on costa extending nearly to apex,
the two coalescing to form a largo triangular blotch, mixed with
reddish-fuscous (in female with reddish-ochreous) beneath its
middle ; a cloudy dark fuscous mark above anal angle, con-
1F

490 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

nected with the triangular costal patch by a slender cloudy streak ;
an obscure dark fuscous mark on hindmargin above middle :
cilia light brownish-ochreous or fuscous-grey, with a dark fuscous
line. Hindwings whitish-grey tinged with ochreous, thickly
spotted with dark grey, apex dark grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with
a dark grey line near base.

Nearly allied to C. spurcatana, but the forewings are not
posteriorly dilated in the male, the groundcolour is more greyish
and less ochreous, there is no conspicuous dark oblique streak from
inner margin near base, and the dark markings from costa are
mixed with reddish towards disc. The female is rather lighter
and less strongly marked than the male.

I have four specimens (three males, one female) taken amongst
forest growth near Dunedin, New Zealand, in January. Walker's
types are from Auckland.

5. Cac. cuneigera, Butler,
f Teras cuneigera, Butler.)

10". Head and thorax light grey ; palpi rather elongate. Fore-
wings moderately broad, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa
gently arched, hindmargin sinuate, not oblique ; whitish-grey,
clouded with darker along inner margin and more strongly along
hindmargin ; a large sharply-defined blackish-grey costal tri-
angular blotch, extending on costa from one-fourth nearly to
apex, and reaching more than half across wing. Hindwings
grey spotted with darker.

A very distinct species, separable from all by the large clearly-
marked dark triangular blotch on costa.

I am only acquainted with Butler's type, which seems to be
referable to this genus, as far as I can judge without complete
investigation ; the above diagnosis is drawn from it.

6. Cac. biguttana, Walk.
(Teras biguttana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 305).

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 491

(£ ? . . Size, form, and colouring quite as in C. excessana ; but
forewings with a small roundish sharply-defined whitish spot in
disc at one-third from base.

Very closely allied to C. excessana, yet conspicuously dis-
tinguished by the small whitish spot in disc.

Five specimens in the British Museum collection ; the locality
is given as Auckland, New Zealand.

7. Cac. excessana, Walk.
(Term excessana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 303).
$ $ . 10"- 10£". Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-fuscous (in
one female bright ochreous) ; palpi rather long. Antennse
whitish-ochreous, in female distinctly annulated with dark fuscous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and
middle tibiae and tarsi banded above with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings moderately broad, somewhat dilated posteriorly in both
sexes, costa gently arched, fold extending from base to one-third,
hindmargin sinuate, not oblique, rounded beneath ; greyish-
fuscous or ochreous-f uscous finely irrorated with dark fuscous, .
(in one female bright ochreous) ; markings only indicated by
cloudy outlines hardly darker than the groundcolour; these
consist of a basal patch, with outer edge strongly angulated above
middle ; a central fascia from middle of costa to inner margin at
three-fourths, narrow and very oblique on upper half, strongly
dilated on lower half ; a broad triangular patch on costa before
apex ; an irregular cloudy spot on hindmargin above middle :
cilia rather paler than groundcolour, with a darker line. Hind-
wings whitish-grey spotted with darker grey, cilia whitish with
two dark grey lines ; in the ochreous specimen hindwings white
tinged with ochreous towards apex and hindmargin, spotted with
grey towards inner margin, cilia ochreous-whitish with two grey
lines.

Very variable in groundcolour; the only clear point of
distinction appears to be in the faintness of the markings, which

492 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LFPIDOFTERA,

are merely outlined in a tint hardly darker than the ground-
colour, and the absence of those definite characteristics which are
presented by the other species.

I took four specimens (two males, and two females) amongst
bushes near Wellington, New Zealand, at the end of December.
Walker's types are from Auckland.

8. Cac. obliquana, Walk.

(Term obliquana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 302 ; Teran cuneiferana,
ibid. Suppl. 1780).

? . 12". Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous ; palpi
elongate. Forewings moderately broad, hardly dilated, hind-
margin sinuate beneath apex, not oblique, rounded beneath ;
pale brownish-ochreous ; outer edge of basal patch indicated by
a slender fuscous line about one-fourth, angulated above middle ;
a rather narrow oblique dark fuscous streak from costa before
middle, reaching one-third across wing ; several very irregular
dark fuscous marks along inner margin from near base, and
towards lower two-thirds of hindmargin : cilia pale brownish-
ochreous. Hindwings whitish, thickly mottled with grey.

Distinguished from the allied species, except C. charactana, by
the slender distinct dark oblique streak from costa before middle ;
from C. charactana by the pale brownish-ochreous groundcolour.

I have only seen Walker's types, which are from New Zealand.

9. Cac. charactana, n. 8p.

$ . 8f ". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax creamy- white ;
palpi long, irrorated on sides with dark fuscous. Abdomen light
grey. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibise and tarsi banded
with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings moderately broad, hardly
dilated, costa moderately arched, hindmargin sinuate below apex,
not oblique, rounded beneath ; creamy- white, costa and inner
margin very shortly strigulated with blackish ; outer edge of

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 493

basal patch, indicated by a slender line strongly angulated above
middle, blackish and distinct above angulation, below it grey and
nearly obsolete ; a short straight slender oblique black streak
from middle of costa, apex somewhat dilated, not reaching half
across wing ; a cloudy fuscous-grey triangular patch on costa
towards apex, emitting from its apex a slender cloudy inwardly
oblique streak, connecting with a faint cloudy grey oval patch
above anal angle ; a small faint grey spot on hindmargin above
middle, containing two black dots ; a few blackish scales are
also scattered in the grey markings : cilia creamy- white, with
some scattered black scales at base. Hindwings whitish-grey
spotted witli darker ; cilia whitish, with a dark grey line near
base.

This species is very similar in markings to C. obliquana, and
might possibly be an extreme form, a question which can only
be settled by the examination of additional specimens ; at present
the white groundcolour seems to afford a sufficient specific
distinction, in the absence of the male.

I took one specimen on a fence near Auckland, New Zealand,
in January.

10. Cac. flavescens, Butler.

(Term flavescens, Butler).

$ . 8 Y • Head and thorax pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings
somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, somewhat
bent about one-third, hindmargin sinuate beneath apex ; very
pale whitish-ochreous ; two very small dark fuscous costal spots,
one in middle, second at three-fourths ; cilia beneath apex dark
fuscous. Hindwings whitish.

This distinctly marked species is only known to me from
Butler's type ; it appears to be referable to this genus, but I
cannot speak with, certainty, though it is undoubtedly not a

Teras.

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11. Cac. amplexana, Z.
( Idiographis (?) amplexana, Z., z. b. V. 1875, 222 ; Caccecia vilis,
Butler).
$ $ , 7"-9". Head white. Palpi long, white, mixed with
dark fuscous on sides. Antennae dark fuscous, indistinctly
annulated with whitish. Thorax whitish, anterior margin some-
what suffused anteriorly with dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-
grey. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibise and tarsi banded
above with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, rather elongate,
hardly at all dilated, costa moderately arched towards base,
somewhat sinuate beyond middle, costal fold of male extending
from base hardly as far as one-third, apex somewhat produced,
hindmargin rather sharply excavated beneath apex, not oblique,
bowed below middle ; whitish, thinly strewn with scattered dark
fuscous scales in irregular transverse strigulsc ; costa and inner
margin strigulated with dark fuscous ; basal patch represented
in male by a sharply-defined blackish-fuscous streak starting
from base beneath costa directly outwards, at one-fifth from base
rectangularly bent upwards and proceeding straight to costa at
one-third, in female by an internally suffused dark fuscous streak
starting as in male, but bent rather obliquely outwards at the
angulation, and again bent obliquely inwards before reaching
costa, ending on costa before one-fourth ; central fascia oblique,
from costa before middle to inner margin beyond middle, dark
fuscous, rather narrow, in male obsolete towards costa, in female
distinct throughout, anterior edge well-defined and dark-margined,
posterior edge suffused ; a triangular dark fuscous rather ill-
defined costal patch, extending from middle of costa nearly to
apex, from lower extremity of which proceed two cloudy fuscous
streaks, one obliquely inwards, meeting central fascia below
middle, the other to anal angle, outwardly curved near its
extremity ; a cloudy fuscous spot on hindmargin above middle,
marked on its anterior edge with two blackish dots : cilia grey-
whitish, becoming dark fuscous towards base on hindmargin,

BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 495

especially near apex. Hindwings whitish, faintly tinged with
yellow, and thinly spotted with grey, especially towards inner
margin : cilia whitish, with a fuscous-grey line near base.

Differing from all other Australian and New Zealand species
in the produced apex and excavated hindmargin of the f orewings
as well as the angulated dark streak beneath basal portion of
costa. The palpi are not more elongate than in the other allied
New Zealand species, and the species has no relation to Idiogr aphis,
which differs in venation. In form of wing the species is analogous
to the European C. podana and its allies.

I have five specimens (three males, and two females) taken at
Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, New Zealand, in
January. Zeller was only acquainted with the male, from which
the female differs markedly, but his description is very accurate.

12. Cac. (?)senea, Butler.

(Teras cenea, Butler).

1 1". Head and thorax brassy-fuscous ; palpi elongate. Fore-
wings oblong, moderately broad, not dilated ; entirely brassy-
fuscous ; somewhat lighter on disc. Hindwings blackish-fuscous,
along costa yellowish.

This species is very distinct from any other, and I can only
conjecture that it may belong here, in the absence of a complete
knowledge of its structure.

Described from Butler's type in the British Museum, which is
from New Zealand.

13. Cac. polygraphana, Walk.

(Tortrix polt/graphana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 330).

<$ $ . 8"- 8£". Head, palpi, antenna?, and thorax light fuscous-
grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous suffused with grey. Legs
whitish, anterior and middle tibia) and tarsi banded with dark
fuscous. Forewings moderately broad, slightly dilated posteriorly,

496 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

costa strongly arched near base, costal fold extending from base
to about one-third, hindmargin slightly oblique, hardly sinuate ;
varying from ochreous-grey to reddish-ochreous, with numerous
very small pale dark- centred circular spots, arranged in irregular
curved transverse rows ; basal patch indicated by two rows of
black dots, angulated in middle of wing ; a fuscous-grey oblique
streak from costa before middle, margined with black dots,
reaching half across wing but indistinct at extremity ; a small
dark fuscous spot on costa at two-thirds: cilia whitish at
extremities, fuscous-grey towards base, with a broad dark fuscous-
grey line suffused with dark reddish-ochreous on upper two-thirds
of hindmargin. Hindwings light fuscous-grey, spotted with
darker ; cilia whitish with two dark grey lines.

Generally distinguishable by the transverse rows of faint
ocellated spots. It is nearly allied to C. pyrosemana, but differs
from it also through the lighter and more ochreous-tinged
groundcolour, the angulated edge of basal patch, and the paler
hindwings.

I took four specimens amongst dry bush at Blackheath on the
Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 3,600 feet above the sea, in
February, and also met it at Mittagong ; Mr. G. H. Eaynor took
it at Melbourne, and rather commonly near Launceston, Tasmania,
in January. The locality of Walker's type is given as Moreton
Bay, Queensland.

14. Cac. pyrosemana, n. sp.

$ . 9". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax dark fuscous-grey
mixed with paler. Abdomen dark ochreous-grey. Legs grey-
whitish, anterior and middle tibise and all tarsi banded with
dark fuscous. Forewings moderately broad, slightly dilated
posteriorly, costa strongly arched near base, hindmargin oblique,
not sinuate ; dark fuscous- grey irrorated with pale cinereous-grey,
tinged with ochreous on disc and towards anal angle, with trans-
verse rows of very small faint blackish spots ; costa shortly

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 497

strigulated with blackish ; basal patch represented by a slender
sinuate, not angulated, transverse blackish line at one-fifth ; a
sharply-defined oblique rather narrow blackish streak from costa
before middle, reaching half across wing, sinuate and attenuated
at extremity ; a small triangular blackish-fuscous spot on costa
at two-thirds; cilia dark grey mixed with ochreous, with a
blackish line. Hindwings dark fuscous-grey, indistinctly spotted ;
cilia dark grey, more whitish towards anal angle, with a darker
line near base.

Closely allied to C. polygraphana, but much darker in ground-
colour and markings, without ocellated spots, and the edge of
basal patch is not angulated.

One female specimen taken by Mr. G. H. Eaynor, near
Parramatta, New South Wales.

15. Cac. lythrodana, n. sp.

<$ $ . 8"-9|-". Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous-grey,
mixed with paler ; palpi in male with an expansible tuft of white
hairs on upper surface of second joint. Antenna) dark fuscous-
grey. Abdomen ochreous-grey, anal tuft in male pale ochreous.
Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior and middle tibial and all tarsi
suffusedly banded with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings rather
broad, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched,
especially towards base, costal fold narrow, extending from base
only to one-fourth, hindmargin somewhat oblique, slightly
sinuate beneath apex ; light cinereous-grey, mixed with darker
scales tending to form transverse lines or strigulce ; costa and
inner margin strongly strigulated with blackish : outer edge of
basal patch represented by a nearly straight black line from one-
fifth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin ; two dark fuscous-
grey sharply black-margined fascial, first rather narrow, oblique,
from costa before middle to inner margin beyond middle, second
broader on costa and rapidly attenuated, running from costa at
two-thirds to inner margin before anal angle, both fascia)

498 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

attenuated in middle almost or quite to a black line, beneath the
attenuated portions becoming suddenly confluent into a large
subquadrate black-margined patch ; a somewhat sinuate blackish
line from costa a little before apex to hindmargin above anal
angle ; a blackish line from costa a little before apex to hind-
margin above anal angle ; a blackish line along hindmargin :
cilia cinereous-grey, extremities beyond a blackish line white.
Hindwings fuscous-grey spotted with darker ; cilia whitish-
grey, with two dark fuscous-grey lines.

A conspicuously distinct species, characterised by the two dark
grey black-margined fasciae on a pale grey ground, with their
lower portions 'confluent in a large blotch ; the white expansible
tuft of the palpi in male is also a peculiar character, to which an
analogy is found in the genus Acroceuthes.

I took six specimens in the bush at Blackheath in the Blue
Mountains, New South Wales, (3,600 feet,) in February.

16. Cac. miserana, Walk.

(Teras miserana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Oat. 301 ; Teras canigerana,
ibid., 301 ; Sciaphila debiliana, ibid. 351 ; Teras absumptana,
ibid. Suppl. 1780).
<$ 7"-8|", $ 8V'-9i-". Head, palpi, and thorax grey-whitish
mixed with dark grey. Antennae grey-whitish. Abdomen
whitish-grey. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, posteriorly
somewhat contracted, costa moderately arched towards base, in
male bent before middle, costal fold broad, extending from base
to middle of costa, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; whitish,
transversely irrorated with grey ; costa and inner margin strigu-
lated in male with dark fuscous, in female with cinereous-grey ;
a small dark grey black-margined spot on costa at one-fourth in
male, in female represented by a smaller grey mark ; a cloudy
grey spot on inner margin at one-third, in some specimens of
male larger and blackish-grey, sometimes suffused at apex into

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 499

central fascia ; central fascia narrow, oblique, from before middle
of costa to beyond middle of inner margin, in male blackish, in
female cinereous-grey, partially obsolete above middle, margins
rather irregular ; a small cloudy triangular patch on costa at
two-thirds, in male blackish-grey, in female cinereous-grey ; two
or three small transverse streaks of cinereous or blackish scales
near hindmargin and above anal angle : cilia whitish, with a
faint dark grey line. Hind wings whitish-grey, darker posteriorly ;
cilia whitish, with a grey line near base.

In form of wing this species approximates to C. responsana and
C. postvittana, but differs structurally from them in the character
of the costal fold, which is strong and extends from the base
fully to the middle of costa. The whitish-grey groundcolour
distinguishes it from all its nearest allies ; C. lythrodana is also a
purely grey insect, but has totally different and more sharply
defined markings. The female is very different in appearance
from the male, and has more the superficial features of a Teras.

Very common at Sydney, of sluggish habit and usually taken
at rest on fences ; it occurs from August continuously to May,
being absent only during the two winter months of June and
July ; I also took a specimen near Wollongong, New South
"Wales, and one of Walker's types ts said to be from Moreton
Bay, Queensland, but at Sydney it appears to be a garden insect.

17. Cac. jugicolana, n. sp.

$ . 8£"-8£". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous.
Antennee light ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen
ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle tibise
and tarsi suffused above with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate,
oblong, not dilated, costa moderately arched near base, hind-
margin slightly sinuate below apex, rather oblique ; brownish-
ochreous, costa and inner margin shortly strigulated with obscure
dark fuscous ; outer edge of basal patch indistinctly indicated by
a fuscous line, sharply angulated above middle ; a cloudy dark

500 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

fuscous spot on inner margin at one-third, sometimes obsolete ;
central fascia oblique, from costa before middle to inner margin
at two-thirds, ochreous-fuscous, darker fuscous on costa and
inner margin, narrow on costa, gradually but not strongly dilated,
margins rather irregular ; an obscure fuscous triangular spot on
costa at two-thirds, from apex of which proceeds a slender cloudy
fuscous line to anal angle : cilia pale brownish-ochreous, with a
dark fuscous-grey basal line. Hindwings whitish-grey, towards
apex suffused with ochreous, spotted with darker grey ; cilia
ochreous-white, with a dark grey line near base.

In the absence of the male, it cannot be affirmed with certainty
to which section of the genus this species is most nearly related ;
in shape of wing it resembles C. polygraphana, in markings C.
mnemospiana ; the sinuation of the hindmargin distinguishes it
from the species which follow. The specimens obtained show
no variation.

Mr. G. H. Eaynor bred six specimens (all females) of this
species from larva3 (undescribed) which he found feeding on a
plant of the Composited " resembling Smecio" in pasture-fields on
the hills near Murrurundi, New South Wales, in September ; the
imagos emerged in October.

18. Cac. responsana, Walk.

(Teras responsana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 297.)

^. 9"-10". Head, palpi, and antennas whitish-ochreous.
Thorax pale ochreous, with a suffused dark fuscous central
transverse line. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tibise and tarsi banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings oblong, costa moderately arched at base, bent before
middle, costal fold short and narrow, not reaching base, hind-
margin obliquely rounded; pale whitish-ochreous, thinly sprinkled
with greyish -fuscous ; costal fold strigulated with dark fuscous,
somewhat suffused with ferruginous ; outer edge of basal patch

BY E. MEYHICK, B.A. 501

indicated by a transverse oblique rather curved line of four or
five blackish dots from costa at one-fifth to inner margin at one-
third ; central fascia moderate, oblique, from costa before middle
to inner margin before anal angle, dark fuscous, mixed with
ferruginous and irregularly edged with blackish, somewhat
dilated on lower half, anterior edge nearly straight", posterior
edge irregular and suffused below middle, vrith a round projection
near inner margin, edged by an outwardly oblique streak from
inner margin ; a small elongate dark fuscous spot along costa
about three-fourths, posteriorly suffused ; a small irregular,
sometimes obsolete, dark fuscous spot near middle of hindmargin
containing two or more black dots, which are sometimes alone
distinct ; a short slender interrupted blackish streak near hind-
margin from apex : cilia whitish, at base ochreous, with a faint
dark grey line : sometimes the whole wing is more or less suffused
with reddish-fuscous. Hindwings fuscous-grey, darker posteriorly,
faintly spotted with darker ; cilia whitish, with a dark grey line
near base.

?. 11"-12". Head, palpi, antenme, thorax and forewings
ochreous-brown ; forewings more elongate than in male ; mark-
ings as in male but generally obsolete, or distinct on costa and
inner margin only, sometimes dark smoky-fuscous but suffused ;
outer edge of basal patch often forming a small dark spot on
inner margin. Hindwings rather darker grey than in male.

Allied to C, postvittana, but usually larger and less variable ;
easily distinguished from it in the male by the greyish-fuscous
irroration of the groundcolour, the darker and more ferruginous-
tinged markings, the greater breadth of the central fascia towards
the costa, and the darker hindwings. The female is very similar
to C. postvittana female, but always darker and more fuscous,
with a much less ochreous tinge.

Taken, not very commonly, at Sydney and Parramatta, usually
amongst Acacia decurrens; very common at Melbourne, and occurs

502 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

also at Hobartown, Tasmania ; it occurs from September to
November, and is sluggish in habit. I bred one specimen from
Acacia decurrens, having brought in a branch as food for other
species, without noticing the larva.

The description of Tortrix ashworthana, Newman, (Trans. Ent.
Soc. Lond. N.S. 3, 286) seems rather to point to this species, but
is insufficient for determination.

19. Oac. postvittana, Walk.

(Teras postvittana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 297 ; ? Teras retractana
ibid. 288 : Teras dotatana, ibid. 298 ; Teras scitulana, ibid.
298 ; leras hasialbana, ibid. 299 ; Teras secretana, ibid. 300
Pandemis secundana, ibid. 310 ; Pandemis consociana, ibid. 311
Dichelia reversana, ibid. 321 ; Dichelia fcedana, ibid. 321
Dichelia sobriana, ibid. 322 ; Pcedisca immersana, ibid, 380).

<$ • 6£"-9£". Head, palpi, antennae and thorax whitish-ochre-
ous, more or less suffused with brownish-ochreous. Abdomen
whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiee and
all tarsi suff usedly banded with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings
broad, short, costa gently arched, strongly bent before middle,
costal fold short, narrow, fringed with hairs, not reaching base,
hindmargin obliquely rounded ; pale ochreousor whitish-ochreous,
sometimes irrorated with fuscous ; costa and inner margin more
or less distinctly strigulated with ochreous or fuscous ; markings
variable in intensity, reddish-ochreous, fuscous, or dark reddish-
fuscous ; basal patch faintly indicated or quite obsolete, outer
edge angulated, often represented only by a small costal spot at
one-fifth ; central fascia oblique, from before middle of costa to
inner margin before anal angle, slender on costa, often widely
interrupted in middle, anterior edge generally distinct, sometimes
dark-margined, nearly straight, posterior edge distinct towards
costa, dilated and suffused beneath ; sometimes a narrow streak
or cloud along inner margin from base to fascia, often produced
also along hindmargin and attenuated to apex, or the hindmarginal

BY E. MEYKICK B.A. 503

portion is represented by two or three elongate streaks or rows
of dots ; an elongate narrow blotch along costa abont three-fourths;
sometimes there are faint hindmarginal dots, or the veins are
posteriorly lined with darker, or the entire apical half of wing
beyond central fascia is suffused with reddish-ochreous : cilia
whitish-ochreous or ochreous, with a dark fuscous line, and a
dark spot at anal angle. Hindwings whitish-grey, towards costa
whitish, more grey towards inner margin, spotted -with darker
grey : cilia whitish, faintly ochreous-tinged towards apex, with a
dark grey line.

<j> . 9"- 11 J". Head, thorax, andforewings more suffused with
brownish-ochreous ; forewings more elongate, often irrorated
with darker ; markings as in male but more indistinct and
suffused ; outer edge of basal patch generally forming a small
subquadrate dark fuscous spot on inner margin : cilia pale
ochreous, becoming reddish-ochreous towards apex, with a dark
fuscous line suffused at apex and anal angle. Hindwings hardly
darker than in male, somewhat ochreous-tinged at apex.

This species is very variable both in size and markings, so that
it is difficult to include all the forms undev one description, but
there can be no doubt that all the varieties belong to the same
species. In form of wing it is similar to C. responsana and C.
mnemosijnana, but the costal fold of the male is less strong than
in the former, and stronger than in the latter of those species ;
from both the male is generally distinguishable by the clear pale
ochreous groundcolour, and more or less ochreous-tinged markings;
most of the varieties are also peculiar to this species, and in the
normal form the slenderness of the central fascia towards costa is
a good distinguishing characteristic. The female may be known
by its uniform brownish-ochreous hue. Small pale specimens of
the male are very similar to Tortrix glaphyrana, but the presence
of the costal fold affords a ready test.

Larva moderalely elongate, cylindrical, rather attenuated
posteriorly, active ; dull yellowish-green, spots hardly lighter ;

504 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

dorsal and subdorsal lines indistinctly darker green, often obsolete;
bead greenish-ochreous. Feeds between joined leaves, or rolled
leaves or amongst spun-togetber flowers or fruits of Correct, spec iosa,
Boronia ledifolia (Rutacece), Persoonia lanceolata, Grevillea rohusta
fProteacecsJ, and a marsh-growing species of Polygonum, in August,
September, and January ; it is probably almost indiscriminately
polypbagous. Pupa free amongst joined leaves.

Generally distributed and abundant ; it occurs at Sydney,
Bathurst, Orange, Morpeth, and Kiama in New South Wales,
and also at Melbourne, and in Tasmania ; from August to October,
and in January, March, and April.

From the formidable array of synonyms prefixed, it will be
seen that Walker described the twelve specimens in the British
Museum as twelve different species, locating thenrin four distinct
genera. The type of Terns retractana, quoted as a doubtful
synonym, is a specimen of this species and is labelled Australia,
but the description does not at all agree with the type, and as it
professes to be taken from an American insect, the specimens
have probably been interchanged ; the name therefore cannot
stand. The other types are all more or less ordinary varieties.

20. Cac. mnemosynana, n. sp.

$ . 7|"-8". Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-fuscous ; palpi
elongate. Antennae greyish-fuscous, annulated with blackish.
Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs whitish, anterior pair dark fuscous,
middle tibiae and tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings moderate, oblong, costa gently arched, bent before
middle, costal fold rudimentary and very short, not extending to
base, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; greyish-fuscous, indistinctly
transversely strigulated with darker ; basal patch faintly darker,
outer edge angulated above middle ; central fascia oblique, from
before middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, rather
narrow towards costa, lower two-thirds moderately dilated,
anterior margin slightly curved, posterior margin irregularly

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 505

waved, distinct ; an outwardly curved dark fuscous line from
costa at two-thirds to hindmargin above anal angle, beyond which
the apical portion of the wing is suff iisedly dark fuscous, less
strongly towards apex itself : cilia greyish-ochreous, with a strong
black line near base, suffused at anal angle. Hindwings whitish
spotted with grey ; cilia whitish, with a dark grey line near base.

Nearly allied to the two preceding, but readily separated by
the rudimentary costal fold, the greyish-fuscous groundcolour,
and whitish hindwings. The female is not known to me.

Five males taken at Bulli, New South Wales, and at Melbourne,
and Warragul, Gippsland, in October and December.

21. Cac. liquidana, n. sp.

£ ? . 8|"-9j". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax light ashy-
grey, with a few black scales ; palpi rather short. Abdomen
whitish-grey, anal tuft ochreous-white. Legs ochreous-white,
anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous-
grey. Forewings moderate, in female narrow, costa moderately
arched towards base, costal fold extremely short and rudimentary,
not reaching base, hindmargin oblique, especially in female ;
light ashy-grey, faintly mixed with ferruginous, and posteriorly
with a few scattered black scales ; costal edge suffused with dark
grey towards base in male : cilia whitish mixed with light grey.
Hindwings whitish-grey or light grey ; cilia white, with a faint
grey line near base.

A distinct species, characterised by its unicolorous light grey
forewings ; it has a superficial resemblance to Tortrix coneordanu
and T. indigestana, but apart from the costal fold, which is very
slight and imperfect, it may be recognised by its much larger

size.

Five specimens taken in the dry bush at Blackheath in the
Blue Mountains (3,600 feet) and two at Mittagong; I have also
seen a specimen from Melbourne ; it is on the wing in March.
1G

506 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

22. Cac. tessulatana, n. sp.
<$ . 8". Head and palpi whitish, mixed irregularly with dark
fuscous; palpi rather short. Antennae black. Thorax dark
fuscous, mixed posteriorly with white. Abdomen light greyish-
ochreous. Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and
tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate,
rather elongate, costa moderately arched, costal fold very short
and rudimentary, fringed with hairs, hindmargin obliquely
rounded ; white, coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous, and with
dark fuscous markings ; costal fold and extreme base of wing
dark fuscous ; an oblique slender fascia from costa at one-fourth,
reaching to fold, angulated above middle ; an irregular oblique
streak from middle of costa, not reaching half across wing, its
extremity bent outwards ; beneath this is a small double spot
below middle of wing ; a small spot on middle of inner margin ;
between middle and apex are five or six small subquadrate spots
on costa ; between the extremity of the oblique streak from
middle of costa and the apex of wing is an elongate cloudy streak,
suffusedly connected with each ; a cloudy spot on anal angle, and
a roundish smaller spot directly above it ; veins near hindmargin
lined with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous line along hindmargin :
cilia white, basal half barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings
light fuscous-grey ; cilia white, with a dark grey line near base.

Also very distinct from any other ; in form of wing resembling
the preceding, distinguished by the white groundcolour and
reticulated dark markings, which are quite different from those
of C. desmotana.

Mr. G-. H. Eaynor took one specimen at Melbourne in December.

23. Cac. desmotana, n. sjp.

£ $ . 8|"-9^". Head black behind, face and crown white.
Palpi rather short, black, terminal joint and apex of second joint
white. Antennae black, very slenderly annulated with white.
Thorax white, anterior margin black ; in male a black spot on

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 507

back. Abdomen pale dull yellow. Legs yellowish-white, anterior
and middle tibise and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings rather broad, costa rounded especially towards base, costal
fold very short and quite rudimentary, hindmargin rather oblique,
rounded ; clear white, with sharply-defined blackish-fuscous,
almost black, markings ; a small triangular spot on inner margin
at base, extending nearly to costa ; a slender nearly straight
fascia from costa at one-fourth to inner margin at one-third, its
posterior margin with a very short tooth on submedian fold ;
between this fascia and base the extreme costal edge is blackish ;
a second narrow fascia from middle of costa, becoming bifurcate
in middle of wing, where its anterior edge is more or less sharply
excavated, the first branch running to inner margin beyond
middle, the second to inner margin just before anal angle ; a
third narrow fascia from costa at three-fourths to hindmargin
above anal angle, connected with the second by a slender streak
from middle of second to third near costa ; a narrow streak from
apex, connecting with third fascia below middle ; sometimes a
small dot on costa before apex ; cilia dull whitish-ochreous.
Hindwings pale dull yellowish, often deeper and more greyish-
tinged posteriorly ; cilia whitish-yellow, with a faint yellowish-
grey line.

This handsome and conspicuous insect is very similar in type
to Tortrix amcenana, but the markings will be found on comparison
to be very different in position, and I am not sure that the
resemblance indicates anything more than an analogy.

I took five specimens amongst low heathy scrub at Blackheath
on the Blue Mountains, at an elevation of 3,600 feet, in February.

19. Tortrix, Tr.

Thorax smooth. Antennse in male shortly ciliated. Palpi
moderate, porrected, second joint triangularly scaled, terminal
joint distinct. Forewings moderately elongate, costa in male
simple, tolerably evenly arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded.

508 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Hindwings broader than forewings, rounded-trapezoidal. Fore-
wings with, veins 7 and 8 separate, vein 7 running to hindmargin.
Hindwings with, veins 3 and 4 rising from a point, 5 approximated
to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate.

This is the typical genus of the largest and most simply-
organised group of the family, characterised by the separation
of veins 7 and 8 of forewings, the origin of veins 3 and 4 of hind-
wings from a point, and the approximation of 5 to 4 at base. Of
the other Australian genera belonging to the group, Caccecia is
distinguished from Tortrix by the costal fold of male, Cryptoptila
by the tuft of scales on the costa of hindwings, Arotrophora by
the elongate palpi, and the deeply dentate antennae of male,
having cilia arranged in tufts, JDipterina by the origin of veins 6
and 7 of hindwings from the same stalk, and by the antenna of
male having long fine cilia arranged in two rows. Other genera
of the group (not Australian) are Teras, having vein 7 of fore-
wings running to costa, (Europe and America) ; Pandemis, having
an excavated notch in the antenna) of male above basal joint
(Europe and America) ; Auchoteles, (South America) having very
short minute palpi ; and probably other genera not yet sufficiently
defined, whose distinctness it is not here necessary to examine.

There is a considerable number of European and American
species, and the genus is probably of universal distribution. I
have twelve Australian species, and four from New Zealand, of
which the following is a tabulation :

I. Forewings white, with five black fascise . . 1. amcenana.

II. Forewings dark fuscous, with three

whitish fascise . . . . . . . . 2. subfurcatana.

III. Forewings pale greyish-ochreous or

whitish, with dark longitudinal markings 4 . aulacan a .

IV. Forewings with distinct transverse cen-
tral fascise.

A. Forewings light reddish-fuscous . . 3. ceramicana.

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 509

B. Fore wings whitish-ochreous.

1. Dorsalhalf clouded with fuscous-grey 5. peloxythana.

2 . Dorsal half not clouded.

a. Hindwings fuscous-grey . . . . 6. trygodana.

b. Hindwings whitish or pale grey,
i. Central fascia dilated on lower

half . . . . . . . . 7. philopoana.

ii. Central fascia slender throughout 8. glaphyrana.

C. Forewings grey .. .. ..13. aerodana, (part)

V. Forewings without transverse fascia.

A. Forewings pale ochreous or yellow.

1 . With a purple-fuscous hindmarginal

band. . . . . . . . . .16. standishana.

2. Without marginal band.

a. Hindwings dark smoky-grey ..15. concolorana.
b. Hindwings whitish-grey.

i. Dorsal half of forewings

clouded with grey . . . . 10. centurionana.
ii. Dorsal half of forewings not
clouded.
*. Forewings with a few scat-
tered black scales . . 9. leucaniana.
**. Forewings without scattered

black scales . . . . 8. glaphyrana, $ .

B. Forewings grey.

1 . Forewings rather broad . . ..11. concordana.

2. Forewings elongate.

a. Hindwings dark grey .. ..13. aerodana, male.

b. Hindwings whitish-grey.

i. Forewings with numerous scat-
tered black scales . . . . 12. indigestana.
ii. Forewings without black scales 13. aerodana, female.

C. Forewings deep brownish or reddish-

ochreous .. .. .. ..14. siriana.

510 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

1. Tort, amamana, Walk.
(Conchjlis amoenana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 366 ; Conchylis semi-

rectana, ibid. 987 ; Conchjlis galbana, Feld., Eeise der Novara,

PI. cxl., 29.
$ ? . 7J"-10|". Head deep yellow. Palpi black, apex of
second joint yellow above. Antenna) dark fuscous. Thorax
black, with a white spot on each side, generally confluent
posteriorly. Abdomen deep golden-yellow. Legs yellow,
anterior and middle pair suffused with dark fuscous. Fore wings
moderate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched,
hindmargin obliquely rounded ; clear white, with sharply-defined
black markings, forming five transverse fascia), rather variable
in form and intensity ; first narrow, rather oblique, close to base ;
second narrow, nearly straight, from costa at one-fourth to inner
margin at one-third ; third from before middle of costa to middle
of inner margin, variable, often irregular, margins sometimes
toothed, sometimes enclosing a small white spot on inner margin J
fourth rather irregular, from costa at three-fourths to inner
margin just before anal angle, dilated towards inner margin,
and generally enclosing a small white spot there ; between third
and fourth fascise is a small spot on costa, sometimes confluent
at its extremity with fourth fascia beneath costa ; fifth from
costa before apex to hindmargin above anal angle, connected
below costa by a short transverse bar with fourth ; an irregular
black streak along hindmargin from apex, reaching to extremity
of fifth fascia, attenuated beneath ; cilia dull whitish-ochreous,
suffused with grey towards base. Hindwings golden-yellow,
posteriorly rather deeper, apex with a small double suffused dark
fuscous spot ; cilia whitish-yellow, with an indistinct fuscous-grey
line near base.

This strikingly handsome species bears some general resem-
blance to Caccecia desmotana, but the markings are quite differently
placed, and the hindwings are deeper yellow ; the f orewings are
also rather narrower.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 511

Larva stout, cylindrical, with scattered whitish, hairs ; rather
dull green, spots slightly paler, dorsal vessel indigo-green ; head
reddish-ochreous, more reddish on crown, face greenish ; second
segment greenish-ochreous, with a darker green square patch
above on posterior margin. It feeds amongst spun-together
shoots, or along twigs amongst the leaves, on Monotoca scoparia
(a low heath-like shrub belonging to the JEpacrideceJ , usually
three or four together in a good deal of dense web : and pupates
in a rough silken cocoon in the same situation. These larvae
were found in October, and the imagos emerged in November.

Very common amongst its food-plant at Blackheath on the
Blue Mountains, 3,600 feet above the sea ; and occurs also more
sparingly (and of a smaller size) in places near Sydney ; it is on
the wing in November, January, and March.

2. Tort, subfurcatana, Walk.
(Conchy lis subfurcatana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 368).
$ $ . 7Jff-8£". Head, palpi, and thorax dark reddish-ochreous
brown. Antenna) dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous-grey, on
sides ochreous. Legs pale yellowish, anterior and middle pair
suffused above with dark fuscous. Fore wings moderately broad,
costa moderately arched towards base, hindmargin slightly oblique;
rounded ; white, sometimes suffused with pale ashy-grey, with
sharply-defined markings, varying from reddish-ochreous-brown
to dark fuscous ; basal patch somewhat paler at base, its outer
edge nearly straight, extending from one-fourth of costa to one-
third of inner margin ; central fascia rather oblique, from before
middle of costa to middle of inner margin, moderately broad,
slightly curved, sometimes slightly dilated towards inner margin ;
a second fascia, nearly equally broad, from costa at two-thirds to
anal angle, rather sinuate, generally enclosing a white dot on
costa, and connected with central fascia on inner margin by a
slender streak ; a rather broad streak from apex along upper
two-thirds of hindmargin, rapidly attenuated beneath: cilia

512 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LFPIDOPTERA,

ochreous-grey, with, an indistinct dark fuscous line near base.
Hindwings dark fuscous-grey, sometimes becoming golden-yellow
towards base ; cilia whitish-oclireous, with an indistinct dark
fuscous line near base.

A distinct species, appearing to have three straight white or
grey- whitish fasciae on a dark ground. The tendency of the
hindwings (in both sexes) to sometimes become yellow at the
base is a curious form of variation.

Rather common in marshy places amongst thickets of swamp-
vegetation ; it occurs at Sydney, Bulli, and on the Richmond
River, in New South Wales ; near Melbourne ; and at Brighton
in Tasmania ; from September to November, and in January and
March.

3. Tort, ceramicana, n. sp.

<J . 8^-". Head, palpi, antennae and thorax reddish-fuscous ;
thorax crested. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish-
ochreous, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused above with
dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched,
hindmargin sinuate below apex, oblique ; light reddish-fuscous,
with white and dark reddish-fuscous markings ; costal edge
slenderly dark fuscous towards base ; an indistinct reddish-fuscous
streak beneath costa from near base to one-third, interrupted by
a whitish spot before its extremity ; a sharply-defined triangular
dark reddish-fuscous spot, edged with ochreous-white, below
middle towards base, its anterior angle very acute, nearly reach-
ing middle of base of wing, upper posterior angle in middle of
wing at one-third from base, lower posterior angle almost reach-
ing middle of inner margin ; a rather narrow dark reddish-fuscous
streak from somewhat above centre of wing to anal angle,
margined with ochreous-whitish, posteriorly sinuate ; between
its upper extremity and the upper posterior angle of the triangular
spot is a small oblong white spot ; a large triangular dark
reddish-fuscous blotch towards apex, whitish-margined beneath,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 513

its apex below costa slightly beyond middle, somewhat suffused
into apex of central streak, its base extending along hindmargin
from beneath apex to middle, its upper side parallel with costa,
its lower side somewhat curved ; this blotch is cut by a narrow
white streak running from immediately beneath costa beyond
middle obliquely outwards to middle of disc at two-thirds from
base, and a second narrow white streak from apex of wing
obliquely inwards, nearly reaching extremity of first white streak :
cilia reddish-fuscous. Hindwings pale fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish-
grey, with a dark grey line near base.

This species departs somewhat from the usual generic characters
of Tortrix in the distinctly crested thorax, which does not however
appear to me to afford a sufficient basis' for generic distinction.
Its markings are very eccentric and irregular, but the normal
type can still be clearly traced in them.

I have only one male, taken by Mr. Miskin near Brisbane.
4. Tort, aulacana, n. sp.

$ . iy. Head and palpi light grey or whitish, mixed with
fuscous-grey. Antenna) light grey. Thorax greyish-fuscous.
Abdomen light ochreous-grey, whitish on sides. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tibice and tarsi suffusedly banded with grey.
Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, hindmargin
obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous, or white coarsely
irrorated with dark fuscous-grey ; costa very narrowly and inner
margin more broadly suffused with dark grey, costa mixed with
reddish ; a straight slender dark fuscous line from base beneath
costa to apex, well-defined beneath, cloudy above, posteriorly
rather indistinct ; some irregular dark greyish-fuscous or blackish-
fuscous cloudy markings, consisting of a streak from base above
fold to middle, an oblique streak from centre to above anal angle,
and an oblique streak from disc at two-thirds to apex, suffused
together with fuscous-grey clouds so as to form a cloudy gradually
dilated streak from base to hindmargin, between which and the

514 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

line from base to apex is a clear rather broad longitudinal space
of groundcolour, containing a short cloudy longitudinal fuscous-
grey line in middle of disc : cilia pale ochreous or light reddish-
fuscous towards base, whitish towards extremities, with a dark
fuscous-grey line along base. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia
whitish, with a fuscous -grey line near base.

Characterised by the cloudy but distinct longitudinal markings,
the colour and intensity of which appear subject to considerable
variation.

Three males taken at Mount Macedon, Victoria, and at Parra-
matta, New South Wales, in September.

5. Tort, peloxythana, n. sj).
$ . 6|". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous, irrorated
with dark fuscous. Antenna) dark fuscous. Abdomen dark
fuscous mixed with ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior
and middle tibise and tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings rather narrow, costa slightly arched, hindmargin
obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white, dorsal half below a line from
middle of base to apex wholly suffused with dark grey mixed
with ochreous, the groundcolour above this is irrorated with dark
grey and ochreous except towards costa ; markings dark grey
mixed with ochreous, on dorsal half obsolete through the suffusion ;
basal patch indistinct, outer edge starting from one-fourth of costa,
somewhat angulated above middle ; central fascia oblique,
moderately narrow, starting from costa before middle ; a wedge-
shaped elongate blotch along costa from beyond middle nearly
to apex : cilia ochreous-white, near anal angle grey, with a
blackish line near base. Hindwings rather dark fuscous-grey ;
cilia ochreous-whitish, with a dark fuscous line near base.

Distinguished amongst the fasciated species by the dark grey
suffusion of the dorsal half of forewings, and the general darker
colouring.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 515

I took one specimen on the hills near Murrurundi, New South
Wales, in November.

6. Tort, trygodana, n. sp.

$ . 6£". Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous. Antenna)
ochreous-grey. Abdomen grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior
and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings moderate, posteriorly somewhat narrowed, costa moderately
arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous. with a
few scattered dark fuscous strigulee, especially towards hind-
margin ; inner margin regularly strigulated with dark fuscous ;
a dark fuscous spot on disc at one-fourth from base, representing
angle of basal patch ; central fascia irregular, oblique, dark
fuscous, starting from beneath costa in middle, at first very
slender, lower two-thirds rather broader but margins very
irregular, posterior margin indistinct ; a dark fuscous line from
costa before apex to hindmargin above anal angle ; cilia whitish-
ochreous. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with a
fuscous-grey line near base.

Closely allied to T. philopoana and T. glaphyrana, but differing
from both in the darker hindwings, the scattered dark strigula)
on forewings, and the character of the central fascia, which is
very irregularly margined and does not reach the costa.

One male taken amongst bush at Parramatta, New South
Wales, in October.

7. Tort, philopoana, n. sp.

$ $ . 6£"-8". Head, palpi, antennoo, and thorax pale ochreous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and
middle tibia) and tarsi suffused with fuscous-grey. Forewings
moderate, in female more elongate and narrower, costa moderately
arched towards base, hindmargin obliquely rounded, more
obliquely in female ; pale ochreous, generally with a few scattered
fuscous scales ; inner margin faintly strigulated with fuscous ;

516 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

basal patch ochreous-fuscous, generally indistinct, sometimes
well-marked, outer edge running from costa at one-fifth to inner
margin at one-fourth, angulated above middle ; central fascia
ochreous-fuscous, oblique, running from before middle of costa
to anal angle, narrow towards costa, lower two-thirds somewhat
dilated, margins slightly irregular, generally with a black dot on
posterior margin below middle ; a small somewhat triangular,
ochreous-fuscous spot on costa midway between central fascia
and apex ; sometimes a small cloudy spot on middle of inner
margin, tending to unite with costal spot or base of central fascia ;
in female these markings are often more reddish-ochreous and
less distinct : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-grey,
in female often whitish, somewhat tinged with ochreous towards
apex ; cilia whitish, with a faint grey line near base.

Distinguished from T. glaphyrana especially by the dilation of
the lower portion of the central fascia, and the usually perceptible
basal patch ; the female does not differ in markings from the
male, and is therefore very different from T. glaphtjrana, female,
which is entirely without markings, except occasionally a small
dorsal spot,

I found this species abundant amongst the long grass in swampy
forest near Hamilton, New Zealand, in January.

8. Tort, glaphyrana, n. sp.

<$ . 6"-8". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax pale ochreous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous, rarely greyish-ochreous. Legs
whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle tibiao and tarsi suffused
with fuscous-grey. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched,
hindmargin obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous ; basal patch
obsolete, its outer edge sometimes indicated by a row of five or
six dark fuscous dots, angulated in middle ; central fascia very
slender throughout, oblique, running from before middle of costa
to inner margin at three-fourths, brownish-ochreous, generally

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 517

becoming dark fuscous on costa and inner margin, sometimes
darker throughout, posterior margin always indistinct ; generally
there is a black dot a little beyond posterior margin of central
fascia below middle ; a very small somewhat triangular fuscous
spot on costa at three-fourths ; sometimes a faint brownish cloud,
or two or three dark fuscous dots, near middle of hindmargin :
cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-grey or pale grey,
slightly ochreous-tinged posteriorly ; cilia whitish, with a faint
grey line near base.

? . 7"-8". Forewings rather narrower and more elongate than
in male, costa less arched ; unicolorous pale ochreous ; usually
a minute blackish dot in disc beyond middle ; sometimes a small
cloudy dark fuscous spot on inner margin at three-fourths : cilia
whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-grey, cilia whitish.

Differs from T. trygodana by the entire, slender, and evenly
margined central fascia, and the whitish-grey hindwings ; from
T. philopoana in the male by the slenderness and absence of
dilation in the central fascia, the darker fuscous markings, and
the absence of the basal patch, in the female by the absence of
any transverse markings.

A common species, occuring both in dry bush and in swampy
places, at Sydney, Parramatta, Morpeth, and Shoalhaven, New
South Wales ; near Melbourne ; and at Toowoomba (2,000 feet)
Queensland ; from October to March.

9. Tort, leucaniana, Walk.

(Conchylis leucaniana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 370; Gelechia
intaetella, ibid. 652 ; Teras pauculana, ibid. Suppl. 1781).

<$ $ . 6£"-8". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax pale ochreous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior
and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with smoky-fuscous. Fore-
wings moderate, in female narrower and more elongate, costa
moderately arched, hindmargin oblique, more so in female,

518 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

straight beneath apex ; pale ochreous, in female sometimes pale
reddish-ochreous, often slightly darker between the veins
posteriorly ; a few irregularly strewn black scales ; generally a
rather more conspicuous black dot on disc beyond middle, usually
preceded by a short longitudinal cloudy-grey streak above middle :
cilia pale ochreous, extremities whitish. Hind wings whitish,
posteriorly greyish-tinged ; cilia whitish.

Distinguishable from all its allies except T. glaphyrana female,
by the unicolorous pale ochreous forewings ; the male is much
broader-winged than T. glaphyrana female, and even in the female
the forewings are comparatively less elongate, but the females of
the two species are in some cases hardly separable, except by
the presence of a few scattered blackish scales in T. leucaniana ;
the males are widely different.

Appears to be generally common in New Zealand, in grassy
places ; I found it abundantly near Hamilton and Cambridge, on
the Waikato, and also at Auckland and Wellington, in December
and January.

10. Tort, centurionana, n. sp.

S 11", ? 12JM8". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey,
densely irrorated with dark grey. Antennae dark fuscous, in
male strongly ciliated. Abdomen pale grey or ochreous-grey.
Legs grey- whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused
with fuscous-grey. Forewings elongate, in female very elongate,
costa rather strongly arched, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ;
pale reddish-ochreous, darker and with rows of scattered black
scales between the veins ; dorsal half of wing, a narrow cloudy
streak from base to two-thirds of disc above middle, and a slender
streak along costa from one-third to apex suffused with fuscous-
grey ; cilia white, mixed with grey, with a grey line near base.
Hindwings whitish-grey, slightly darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish
with a faint grey line near base.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 519

Easily known by its large size, very elongate forewings (of
which the costa is still strongly arched) and cloudy longitudinal
suffusion.

I took four specimens (two males, and two females) amongst
dry bush at Sydney and Parramatta in the very early spring
months, July and August ; they appeared very sluggish and
inactive.

11. Tort, concordana, n. sp,

$ $ . 6J"-8". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey. Antennae
whitish, slenderly annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen
whitish-grey, sides and anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tarsi and tibiee suffused with dark fuscous
above. Forewings moderate, in female rather more elongate,
costa rather strongly arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded ;
whitish-grey, very faintly ochreous-tinged, in one female with
small scattered ochreous spots towards inner margin ; sometimes
a few scattered blackish scales towards hindmargin : cilia whitish-
ochreous, extremities paler. Hindwings whitish or whitish-grey,
slightly darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish, faintly ochreous-tinged
round apex.

Characterised by the unicolorous whitish-grey forewings ; very
closely allied to T. indigestana, but the forewings are shorter and
broader (especially in male), the groundcolour is lighter, glossier,
and slightly ochreous-tinged, especially in cilia, there are at most
only a few scattered black scales posteriorly, and there is no
reddish discal suffusion.

Larva rather stout, posteriorly somewhat attenuated, with a
few whitish hairs ; dull grey-green, slightly brownish tinged,
spots hardly paler ; head and second segment black, very glossy ;
anal segment ochreous. Feeds in spun-up shoots, or amongst
several cylindrically-united leaves of Hilbertia linearis and H.
fasciculata (Dilleniacece); these larvae were found in July, and the
imagos emerged in August.

520 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Common[inJopen bush, amongst its food-plant near Sydney and
Parramatta, and at Melbourne, in the spring, August and
September, and again in March.

12. Tort, indigestana, to. tp.

<J $ . 5f-"-7£". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey or
whitish, mixed with darker. Antennae whitish, annulated with
dark fuscous, in female somewhat suffused. Abdomen pale grey,
sides and anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior and
middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings
elongate, rather narrow, in female more elongate, costa moderately
arched, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; pale ashy-grey,
mixed with darker, and irregularly irrorated with black scales ;
a more or less distinct reddish suffusion on disc beyond middle :
cilia whitish, with a faint grey line near base.

Near T. concordana, but rather smaller, the forewings narrower
and more elongate, with, the hindmargin more oblique, the
groundcolour darker and coarsely irrorated with black, with a
mixture of reddish in disc.

Larva undistinguished from that of T. concordana ; feeding in
spun-up shoots or amongst joined leaves of Hihbertia linearis, in
July.

Less common than the preceding ; occurring in similar localities
near Sydney, in August and September.

13. Tort, aerodana, n. sp.
$ . 4f"-5£". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey mixed with
dark grey. Antennae dark fuscous-grey, sometimes with whitish
annulations. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft whitish. Legs grey-
whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with dark
fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa slightly arched, hindmargin
very obliquely rounded ; dark grey, irrorated with ashy- whitish
and black scales ; sometimes there is a distinct ochreous slender
oblique fascia from middle of costa to inner margin before anal

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 521

angle, and costal spot at three-fourths, but these are often imper-
ceptible ; cilia whitish-grey mixed with darker. Hindwings dark
grey ; cilia paler, with a dark grey line near base.

? . 6£"-7". Head, etcaetera, as in male. Abdomen whitish-
ochreous. Forewings with costa somewhat more arched towards
base, hindmargin very oblique ; paler than in male, without trace
of fascia : cilia whitish. Hindwings whitish, posteriorly whitish-
grey ; cilia white, with a faint grey line near base.

Allied to T. indigestana, but the male is much smaller and
narrower-winged, the forewings much darker, often with a distinct
ochreous fascia and costal spot, and tho hindwings dark grey ;
the female, being paler, and with whitish hindwings, is hardly
separable from T. indigestana female, but appears more uniform
pale grey, with less distinct blackish irroration, and without any
reddish tinge in disc.

I took eight specimens (six males, and two females) amongst

dry low heathy scrub near Hamilton, on the Waikato, New
Zealand, in January.

14. Tort, siriana, n. sp.

<$ . 4f "-5J". Head, palpi, and thorax deep brownish-ochreous.
Antennae ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen
blackish-fuscous. Legs pale greyish-ochreous, anterior and
middle tibiae and all tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings narrow, costa gently arched, hindmargin very obliquely
rounded ; deep brownish-ochreous, generally mixed with dark
fuscous posteriorly, sometimes throughout ; usually a distinct
blackish dot on disc beyond middle : cilia brownish-ochreous, at
anal angle mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings blackish ; cilia
blackish, extremities ochreous round apex.

$ . 6J". Head, et caotera, as in male. Abdomen whitish-
ochreous. Forewings rather more elongate, apex more acute,
hindmargin very oblique ; unicolorous reddish-ochreous ; cilia
1H

522 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LFPIDOPTERA,

ochreous, reddish-tinged towards apex, extremities whitish
towards anal angle. Hindwings whitish, apex faintly greyish ;
cilia whitish.

A very distinct species, in form resembling T. aerodana;
characterised by its small size, and the uniform deep brownish-
ochreous or reddish-ochreous forewings ; the hindwings are
blackish in male, whitish in female.

I found the male abundant (and took one female), in the hot
sunshine amongst long grass in a very restricted locality on the
skirts of virgin forest near Hamilton, New Zealand ; they
appeared to fly amongst the tops of the grass, but were difficult
to see.

15. Tort, concolorana, n. sp.

<$ . 5£". Head, palpi, and antennae smoky-grey. Thorax
ochreous-yellow. Abdomen dark grey. Legs whitish, anterior
and middle tibiae and all tarsi suffused with dark grey. Fore-
wings moderate, costa moderately arched, hindmargin obliquely
rounded ; unicolorous ochreous-yellow ; cilia slightly paler,
extremities whitish. Hindwings smokj'-grey, posteriorly darker;
cilia smoky-grey, with a dark grey line near base.

In form of wing resembling the following ; recognisable by
the unicolorous yellow forewings, and the sharply contrasted dark
grey head.

One specimen, taken in dry bush near Sydney in September.

16. Tort, standishana, Newman.

(Tortrix standishana, Newman, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., N.S. III.,

286).

$ ? . 5£"-7£". Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi dark fuscous.
Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen
ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle
tibias and all tarsi suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 523

moderate, costa gently arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded;
ochreous-yellow, with a fuscous-purple band along hindmargin,
moderately broad towards costa, gradually attenuated to anal
angle : cilia yellowish mixed with grey, extremities paler. Hind-
wings fuscous-grey ; cilia grey, with a dark fuscous line near base.

A small species, but conspicuously distinct through the purplish
hindmarginal band on the yellow forewings. Newman's
description appears certainly referable to this species.

Rather common in low dry bush near Sydney, flying near the
ground towards sunset; also at Blackheath (3,600 feet) on the
Blue Mountains, and I have received specimens from Coomoo-
boolaroo, near Duaringa, Northern Queensland ; Newman's type
was from the ranges near Melbourne. It is on the wing from
August to October, and again in March.

20. Diiterina, n. g.
Thorax generally with a very small crest. Antennae in male
somewhat thickened, biciliated with long fine cilia. Palpi
moderate, porrected, second joint triangularly rough-scaled,
terminal joint almost concealed. Forewings rather elongate,
costa in male simple, evenly arched, hindmargin very oblique,
almost sinuate, rounded. Hindwings rounded-trapezoidal, not
broader than forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate,
7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell distinct. Hindwings
with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5 slightly approximated to 4 at
base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Allied to Tortrix and Arotrophora, but distinguished from both
by the stalking of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings, the presence of a
distinctly marked secondary cell in forewings, and the long fine
double cilia of the antenna) in male. In superficial appearance
the species rather remind one of Sciaphila.

I have four Australian and one New Zealand species, which
may be thus arranged :

524 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

A. Forewings pale yellow, with, blackish

markings
B. Forewings whitish.

1 . Central fascia straight, oblique . .

2. Central fascia angulated

..1.

..2.
..5.

tasmaniana.

tribolana.
imbriferana.

C. Forewings grey, with darker markings , .4.

D. Forewings dark purplish-fuscous, with

blackish transverse lines . . .. ..3.

rupicolana.
refluana.

1. Dipt, tasmaniana, Walk.
(Conchylis tasmaniana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 365).

<J ? . 5"-7". Head and palpi deep yellow. Antennse whitish,
annulated with dark fuscous, basal joint yellow. Thorax blackish-
fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs yellowish, anterior and
middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
sub triangular, costa hardly arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded;
pale yellow, tinged with orange towards base ; an indistinct
blackish dash on base of inner margin ; a blackish subtriangular
patch on costa towards base, its apex reaching two-thirds across
wing ; a moderately broad straight blackish fascia from middle
of costa to inner margin slightly beyond middle, its edges slightly
irregular ; a black dot on costa beyond it ; a blackish hind-
marginal band, rather broad on costa, with a blunt projecting
tooth above middle, thence attenuated to anal angle, and slenderly
produced along inner margin to meet central fascia ; in this band
is usually enclosed a yellow dot on costa : cilia yellow, black at
apex and anal angle, and suffusedly blackish along base. Hind-
wings fuscous-grey, towards apex dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous-grey
with a dark fuscous line near base.

A very distinct species, not liable to be confused with any other.

Mr. G. H. Eaynor took this species in plenty at Melbourne in
gardens, during September and October ; Walker's type is from
Tasmania.

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 525

2. Dipt, tribolana, n. sp.

$ 6^"-7". Head and palpi whitish-ochreous mixed with
fuscous. Antenna) whitish-ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous.
Thorax dark fuscous, shoulders mixed with whitish-ochreous.
Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and
middle tibia) and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
subtriangular, costa slightly arched, hindmargin obliquely
rounded ; whitish, irregularly irrorated with fuscous ; costa and
inner margin coarsely strigulated with dark fuscous, last three
costal strigula) larger and subquadrate ; basal patch dark ochre-
ous-fuscous mixed with black, towards base mixed with whitish,
its outer edge extending from one-fifth of costa to one-fourth of
inner margin, sharply angulated in middle ; central fascia rather
narrow, oblique, from before middle of costa to inner margin
before anal angle, dark ochreous-fuscous mixed with blackish,
its posterior margin with an obtuse projecting tooth below middle ;
beyond central fascia is an obscure greyish-fuscous cloud towards
costa, suffusedly connected with it ; a dark ochreous-fuscous
hindmarginal band, mixed with blackish, broadest in middle,
attenuated each way to apex and anal angle : cilia whitish-
ochreous, towards base brownish-ochreous mixed with blackish.
Hindwings dark fuscous-grey ; cilia grey, with a dark fuscous
line near base.

Allied to D. tasmaniana, which it resembles in form of wing
and position of markings ; but differing widely in the whitish
groundcolour, and dark ochreous-fuscous tint of the markings,
and the complete basal patch.

Mr. Gr. H. Eaynor took five specimens at Mount Macedon,
Victoria, in December.

3. Dipt, refluana, n. sp.

$ . 9£". Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-fuscous
mixed with blackish. Antennae light purplish-fuscous, annulated

526 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

with blackish. Abdomen dark ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-
ochreous mixed with grey ; anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi
dark fuscous with pale rings. Fore wings moderately broad,
costa arched towards base, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; dark
purplish-fuscous, suffused with purplish-grey, and crossed by
numerous irregular transverse broken blackish lines ; a black
tooth of scales on inner margin near base : cilia dark purple-
fuscous, with a darker central line. Hindwings grey, spotted
with dark fuscous-grey ; cilia grey, with a dark fuscous-grey line
near base.

Allied to D. rupicolana, from which it is separated by the dark
purplish-fuscous colour and transverse blackish lines ; the male
is unknown to me, but might be expected to have more distinct
markings, as in D. rupicolana.

One female taken by Mr. G. H. Eaynor near Melbourne.

4. Dipt, rupicolana, n. sp.
<$ ? . 6f"-9". Head, palpi, and thorax dark grey mixed with
paler. Antennae whitish-grey, annulated with dark fuscous.
Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Legs whitish-grey, anterior and
middle tibiae and all tarsi dark fuscous with pale rings. Fore-
wings moderately broad, in male dilated posteriorly, costa
moderately arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; light grey,
more or less suffused with darker grey, and with numerous
scattered black transverse strigulse ; costa and inner margin
strigulated with blackish, last five costal strigulae dilated into
small subquadrate spots ; extreme base of wing dark fuscous-
grey ; outer edge of basal patch represented by an irregular
interrupted blackish line from one-fifth of costa to one-fifth of
inner margin, angulated in middle ; central fascia narrow, oblique,
dark grey, irregularly margined with blackish, in female often
obsolete, running from before middle of costa to beyond middle
of inner margin, attenuated at lower extremity ; a small cloudy
dark grey irregular spot on anal angle, and another on hind-

BY E. MEYKICK, B.A. 527

margin above it, connected with the five subquadrate costal spots
by curved rows of blackish scales : cilia grey, with two obscure
blackish lines. Hind wings whitish-grey spotted with dark grey ;
cilia whitish-grey, with a dark grey line near base.

A dull-looking species, distinguished by its grey colouring,
with darker grey markings ; the female is more obscure than
the male.

Tolerably common in shady well-sheltered spots in the bush,
generally amongst rocks, near Sydney and Parramatta, and also
taken at Murrurundi, and at Blackheath on the Blue Mountains ;
an early spring insect, occuring in August and September, and
on the mountains in October.

5. Dipt, imbriferana, n. sp.

<$ £ . 4"-5£". Head and palpi whitish mixed with grey.
Antenna) whitish. Thorax fuscous-grey, mixed with whitish on
sides. Abdomen grey, sides and anal tuft whitish. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi suffusedly banded with
dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, costa moderately
arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; whitish, sometimes faintly
clouded with grey ; costa and inner margin obscurely strigulated
with fuscous-grey ; basal patch light fuscous-grey, outer edge
extending from one-fourth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin,
angulated in middle ; central fascia fuscous-grey, margined with
dark fuscous, moderately narrow towards costa, rather broader
beneath, running from middle of costa to middle of inner margin,
angulated in middle ; an obscure fuscous-grey cloudy spot on
anal angle ; a dark fuscous-grey spot on costa at three-fourths,
connected with middle of hindmargin by an obscure line ; apex
sometimes clouded with grey : cilia whitish, with a grey line near
base. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia grey, with a
darker line near base.

528 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Not very near any of the other species ; characterised by the
whitish groundcolour, grey markings, and especially the angulated
central fascia.

I took five specimens amongst bush near Auckland and
Wellington, New Zealand, in January.

21. Arotropiiora, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male somewhat thickened,
strongly dentate, ciliated with tufts of hairs. Palpi very long,
second joint elongate-triangularly scaled, attenuated to apex,
terminal joint short, distinct. Fore wings elongate, costa in male
simple, gently and evenly arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded
or nearly straight. Hindwings rather elongate, broader than
forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running
to hindmargin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 rising from a
point, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate.

Larva sixteen-legged, stout, feeding in seed-heads.

Allied to Tortrix, but distinguished by the long palpi, and by
the antennae of male, which are very strongly dentate, and
furnished with a tuft of cilia on the apex of each tooth.

I have five Australian and one New Zealand species, thus
tabulated :

A. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow ..2. xythopterana.

B. Head and thorax dark fuscous . . . . 1. incessana.
0. Head and thorax whitish, sometimes

greyish-tinged.

1. Forewings without ochreous tinge ..5. confusana.

2. Forewings with more or less reddish-

ochreous suffusion.
a. A well-defined straight dark reddish

streak from apex to anal angle . .3. arcuatalis,

h. No such streak 4. lividana.

D. Head and thorax rather dark grey . .6. atimana.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 529

1. Arotr. incessana, Walk.

(Teras incessana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 304).

£ . 6"-8". Head, palpi, antenna), thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous ; palpi long. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle
pair and posterior tarsi suffused with dark fuscous above. Fore-
wings sub triangular, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched,
apex rather acute, hindmargin sinuate, oblique ; reddish-fuscous,
indistinctly strigulated with darker, with dark fuscous markings ;
basal patch obscure, its outer edge nearly straight, not oblique,
most distinct on inner margin ; central fascia moderately broad,
not oblique, from middle of costa to middle of inner margin, its
anterior edge straight, well-defined, its posterior edge suffused,
connected with an obscure dark cloud on disc beyond middle; a
triangular spot on costa at three-fourths ; a short erect streak
from anal angle, reaching nearly half across wing : cilia pale
reddish-fuscous, with a blackish line along base. Hindwings
fuscous-grey, indistinctly spotted with darker ; cilia pale grey,
with a darker line near base.

Distinguished amongst its allies by the reddish-fuscous ground-
colour, and especially by the well-defined straight, not oblique,
anterior edge of central fascia.

I took one specimen amongst bush near Auckland, New Zealand,
in January ; and there are two others in the British Museum
from the same locality, agreeing with mine in all respects.

2. Arotr. xythopterana, n. sp.

3 . 8£". Head and thorax ochreous-yellow. Palpi very long,
ochreous-yellow above, ochreous-fuscous beneath. Antenna)
dark fuscous, basal joint yellow. Abdomen dark grey. Legs
grey-whitish, anterior and middle tibise and all tarsi suffused
above with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings moderately broad,
costa rather strongly arched, hindmargin straight, oblique,
rounded beneath ; pale yellowish-ochreous, apical half (beyond

530 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

a line from costa at two-fifths very obliquely outwards to disc
beyond middle, sharply angulated and continued obliquely
inwards to middle of inner margin) dark reddish-ochreous-f uscous,
strewn with numerous small dark leaden-grey spots ; a dark
fuscous dot at the angulation ; a small cloudy dark reddish-
ochreous-fuscous spot, mixed with grey, on inner margin before
middle ; a suffused dark ochreous-grey cloud from apex to inner
margin at two-thirds : cilia dark fuscous-grey, with two blackish
lines. Hindwings light fuscous-grey spotted with darker ; cilia
grey, with two dark grey lines.

A distinct and handsome species, characterised by the well-
marked contrast between the pale yellowish basal and dark
ochreous-brown apical halves of the f orewings ; allied to A.
arcuatalis, but broader-winged, costa more arched, and hindmargin
rather less oblique.

One male beaten from a Banksia near Parramatta, New South
Wales, in March ; a second from Banksia spinulosa at Mittagong.

3. Arotr. arcuatalis, Walk.

fScopula arcuatalis, Walk., Brit. Mus. Oat. (Pyral.) ; Eromene
transcissella, ibid. Suppl. 1763).
J ? . 7£-"-ll". Head and thorax whitish, shoulders whitish-
ochreous. Palpi very long, whitish, externally on sides pale
ochreous or reddish-ochreous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, basal
joint white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior
and middle tibiae and tarsi suffusedly banded with grey. Fore-
wings elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched near base, thence
nearly straight, hindmargin straight, oblique; whitish, very
finely irrorated with grey, with reddish-ochreous markings ; a
dark reddish-ochreous streak from base beneath costa to one-third
thence bent obliquely downwards to centre of disc, and again
upwards to beneath costa at two-thirds, sometimes faintly con-
tinued to costa before apex ; the space between this line and
costa is grey, suffused with reddish-ochreous along costa, some-

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 531

times wholly reddish-ochreous ; a dark reddisli-ochreous streak
along submedian fold from base to middle ; a black dot on disc
at two-thirds ; a straight dark reddish-ochreous streak, posteriorly-
darker and sharply denned, from apex to just before anal angle,
and a more slender dark reddish-ochreous streak along hindmargin
from apex to below middle : cilia whitish, irrorated with grey,
with a dark grey line near base. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia
whitish-grey, with a dark grey line near base.

Always recognisable by the distinct dark reddish-ochreous lines
on the grey-whitish forewings ; variable in size, but always
considerably larger and rather broader-winged than the three
following species ; the palpi are also comparatively longer.

Larva stout, cylindrical ; rather dull uniform carmine-pink ;
head black. Feeds in the flower-cones of Banksia serrata fPro-
teacecej, burrowing through the substance of the cone whilst the
seeds are forming. Larvse found in July and August emerged
in October, and others found in January emerged in February.

Eather common at Sydney and Parramatta, and at Blackheath
on the Blue Mountains (3,600 feet), from October to December,
and in February ; the imago is inactive, and when beaten out
usually flies straight to the ground.

4. Arotr. lividana, n. sp.
<J ? . 5"- 6". Head and thorax whitish tinged with grey.
Palpi long, whitish mixed with grey. Antenna) whitish-grey.
Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibia)
and tarsi banded with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings elongate,
narrow, costa slightly arched, hindmargin straight, very oblique ;
whitish, coarsely irrorated with grey, and more or less strongly
suffused with dark grey along margins, more widely along basal
two-thirds of costa and along hindmargin; costa. and inner
margin strigulated with darker ; a dark grey spot, often suffused
with reddish-ochreous, above submedian fold at one-third j an

532 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

ill-defined dark grey cloud, more or less suffused with reddish-
ochreous, in middle of disc, confluent with costal suffusion ; the
reddish-ochreous suffusion is sometimes more or less distinctly
produced to base, and extends to costa : cilia whitish-grey, with
two dark fuscous-grey lines. Hindwings pale fuscous-grey ;
cilia whitish-grey, with a fuscous-grey line near base.

This and the two following species are very closely allied
together, and differ from the three preceding by their small size,
and narrow wings, with more oblique hindmargin. A. lividana
differs from both A. confusana and A. atimana by the always
perceptible reddish-ochreous discal suffusion, more whitish
groundcolour, and grey marginal suffusion.

Six specimens taken at Sydney and Bulli, New South Wales,
and near Brisbane, Queensland, in September and October ; this
and the two following species all seem to frequent species of
Banhsia, and their larvse probably feed in the same way as A.
arcuatalis.

5. Arotr. confusana, Walk.
fPcedisca confusana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 381).

£ . 5"-5£"- Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi long,
whitish-grey mixed with darker. Antennae whitish-grey.
Abdomen whitish-grey, towards base and at apex whitish-ochre-
ous. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffusedly
banded with dark fuscous. Fore wings moderately elongate, costa
moderately arched, hindmargin straight, oblique; whitish-
grey, irrorated with darker ; costa and inner margin obscurely
strigulated with dark fuscous-grey; an indistinct somewhat
triangular dark fuscous-grey spot on inner margin at one-third ;
an outwardly oblique dark fuscous-grey streak from costa at one-
third, reaching half across wing ; a rather broader oblique wedge-
shaped dark fuscous-grey spot on middle of costa, meeting a small
white spot in middle of disc, which is connected with inner
margin beyond middle by an indistinct dark fuscous-grey cloud ;

BY E. MEYBJCK, B.A. 533

a triangular fuscous-grey spot on costa at three-fourths : an oblique
fuscous-grey streak near hindmargin from anal angle, not reach-
ing apex ; a dark fuscous-grey line along hindmargin : cilia
whitish-grey, with two dark grey lines. Hindwings whitish,
faintly greyish-tinged ; cilia whitish, with a faint grey line near
base.

Rather broader-winged than either A. lividana or A. atimana ;
more greyish-tinged than A. lividana, without reddish-ochreous
suffusion, and with well-defined dark grey transverse markings
on costal half of wing, which are not found in A . lividana ; lighter
than A . atimana, with less suffused and more numerous markings
differing in position.

Eight specimens taken amongst Banhsia near Sydney, in
October, and again in March and April.

6. Arotr. atimana, n. sp.

£ ? . 4f "-5£". Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark grey.
Antennae pale grey. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tibise and tarsi banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, hindmargin
straight, very oblique, anal angle almost obliterated ; light grey,
very indistinctly strigulated with darker ; a suffused oblique dark
fuscous-grey streak from costa at one-fourth, and another inwardly
oblique from costa in middle, their extremities confluent in middle
of disc ; three or four suffused subquadrate dark fuscous-grey
spots on costa between middle and apex ; some indistinct dark
grey transverse streaks towards inner margin : cilia whitish-grey,
without distinct lines. Hindwings wihitish-grey at base, darker
grey posteriorly ; cilia whitish-grey.

Narrower- winged than either of the other species, and with
extremely oblique hindmargin ; also rather smaller and darker
than either A. lividana or A. confusana, with two suffused darker
streaks forming a triangle with costa before middle.

Four specimens taken near Sydney in August and January.

534 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

The next paper will include the species of the families Grapho-
UthidcB and Conchjlidce, completing the Tortricina ; as an appendix
to which I propose to add a list of Walker's descriptions of the
group, referred to their proper species and genera, by way of
index.

ADDENDA.

Whilst the foregoing descriptions were passing through the
press I have obtained an additional new species, and further
information respecting three species described above, particulars
of which are here subjoined.

Capua parmiferana, ft. sp.

$ . 5£". Head pale greyish-ochreous on crown, face dark
fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous. Antenna) greyish-ochreous.
Thorax light greyish-ochreous. Abdomen light grey. Legs
light grey, anterior and middle tibia) and tarsi dark fuscous with
light greyish-ochreous rings. Fore wings rather narrow, costa
gently arched, bent before middle, hindmargin oblique, slightly
sinuate ; pale greyish-ochreous, with scattered faint pale grey
slightly metallic transverse strigula) ; basal patch indicated by a
few dark fuscous scales in disc and towards inner margin about
one-third ; a purplish-grey rounded-triangular patch extending
along costa from two-fifths almost to apex, and reaching half
across wing, its anterior margin bordered by a strong blackish-
fuscous streak, posterior margin with several irregular blackish-
fuscous spots, included portion of costa also spotted with blackish-
fuscous ; a slender suffused blackish-fuscous streak along upper
half of hindmargin ; a few blackish-fuscous scales at anal angle :
cilia pale greyish-ochreous, indistinctly chequered with purplish-
grey, bars becoming confluent on basal half towards upper part
of hindmargin. Hind wings rather light grey ; cilia light grey,
darker near base, extreme base whitish.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 535

A very distinct species, allied to C. vacuana and C. hemicosmana,
but readily known by the dark costal triangular patch.

One male, taken in a gully near Sydney in October.

Cryptoptila immersana, Walk.

The discovery of the larva of this insect has revealed the very
extraordinary and startling fact that it is the female of Caccecia
australana, Lw. It becomes now questionable whether the costal
tuft of the hindwings, being confined to the female sex, is a
sufficient basis for generic distinction, curious as it is. I think
it will perhaps be better to regard the insect for the present as
an extreme type of Caccecia, but further knowledge of the group
may confirm the original separation of the genus. The specific
name australana, Lw. will be retained as the oldest.

Larva elongate, cylindrical, when at rest curiously flattened
posteriorly, head rather large, anal segment flattened ; dark
bluish-grey above, yellowish-green on sides ; spots raised, rather
large, greenish-yellowish ; head and second segment whitish-
bluish, head with four large black spots on posterior margin,
and some black marks round mouth ; second segment with an
oblique linear black mark on each side ; anal segment pale
whitish-blue. It feeds in folded and irregularly joined leaves of
Hedcra and Lonicera (garden ivy and honeysuckle) ; also, accord-
ing to Lewin, on Emlothrium speciosusimum, so that it is probably
polyphagous. These singular larva) were found abundantly
towards the end of August near Parramatta, and imagos appeared
about the end of September.

Tortrix trygodana.

I have since taken this species in abundance near Sale, Gripps-
land, flying very readily in somewhat swampy grass plains in
September. It is very variable in appearance ; the description
applies to a well-marked type, but the markings are very commonly

536 ON A SPECIES OF THE PHASMATID-ffi,

more or less wholly obsolete, represented only by a few coarse
scattered dark fuscous scales. The species is however a good and
distinct one, separated, as indicated above, from its nearest allies
by the darker hindwings.

Arotrophora xythopterana.

Larva moderately stout, cylindrical, rather tapering posteriorly ;
dull bluish- grey- green, spots darker ; head and second segment
black. It feeds in a short stiff silken tube amongst leaves of
Lomatia silaifolia (Protectee), discolouring them conspicuously.
Pupa in a firm silken cocoon covered with refuse, within the end
of the tube.

The larvae were found in July, and I bred two imagos (male
and female) at the beginning of August.

From the Proceedings of the Linn e an Society of New
South Wales, Vol. VI.

Read Wednesday, July 27th, 18gl.

Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera.

By E. Meyrick, B.A.

VI. TOETRICINA. (Continued)

The present instalment concludes the Tortricina, so far as they
are at present known. It treats of the two remaining families,
the Grapholithidce and the Conchylida}, as denned in the preceding
paper (No. V.). These families are far less prominent in the
Australian region than they are in the Northern hemisphere, and
especially in Europe ; their main groups are indeed wholly absent
and the representatives of the families consist chiefly of specially
developed groups, with scattered outliers of some northern types.
Descriptions are here given of 55 species, of which 45 are new
to science.

630 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

The Grapholithidce are represented by 49 species, less than half
the Tortricidce, of which in Europe they are very considerably
more than double. Even of this number 4 are species introduced
from Europe and now fully naturalised ; of the remaining 45
species 2 are common to Australia and New Zealand, 2 are
endemic to New Zealand, and the remainder are endemic to
Australia. The character of this fauna is strikingly peculiar and
of great interest, but before discussing its nature, it will be
necessary to make some remarks upon the internal classification
of the family.

In my view the Grapholithidce, as at present known, are
divisible into six equivalent groups of genera, by the following
characters ; these groups are mostly natural subdivisions, and
the characters defined will be found to hold almost universally,
though it is not denied that exceptions may occur within the
limits of the group.

A. fPenthina group.) thorax crested; antennae entire; veins 7

and 8 of forewings separate (rarely stalked) ; veins 3 and 4
of hind wings from a point (rarely stalked).

B. Eudemis group.) thorax slightly crested ; antennae entire ;

veins 7 and 8 of forewings separate ; veins 3 and 4 of hind-
wings remote at origin.

C. (Pcedisca group.) thorax smooth ; antennae entire ; veins 7 and

8 of forewings separate ; veins 3 and 4 of hindwings from a
point.

D. (Grapholitlia group.) thorax smooth; antennae entire ; veins

7 and 8 of forewings separate ; veins 3 and 4 of hindwings
stalked.

E. (Palceolia group.) thorax smooth; antennae entire; veins 7

and 8 of forewings stalked ; veins 3 and 4 of hindwings
stalked.

F. ( Strepsiceros group.) thorax smooth ; antennae of male with a

deep notch ; veins 7 and 8 of forewings separate ; veins 3
and 4 of hindwings stalked.

BY E. MEYRICK B.A.

631

Comparing the relative proportions of these groups in Australia,
New Zealand, and Europe, and adding the proportion of Tortricidce
as a standard of comparison, we have the following results ; and
although the actual number of species indicated from this region
will doubtless be largely increased, there is no reason to suppose
that the proportions will be materially changed.

Europe.

Australia.

New Zealand

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Here we have two-thirds of the Australian species correspond-
ing to two species in Europe, whilst the remaining third corresponds
to four hundred species ; whilst in New Zealand the family is
hardly present at all. In the only other region of which the
Tortricina are at all known, North America, the relative pro-
portions of the various groups are much the same as in Europe,
and groups E. and F. are not known to be represented at all.

The indigenous Australian species of Grapholithidce are referable
to eleven genera, of which three, containing nine species, occur
also in Europe and North America ; the other eight, with thirty-
four species, are new and endemic, one only extending to New
Zealand. The two peculiar New Zealand species belong to two
endemic genera, one of which is ver}r abnormal, the other nearly
allied to Australian genera. The four introduced European
species belong to four other genera, which are not otherwise
represented in the region ; there can be no doubt that they came
over with their food-plants, but all are now well established and
of common occurrence, and two at least are found in New Zealand
as well as in Australia. It may be remarked that one of them,

632 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Crocidosema pleleiana, seems to be already much more plentiful
here than at home ; indeed, if it were not so marked an European
type, it might be argued that it was really introduced from
Australia into Europe, but it is not probable that this was the
case.

The principal feature of the family is the development of the
nearly-allied groups of Palceolia and Strepsiceros, which are
apparently almost confined to the Australian region. The two
European species of these groups are very similar in f acies to the
Australian, but generically distinct. The peculiar larval habit
of at least one species of Palceobia, which mines blotches beneath
the cuticle of leaves, in the same manner as many of the smaller
Tineina, is unprecedented in the Tortricina. Two species of
Strepsiceros, which occur in both Australia and New Zealand, are
the only Tortricina which appear to be indigenous to both
countries ; and under those circumstances it becomes a question
of importance whether they are really indigenous to both, that is
to say, whether their occurrence in one or other is not due inter-
mediately to human agencies. Of the two species in question, S.
ejectana is an excessively abundant species in various parts of
Australia, and is known to feed on several common Australian
shrubs ; in New Zealand it seems to occur more sparingly, and
the specimens I took were decidedly dwarfed ; it does not seem
at all improbable that it may have been accidentally transported
with some one of its foodplants from Australia to New Zealand,
and subsequently have maintained itself on allied plants. S.
zopherana, on the other hand, occurred to me in great abundance
in New Zealand, and I have only met with occasional individuals
round Sydney ; it is not inconceivable that in this case the previous
process may have been reversed, but further evidence is required.
If however these species are really indigenous to New Zealand,
I am surprised that peculiar species of the genus have not occurred
there ; though it is true that we have there the nearly allied but
peculiar genus Hendecasticha. In view of the otherwise complete

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 633

specific difference between the Tortricina of Australia and New
Zealand, the matter is deserving of a full investigation.

The little genus Stigmonota is also worthy of notice, as being,
with the exception of the abnormal and doubtful genus Epitymlia
the sole representative of the large Grapholitha group. Its
presence probably indicates the antiquity of the genus ; the
species are very similar in facies to the European.

Of the Conchylidce there are five Australian and one New
Zealand species, all endemic, distributed amongst four endemic
genera, the New Zealand species being congeneric with an
Australian one. These appear to form two groups, both of which
are very distinct from anything yet known to occur in other parts
of the world, and are characterised b}' the structure of the hind-
wings. These in all other known genera of the family contain
eight veins, of which 3 and 4 are stalked or from a point ; but
in one Australian type, represented by the genus Heliocosma,
these veins 3 and 4 are widely remote at origin and parallel,
whilst in the other type, of which the other three genera are
examples, there are only six veins in the hindwings altogether.
The curious bladder-like swelling of the f orewings in Coscinoptycha,
and the spherical radiating tuft of hairs on the hindwings of
Oistophora, are abnormal and remarkable characters to which no
analogy is found elsewhere. The facies of Heliocosma is that of
the normal European type, but the species of the other group
are eccentric and peculiar in appearance, and indeed are hardly
recognisable superficially as belonging to the lortricina. The
origin of the whole of the Australian forms may probably be
referred to some single ancestor of extinct type, finding its way
hither at a very remote period, perhaps intermediate in structure
between Heliocosma and Paramorpha, which have many points of
resemblance. The habit of the only larva of this family which
I have yet met with is also very extraordinary, for it constructs
for itself a portable case of the fragments of the flowers on which
10

634 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

it feeds, exactly after the fashion of some of the smaller Tineina,
such as Coleophora.

If the general remarks on the three families of Tortricina are
compared, it will be seen that the evidence of all points in the
same direction. All alike show indications of long isolation and
great specialisation, and are distinguished by the disproportionate
development of peculiar endemic groups. We have at present
too little knowledge of other extra-European regions to be able to
understand precisely the bearing of individual peculiarities, but
the main lines of difference are clearly defined and instructive,
and it may be anticipated that, when the fauna of the Malayan
region is made known, we shall be in a position to furnish valuable
evidence on the process of immigration of the Australian Micro-
Lepidoptera.

It may be mentioned that according to the number of species
at present known, the proportion of Tortricina to Tineina is in the
European region 35 per cent., and in the Australasian only 16
per cent., or less than half the European.

Fam. II. GKAPHOLITHIDiE.

Lower median vein of hindwings pectinated with long hairs
above towards base; vein 2 of forewings rising from before
posterior third of lower margin of cell.

The Australian and New Zealand species of the family described
hereafter are referred to seventeen genera, which may be
analytically separated as follows :

I. Eorewings with 12 veins.

A. Yeins 7 and 8 of forewings stalked.

1. Yeins 3 and 4 of hindwings from a point 1. Phricanthes.

2. Yeins 3 and 4 of hindwings stalked.

a. Hindwings with a membranous discal

ridge near base . . . , ..11. Epitymbia.

b. Hindwings smooth.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 635

i. Costa in male with, basal fold ..14. Holocola.
ii. Costa in male simple .. ..13. Paheobia.

B. Veins 7 and 8 of forewings separate.

1 . Veins 3 and 4 of liindwings from a point.

a. Vein 7 of hindwing rising from cell

much before upper angle : . . . 5. Scolioplecta.

b. Vein 7 of hindwing rising from

upper angle of cell.
i. Thorax smooth . . . . . . 8. Aphelia.

ii. Thorax crested.

* Thorax with three crests ; apex

of forewings falcate . . . . 6. Epalxiphora.

** Thorax simply crested ; apex of
forewings rounded,
f Palpi porrected . . . . 4. Penthina.

ff Palpi ascending, appressed

to face . . . . . . 3. Antithesia.

2. Veins 3 and 4 of hind wings stalked.

a. Costa in male with basal fold.

i. Antennae of male notched above
basal joint.

* Veins 6 and 7 of bind wings stalked 1 5. Bathrotoma.
** Veins 6 and 7 of hindwings

separate .. .. ..16. Strepsiceros.

ii. Antenna) of male simple . . . . 12. Crocidosema.

b. Costa in male simple.

i. Hindwings in male with discal

groove and ridge near base . . 10. Carpocapsa.
ii. Hindwings in male smooth.

* Thorax crested . . . . . . 2. Helictophanes

#* Thorax smooth . . . . . . 9. Stigmonota.

3. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings separate

at origin . . . . . . . . 7. Eudemis.

II. Forewings with 1 1 veins .. .. ..17. Hendecasticha

1. Phricantiies, n. g.

Thorax with a moderate erect crest. Antennae in male
thickened, shortly ciliated. Palpi rather short, porrected, second
joint densely rough-haired beneath and at apex above, terminal
joint exposed. Posterior tibiae fringed with short hairs above.
Forewings moderately broad, costa in male simple, arched, hind-
margin slightly sinuate beneath apex ; surface with raised scales.
Hindwings strongly rounded, broader than forewings. Fore-
wings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 7 running to costa,
secondary cell indicated, vein 1 simple at base. Hindwings with
veins 3 and 4 rising from a point, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6
and 7 separate, diverging.

Belonging to the group of Penthina, and very similar in facies
to Helictophanes, but distinguished by the peculiar and abnormal
neuration of forewings, in which veins 7 and 8 are stalked and
both run to costa before apex, and vein 1 is not furcate at base ;
the neuration of hindwings is normal.

The only species is of moderate size, and rather conspicuously
marked.

1. Phric. asperana, n. sp.

£ ? . 6y~8". Head white, mixed above with dark fuscous,
forehead with a small blackish spot. Palpi white, second joint
black at base and with two interrupted black rings externally.
Antennae dark ochreous-grey, with slender blackish annulations.
Thorax dark fuscous mixed with black, and on shoulders with
whitish. Abdomen light brownish-ochreous. Anterior tibiae
black with two white rings, tarsi black with base and two rings
slenderly white ; middle tibiae white with three narrow black
rings, tarsi white with apex, a broad band near base, and two
slender rings black ; posterior tibiae whitish-ochreous minutely
speckled with black, tarsi whitish-ochreous with slender blackish
rings at base of joints. Forewings moderate, apex very obtuse,

BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 637

dorsal half with numerous spots of roughened scales ; white, costa
and inner margin strongly strigulated with blackish, alternate
spots larger, last four costal spots broader and close together ; a
dark grey blotch, mixed with ochreous and transversely strigulated
with black, extending along inner margin from base to two-thirds,
and reaching two-thirds across wing, rather ill-defined, rounded
posteriorly ; a slender ferruginous transverse streak from costa
at one-fourth, reaching half across wing, blackish on costa ; a
small grey irregularly triangular spot on disc at two-thirds ; a
rather broad grey streak, coarsely mixed with black, from costa
at three-fourths to anal angle, posteriorly rather undefined,
anterior edge closely preceded by a slender irregular grey line ;
some small irregular black streaks on hindmargin, connected
together by a slender ferruginous streak close to hindmargin,
extending to above apex; cilia grey, mixed with dark grey,
towards anal angle whitish . Hind wings smoky brownish-ochreous;
cilia pale ochreous, with a dark ochreous-grey line near base,
extremities dark fuscous round apex.

Superficially somewhat similar to Helictophanes tricolorana, but
differing by the ferruginous marks on forewings, and the smoky
brownish-ochreous hindwings, besides other details.

Generally taken at rest on the trunks of Eucalyptus ; tolerably
common on the sandy coast near Sydney, in thin scrub, and occurs
also at Waratah on the Hunter Eiver, in October, December, and
January.

2. Helictophanes, n. g.
Thorax with a moderate erect crest. Antennao in male
moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint
roughly haired beneath and at apex above, terminal joint exposed.
Posterior tibiae fringed with hairs above. Pore wings moderately
broad, costa slightly arched, in male simple, hindmargin rounded
or slightly sinuate. Hindwings rounded-elongate, broader than
forewings. Porewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to

638 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

costa (? or hindmargin), secondary cell distinct, vein 1 furcate at
base. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated to
4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Allied to Pentium, but distinguished from all other genera of
the group by the stalking of veins 3 and 4 of hindwings ; the
stalking of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings, and the termination of
vein 7 of forewings on the costa, are also noticeable characters.

I have only been able to thoroughly examine the neuration of
II. uberana ; but the other two species appear to agree in all
essential points, as well as they can be made out, and especially
in the stalking of veins 3 and 4 of hindwings, which is distinct.

The three species may be separated as follows :

a. Forewings white and black ; hindwings yellow. .1. tricolorana.

b. Forewings ochreous-brown; hindwings dark-grey 2. uberana.

c. Forewings light ochreous ; hindwings pale

brownish-ochreous .. .. .. . .3. fungiferana.

1. Helict. tricolorana, n. sp.
$ . 7". Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous mixed with
whitish, second joint of palpi with an ochreous spot on outer side.
Antennae brownish-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous, tinged
with ochreous. Legs blackish-fuscous, tibia) and tarsi with
slender whitish rings. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched,
apex obtusely rectangular, hindmargin hardly oblique ; white,
costa and inner margin very shortly strigulated with black ; basal
patch blackish, mixed with dark grey and whitish, its outer edge
extending from one-third of costa to one-third of inner margin,
irregular, slightly angulated in middle ; a dark fuscous-grey
ill-defined blotch extending along inner margin from basal
patch to three-fourths, reaching half across wing, somewhat
rounded posteriorly ; two or three small black marks immediately
beyond its posterior edge ; a small black triangular spot at apex
of wing, slenderly produced along hindmargin, and containing

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 639

two oblique white streaks before apex ; from its anterior angle
proceeds a slender blackish sinuate line at first inwards, then
curved outwards to anal angle ; a dark fuscous-grey cloudy streak
parallel and close to lower half of hindmargin : cilia whitish with
two black lines (?). Hindwings deep yellow, apex and hindmargin
broadly suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia grey-yellowish, with a
dark fuscous line near base.

A distinct and handsome species, superficially separable from
Phric. asperana by the yellow hindwings, and the entire basal
patch, black apical spot, and absence of ferruginous markings
on forewings.

One specimen, taken at Sydney in October.

2. Helict. uberana, n. sp.

$ $ . 6h"-7%". Head, palpi, thorax, and antennae ochreous-
brown, sometimes mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark
fuscous. Legs grey- whitish, anterior tarsi black with base and
two narrow median rings whitish, anterior and middle tibiae, and
middle and posterior tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
moderate, costa bent before apex, apex obtusely rounded ;
ochreous-brown, more or less irrorated and suffused with dark
fuscous ; costa with slender oblique whitish strigulae, the inter-
spaces between which are black ; a small subquadrate black spot
on costa at one-fourth, and a blackish ill-defined spot on disc at
one-third, indistinctly connected ; a small subquadrate black spot
on costa in middle ; some indistinct dark fuscous transverse
strigulae towards anal angle and hindmargin : cilia ochreous-
brown or dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous-grey; cilia
fuscous-grey, with a dark suffused line near base.

Var. Forewings with a large round ochreous-yellow blotch in
disc above middle at two-thirds from base.

Recognisable by the rich ochreous-brown colour, and peculiarly
rounded apex of forewings ; the variety characterised is curious,
but appears to belong to this species without doubt.

640 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Seven specimens of the type, and one of the variety, taken at
rest on fences round Sydney, in October and December ; in repose
the tips of the forewings are peculiarly bent in beneath the
extremity of the abdomen, causing an appearance of deformity.

3. Helict. fungiferana, ». sp.
<$ . 6|". Head and thorax pale ochreous, mixed with whitish,
centre of thorax with a large square blackish spot. Palpi blackish.
Antennae brownish-ochreous. Abdomen brownish-ochreous,
segments suffused with dark grey towards base. Legs whitish-
ochreous, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with
blackish. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, apex rec-
tangular, hindmargin rather bowed outwards below middle ; light
ochreous, with two clusters of tufts of raised scales towards inner
margin, the first about one-fourth, the second in middle, and
some scattered tufts above anal angle ; some irregular blackish
scales along inner margin towards base ; a large dark grey
triangular costal blotch, mixed with black, extending on costa
from one-fourth nearly to apex, anteriorly attenuated, its apex
reaching two-thirds across wing a little before anal angle, in-
distinctly connected with hindmargin before anal angle by two
or three dark grey and blackish scales : cilia light brownish-
ochreous. Hindwings pale brownish-ochreous, transparent at
base, hindmargin suffused with dark fuscous-grey ; cilia pale
brownish-ochreous, with a darker line near base.

Somewhat resembling Penth. helicana in colour and type of
marking, but characterised by the tufts of raised scales towards
inner margin, and the much larger costal blotch.

One specimen taken in scrub near Parramatta, New South
Wales, in September.

3. Antitiiesia, Gn.
Thorax with a strong erect crest. Antenna^in male thickened,
ciliated. Palpi rather short, ascending, closely appressed to face,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 641

second joint shortly rough-haired beneath, terminal joint short,
distinct. Posterior tibiae fringed with hairs above. Forewings
moderately broad, costa gently arched, in male simple, hindmargin
rounded. Hindwings rounded-elongate, broader than forewings.
Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, vein 7 running to hind-
margin, secondary cell distinct. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4
rising from a point, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate,
diverging.

Larva sixteen-legged, feeding in rolled leaves.

The genus only differs from Penthina in the form of the palpi,
which are bent upwards and appressed to the face ; but unless
the two genera can be connected by indefinable gradations, this
appears to me a sufficient point of distinction.

I have two Australian species ; the genus is scantily represented
in Europe.

1. Ant. phyllanthana, n. sp.
<$ ? . 6£"-7J". Head and palpi dark fuscous mixed with
whitish-grey. Antennae dark ochreous-f uscous. Thorax in male
whitish-ochreous or pale ochreous mixed with dark fuscous, in
female almost wholly dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-grey, anal
tuft of male whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior
and middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin
somewhat oblique ; light reddish-fuscous, somewhat suffused with
whitish, in female more or less wholly suffused with dark fuscous-
grey ; basal patch blackish-grey, irregularly suffused with white
and light reddish towards base, outer edge extending from costa
at one-third to inner margin before middle, somewhat concave
below middle ; central fascia blackish, on lower half mixed or
suffused with light reddish, moderately broad, anterior edge
well-defined, extending from just before middle of costa to just
beyond middle of inner margin, separated on costa from basal

642 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

patch by a subquadrate white spot ; costa between central fascia
and apex suffused with blackish, with five pairs of oblique whitish
striguhe ; beyond central fascia the disc is wholly suffused with
dark grey, except an ovate reddish-white patch on anal angle,
emitting a curved whitish line from its anterior end reaching half
across wing, and two sinuate whitish lines close together from its
apical end, meeting and terminating a little below apex ; some-
times a reddish- white mark on hindmargin below apex ; in female
these markings are often almost obliterated in the dark fuscous-
grey suffusion : cilia light reddish-fuscous, beneath anal angle
whitish, in female sometimes wholly whitish or wholly blackish-
fuscous. Hindwings fuscous-grey, hindmarginal edge darker ;
cilia whitish-grey, with a dark grey line near base.

A variable insect, ranging from light reddish-fuscous to dark
grey, but generally showing a small clear white spot on costa
before middle, and a whitish patch on anal angle ; some forms
recall the European Penth. profundana, F.

Larva dull green, but undescribed ; feeding in rolled-up leaves
of Phyllanthus Ferdinandi, (a small tree belonging to the
Euphorliacem ) in December.

Eather common on fences in Sydney, where the food-plant is
only grown in gardens, being a native of Queensland ; occurs in
January and February.

2. Ant. sphserocosmana, n. sp.

£ . 8£". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax ochreous, face and
outer side of palpi mixed with blackish, basal joint of antenna)
blackish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Anterior
and middle legs whitish-ochreous, broadly banded with dark
fuscous ; posterior legs whitish. Forewings strongly dilated
posteriorly, costa slightly arched, considerably bent beyond
middle, apex obtuse-angled, hindmargin straight, not oblique ;
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a few scattered metallic-grey scales ; basal patch dark slaty-grey
mixed with blackish, becoming reddish-ochreous towards inner
margin, its outer edge defined by- a thick curved blackish line
from costa before one-third, becoming obsolete below fold ; costa
shortly and obliquely strigulated with blackish throughout ; a
small blackish subquadrate oblique spot on middle of costa,
between which and basal patch the costa is broadly suffused with
dark slaty-grey, except on extreme edge ; a triangular blackish
space at apex, extending along apical third of costa and upper
half of hindmargin, shading into ground-colour towards disc,
intersected by two or three oblique irregular partially confluent
leaden-metallic lines from costa to hindmargin about middle, and
containing short oblique pale ochreous costal strigula), of which
the last is more conspicuous and produced to hindmargin beneath
apex ; inner margin obscurely strigulated with dark grey ; an
irregular suffused fuscous spot on inner margin towards anal
angle, extending nearly to middle of disc : cilia dark slaty-grey,
with a blackish basal line, towards anal angle reddish-ochreous.
Hindwings dark fuscous-grey ; cilia grey, tips more whitish-grey.

A very distinct and elegantly-marked species, differing consider-
ably in form of wing from the preceding.

One fine specimen in the collection of Mr. G. Masters, taken
on the Richmond Eiver.

4. Penthina, Tr.

Thorax with a strong erect crest. Antenna) in male shortly
ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint roughly haired
above and below, terminal joint distinct. Posterior tibia) fringed
with hairs above. Fore wings rather broad, costa in male simple?
rather strongly arched. Hindwings rounded, broader than fore-
wings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to
hindmargin, secondary cell distinct. Hindwings with veins 3 and
4 from a point, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate.

644 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

This genus is the type of a considerable group, characterised
usually by the presence of a well-marked thoracic crest, the origin
of veins 3 and 4 of hind wings from a point, and the approximation
of 5 to 4 at base. Sericoris, Tr., separated from Penthina by the
less well-marked crest, appears to me at present insufficiently
distinguished, but is not represented in Australia, the two species
described below belonging truly to Penthina.

Larva sixteen-legged, feeding in rolled or spun-together leaves,
or in stems and seedheads.

The genus is rather numerously represented in Europe and
North America ; of the two Australian species P. lielicana may be
separated from P. doxasticana by the dark triangular costal spot.

1. Penth. doxasticana, n. sp.

$ $ . 6"-7£ ". Head, palpi, antenna), and thorax light grey or
dark grey, crest of thorax sometimes black. Abdomen ochreous-
grey, edges of segments whitish. Legs whitish, anterior and
middle tibia) and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex nearly rectangular,
hindmargin slightly oblique ; light grey, irrorated with blackish
scales in rows, sometimes suffused with darker grey ; costa with
numerous short oblique blackish strigulse, more or less suffused
with ferruginous ; central fascia generally obsolete or indicated
by two or three faintly darker spots, sometimes tolerably distinct
but ill-defined, narrow, dark grey, from middle of costa to inner
margin before anal angle, interrupted beneath costa ; four or five
alternate costal strigulce towards apex dilated into very small
subquadrate black spots : cilia ferruginous-grey with a sharply
defined black basal line on upper half of hindmargin, wholly
whitish on lower half, blackish beneath anal angle. Hind wings
fuscous-grey, paler at base, hindmarginal edge darker ; cilia
whitish or grey- whitish, with a dark grey line near base.

Perhaps more allied to the European P. profundana, F. than to
any other species, but very distinct ; the white cilia on lower half

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 645

of hindmargin apparently indicate some relationship with Ant.
phyllanthana.

I took five specimens in a grass-field near Parramatta, New
South Wales, in June and July, flying at sunset ; and also one
near Brisbane, in September.

2. Penth. helicana, n. sp.

$ . 7£". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax pale ochreous,
suffused with reddish-fuscous. Abdomen dark ochreous-grey.
Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings rather broad, costa
moderately arched, apex nearly rectangular, hindmargin slightly
sinuate beneath apex ; pale ochreous-fuscous, towards costa
mixed with whitish ; costa shortly strigulated with blackish ;
inner margin suffused with ochreous-fuscous ; outer edge of basal
patch indicated by an indistinct interrupted dark fuscous line from
costa at one-fourth to inner margin before middle, before which
the groundcolour is mixed with dark grey strigulce ; a dark
fuscous triangular costal blotch, mixed with blackish, extending
on costa from a little before middle to three-fourths, its apex
reaching half across wing beyond middle of disc, connected with
anterior extremity of a small cloudy ovate dark fuscous spoton disc
at two-thirds ; an ovate reddish-ochreous-fuscous clearly-defined
blotch before hindmargin above middle, its lower and u arrow
end resting on middle of hindmargin ; a small irregular ochreous-
fuscous spot above anal angle ; a small roundish black apical
spot: cilia pale brownish-ochreous, whitish-ochreous towards
anal angle, with a whitish-ochreous line at base along hind-
margin, on upper half with three or four dark fuscous-grey
transverse bars starting from black dots on hindmargin. Hind-
wings fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with a dark grey line.

In form resembling the European P. semifasciana, Hw., but not
capable of being confused with any other.

646 DESCRPITIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

One specimen in the thick forest-growth on the Bulli Pass
(2000 feet), New South "Wales, in October ; a second, much worn
at Rosewood, Queensland, in September ; and a third in Mr. Gr.
Masters' collection, from the Richmond River.

5. Scolioplecta, n. g.

Thorax with a small erect crest. Antennae in male moderately
ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint roughly haired
beneath and at apex above, terminal joint distinct. Posterior
tibise loosely scaled above. Forewings moderately broad, costa
in male simple, slightly arched, hindmargin slightly oblique.
Hindwings rounded, broader than forewings. Forewings with
veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings
with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7 remote
at origin, 7 rising from upper margin of cell considerably before
the angle.

Apparently allied to the group of PentMna, but the neuration
of the hindwings is abnormal, and separates the genus from all
others of the family with which I am acquainted. The only
species is a handsome and distinct insect.

1. Scol. comptana, Walk.
fSciaphila comptana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 353).

cf. 8". Head dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Palpi
whitish, mixed with dark fuscous beneath, second joint with three
obscure dark fuscous bands. Antennae grey. Thorax dark
fuscous, mixed with white posteriorly. Abdomen dark fuscous,
segments ochreous-tinged towards base. Legs ochreous-white,
all tarsi and tibiae with sharply-defined black bands. Forewings
moderate, costa hardly arched, hindmargin slightly oblique,
hardly rounded ; deep ferruginous, coarsely mixed with black,
and with a few scattered leaden-metallic scales, with two sharply
defined white bands ; disc with numerous small tufts of raised
scales ; costa and inner margin shortly strigulated with blackish ;

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 647

base of wing mixed with white ; first band from costa at one-
third to inner margin before middle, rather irregularly margined,
somewhat attenuated beneath costa, shortly dilated on inner
margin ; second band from costa at two-thirds to inner margin
at three-fourths, rather narrow throughout, slightly dilated on
inner margin, its anterior margin emitting a short oblique tooth
in middle ; three white costal strigulso before apex, from the
anterior one of which proceeds a faint leaden-metallic line to
anal angle, the two posterior nearly confluent with a white
sinuate streak near hindmargin above middle ; beyond the second
band the black colour tends to form thick lines along the veins :
cilia white, towards anal angle ochreous, with a blackish line
near base. Hindwings deep yellow towards base, posteriorly
very broadly suffused with dark fuscous, sometimes almost wholly
dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with a broad dark fuscous line near
base.

Easily known by the white bands on the roughened dark
ferruginous and black forewings.

Three specimens taken at Parramatta and Murrurundi, New
South Wales, in October and November. Walker's type is said
to be from Sydney.

6. Epalxiphora, n. g.

Thorax with a very large erect crest on each side of back, and
a small double crest behind. Antennae in male thinly ciliated.
Palpi moderate, straight, porrected, second joint with closely-
appressed scales, terminal joint exposed. Posterior tibia) fringed
with hairs above. Forewings oblong, moderately broad, costa in
male simple, dilated before middle, straight towards apex, apex
acutely produced, falcate, hindmargin obliquely rounded beneath.
Hindwings rounded-trapezoidal, broader than forewings, indented
beneath apex. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running
to hindmargin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5
moderately approximated to 4 at base, 0 and 7 stalked.

648 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

The facies of this genus is very singular, and it seems rather
uncertain to what group it is most allied, but it agrees in its
main characters with Penthina, differing widely, however, in
the peculiar triple crest of the thorax, and the conspicuously
falcate apex of forewings.

The only species is from New Zealand, and is of large size.

1. Epalx. axenana, n. sp.

g. 12£". Head ochreous- white, spotted with light ochreous
irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi light ochreous irrorated
with fuscous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, slenderly annulated
with dark fuscous. Thorax light greyish-ochreous mixed with
fuscous, with two black transverse lines towards anterior margin,
side-tufts whitish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs
pale ochreous, anterior and middle tibise and all tarsi banded
with dark fuscous, posterior tibiae ochreous- whitish. Forewings
elongate, oblong, apex falcate; whitish-ochreous, irregularly
mixed and clouded with brownish-ochreous, extreme costal edge
white, obscurely spotted beneath with fuscous ; the veins
posteriorly marked with dark fuscous ; outer edge of basal patch
represented by a blackish-fuscous spot on costa at one-fifth,
contracted in middle, and a blackish-fuscous cloudy spot, some-
what outwardly oblique, on inner margin before middle, con-
nected together by a narrow ill-defined, twice strongly angulated,
ochreous-f uscous streak ; a narrow reddish-fuscous streak starting
from costa at two-fifths, very oblique, extending to disc above
anal angle a little below middle, thence bent rather obliquely
inwards and ending just before reaching anal angle, most distinct
towards extremities ; a longitudinal elongate dark ochreous-grey-
fuscous spot in middle of disc, its upper edge emitting a sharp
inwardly oblique tooth in middle, its posterior extremity touching
the oblique transverse streak ; a dark reddish-fuscous transverse
spot on inner margin slightly beyond middle, its apex almost
suffused into the central spot ; a flattened triangular dark reddish-

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 649

fuscous spot along costa from near middle to a little before apex,
its apex reaching one-fourth across wing ; an ill-defined sinuate
fuscous streak extending from central transverse streak above
angulation to hindmargin below apex : cilia ochreous- white,
transversely barred with dark reddish-fuscous. Hindwings
whitish, faintly mottled with pale grey towards hindmargin, with
two or three scattered faint grey spots ; cilia white, with a row
of dark grey spots along base.

Very irregularly marked, and dissimilar to any other known

One specimen taken at rest on a tree-trunk near Wellington ,
New Zealand, in January.

7. Eudemis, Hb.

Thorax slightly crested. Antennae in male thinly ciliated.
Palpi rather short, porrected, second joint shortly rough-scaled
beneath and at apex above, terminal joint distinct. Posterior
tibiae with appressed scales. Forewings elongate, sub triangular,
costa hardly arched, in male simple, hindmargin obliquely
rounded. Hindwings rounded, broader than forewings. Fore-
wings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to hindmargin,
secondary cell indicated. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 separate
at origin, 5 slightly approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 separate.

Larva sixteen-legged, feeding in spun-up shoots.

Allied to Sericoris, but distinguished from all other genera of
this family by the separation of veins 3 and 4 of hindwings at
base.

The only species found in Australia is not native, but has been
introduced from Europe with the vine, on which it feeds ; there
are several other European species.

1. Eud. botrana, Schiff.
( Grapholita parvulana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 391.)
IP

650 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

<$ $ . 4f"-5". Head and palpi ochreous. Antennae grey.
Thorax ochreons, mixed with blackish-fuscous. Abdomen dark
ochreous-grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-
whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suff usedly banded
with dark fuscous. Fore wings elongate, costa nearly straight,
somewhat bent before apex, hindmargin rounded, very oblique ;
whitish, with numerous scattered blackish-grey transverse
strigulae, costa and inner margin finely strigulated ; costa and
inner margin suffused with greyish-ochreous near base ; outer
edge of basal patch represented by a slender greyish-ochreous
slightly-curved fascia from one-fourth of costa to one-third of
inner margin ; central fascia straight, extending from costa
slightly beyond middle to inner margin slightly beyond middle,
broad and blackish-grey towards costa, rapidly attenuated below
middle and greyish-ochreous ; a small triangular blackish-grey
ochreous-tinged spot on inner margin before anal angle; a
greyish-ochreous slender streak from costa beyond central fascia
to hindmargin below middle, dilated towards hindmargin into a
roundish spot ; a greyish-ochreous apical spot, containing two
white costal strigulae before apex, extreme apex blackish; a
slender somewhat interrupted blackish . line along hindmargin :
cilia pale ochreous, towards anal angle whitish, with two dark
grey lines. Hindwings grey, paler and subtransparent towards
base ; cilia pale grey, with a dark grey line near base.

Described from Australian specimens, which however do not
seem to differ noticeably from others from the south of France.

Taken rather commonly at Parramatta, New South Wales,
and also at Rosewood, Queensland, in August, September, March
and May. The larva feeds in the shoots of vines ; but as the
imago seems to occur also in the native bush, it is possible that
it may have adapted itself to other foodplants.

8. Aphelia, Stph.
Thorax smooth. Antennae in male shortly ciliated. Palpi
■elongate, porrected, second joint roughly haired above and below,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 651

attenuated posteriorly, terminal joint distinct or partly concealed.
Posterior tibiae fringed with hairs above. Forewings elongate,
rather narrow, costa in male simple, slightly arched, apex acute,
hindmargin straight, very oblique. Hindwings rounded-elongate,
broader than forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate,
7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell distinct. Hindwings
with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5 very closely approximated to
4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

A small genus of rather doubtful affinity, but apparently con-
nected with Sericoris by the rootfeeding species of Orthotcenia.
The larva is believed to feed in the stems of Juncus. The species
described below appears to occur all over the world, whether
introduced or indigenous it is hard to say ; it is at all times very
variable, but I do not think the local forms can be maintained
as distinct species. It is abundant through Europe, and occurs
also in North America ; I have taken it in Ceylon, and it is found
in both Australia and New Zealand.

1. Aph. lanceolana, Hb.
$ $ . 6 J"- 9". Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax varying from
pale ochreous to ochreous-brown, sometimes reddish-tinged;
palpi variable in length (in one New Zealand specimen extremely
elongate). Abdomen elongate, varying from whitish-ochreous to
fuscous. Legs whitish-ochreous, more or less suffused with
fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa very slightly arched, apex
acute, hindmargin very oblique, slightly rounded beneath ; very
variable ; pale ochreous, often almost wholly suffused with
fuscous, sometimes unicolorous fuscous mixed with reddish-
ochreous ; costa generally with numerous very fine oblique darker
strigulee ; sometimes a straight ill-defined dark fuscous central
streak from base to apex, entire or interrupted so as to form two
or three irregular spots, or visible at apex only, or wholly absent:
cilia varying from whitish-ochreous to fuscous. Hindwings
grey -whitish, slightly darker at apex ; cilia grey-whitish, some
times with a darker line.

652 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

The description refers to Australian and New Zealand forms
only, so far as I am acquainted with them.

Occurs, not commonly, round Sydney, Parramatta, and
Campbelltown, New South Wales, from December to March, in
damp places and at light; also in the district of Duaringa,
Queensland ; and 1 took it at Hamilton, New Zealand, in January.

9. Stigmonota, Hw.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male shortly ciliated. Palpi
rather short, arched, ascending, second joint roughly haired
beneath, terminal joint distinct. Posterior tibiae loosely scaled.
Forewings short, moderately broad, costa in male simple, gently
arched, hindmargin rounded or somewhat sinuate. Hind wings
rounded, broader than forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and
8 separate, 7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell distinct.
Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7
separate.

Belongs to the group of Grapholitha, in which it is distinguished
by the ascending palpi, and the parallel veins 4 and 5 of the
hind wings. The species are small, and usually dark with a pale
often obsolete spot on middle of inner margin. The known larvee
feed principally in the seed-pods of Leguminosa.

The genus is represented by some number of species in Europe
and North America ; and I am acquainted with five from
Australia, which may be thus distinguished :

A. Hindwings orange towards base.

1. Dorsal blotch distinct 1. zapyrana.

2. Dorsal blotch obsolete 2. conficitana.

B. Hindwings wholly fuscous.

1. Dorsal blotch distinct 3. parvisignana.

2. Dorsal blotch absent.

a. Costa clearly strigulated throughout

with whitish 4. iridescens.

b. Costa without pale strigulae . . . . 5. floricolana.

BY E. METRICS, B.A. 653

1. Stigm. zapyrana, n. sp.

$ $ . b"-5\". Head, antennae, and thorax dark fuscous, face
more or less whitish. Palpi ochreous- whitish. Abdomen
blackish, beneath with white rings. Legs ochreous-white,
anterior tibiae with two dark fuscous rings, all tarsi banded with
dark fuscous. Forewings short, broad, costa hardly arched,
hindmargin slightly oblique, rounded beneath ; dark fuscous,
with a slight ochreous reflection ; costa with numerous whitish
strigulse, more oblique towards base ; a moderately narrow
ochreous-white transverse parallel-sided blotch on middle of
inner margin, reaching half across wing, rather curved outwards
towards its extremity, containing three slender blackish lines
parallel to its anterior edge, the first and third often broken or
obsolete ; three blue metallic transverse lines ; first from before
middle of costa, very short, oblique ; second from beyond middle
of costa to anal angle, angulated outwards in middle, below
angulation leaden-metallic ; third from costa at three-fourths to
hindmargin beneath apex ; lower half of second metallic line
bordered posteriorly with ochreous- whitish, between which and
hindmargin is a row of four or five short black linear marks,
separated by whitish scales : cilia metallic silvery-grey, becoming
bright blue in certain lights. Hindwings bright deep orange,
with a rather narrow blackish border along hindmargin, some-
what variable in breadth, rather attenuated at anal angle ; cilia
ochreous-white, more ochreous towards anal angle, with a blackish
line near base.

A very handsome species, conspicuously distinct by the bright
orange hindwings of both sexes.

Rather common, flying briskly in the hot sunshine round the
purple blossoms of Hardenbergia monophylla (LegummosaJ; occurs
at Sydney, Parramatta, and Bulli, New South Wales; near
Melbourne ; and at Brisbane, Helidon, and Toowoomba,
Queensland ; in September, October, and December.

654 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

2. Stigm. conficitana, Walk.

fCarpocapsa conficitana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 412).

? . 5". Head and thorax dark fuscous. Forewings in form
resembling 8. zapyrana ; dark fuscous ; dorsal blotch obsolete ;
only distinct markings a transverse silvery -metallic line crossing
dorsal half of wing towards hindmargin, followed by a row of
four or five black linear dots. Hind wings dull orange, hind-
margin and inner margin broadly and suffusedly dark fuscous.

Nearly allied to S. zapyrana, but in a considerable series of
both sexes of that species I have seen no specimen approaching
it ; distinguished by the obsolescence of the dorsal blotch and
costal markings, and by the duller colour, broader hindmarginal
band, and dark suffusion of inner margin of hindwings.

Walker's type is stated to be from Moreton Bay, Queensland ;
I have seen no other.

3. Stigm. parvisignana, n. sp.

$ . b\". Head, antennae, and thorax dark fuscous, face
mixed with whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish. Abdomen blackish,
beneath with white rings. Legs whitish, tarsi banded with dark
fuscous. Forewings moderately broad, costa somewhat bent
before apex, hindmargin rather oblique ; dark fuscous ; costa
with numerous whitish anteriorly blackish-margined oblique
strigulee ; a narrow white parallel-sided streak from middle of
inner margin, reaching half across wing, curved outwards
towards extremity, containing a slender blackish central line ;
three indistinct bluish-metallic lines from costa, placed as in S.
zapyrana, but obscure, lower half of second distinct, silvery-
metallic, blackish-margined ; between it and hindmargin is a
row of four short black linear marks : cilia dark fuscous,
extremities whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous, somewhat paler
towards base ; cilia dark fuscous, extremities whitish towards
anal angle.

BY E. MEYK1CK, B.A. 655

Resembling S. zapyrana in the markings of the forewings, but
rather darker and more obscure, dorsal streak more slender and
with a single dark line, and hind wings wholly dark fuscous.

One specimen taken in bush near Sydney in August.

4. Stigm. iridescens, n. sp.

$ $ . 3£"-4". Head and thorax dark fuscous, mottled with
ochreous-white. Palpi whitish, beneath mixed with dark fuscous.
Antennce dark fuscous. Abdomen dark greyish-fuscous, beneath
in male snow-white, in female whitish-grey. Legs whitish, tarsi
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, in female
slightly broader, costa hardly arched, hindmargin obliquely
rounded ; dark greyish-fuscous, very finely transversely strigu-
lated with whitish ; costa with short oblique broader whitish
strigula) throughout ; about eight ill-defined grey-whitish trans-
verse lines from inner margin between base and two-thirds,
reaching about half across wing, in female more indistinct ; a
faint bluish-metallic line from costa beyond middle to anal angle,
angulated outwards in middle, distinct and silvery-metallic on
lower half ; between lower half of this line and hindmargin the
ground colour is suffused with whitish (less distinctly in female),
with a row of about five short linear black marks : cilia grey,
whitish towards base, with a black basal and another black
central line. Hindwings in male fuscous-grey, hindmargin
narrowly dark fuscous, in female wholly dark fuscous, towards
apex blackish ; cilia grey-whitish, with a dark fuscous basal line.

Distinguished by the absence of a dorsal blotch, and by the
grey-whitish transverse lines and suffusion at anal angle of
forewings ; the very fine whitish strigulation causes the ground-
colour to appear lighter than in the allied species.

Four specimens taken at Parramatta and Murrurundi, New-
South Wales, in October.

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5. Stigm. floricolana, n. sp.

£ ? . 3£"-4". Head, antennae, and thorax dark fuscous, face
and palpi whitish-ochreous. Abdomen blackish-fuscous, beneath
ochreous-whitish. Legs grey-whitish, tarsi suft'usedly banded
with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa hardly arched,
hindmargin rather oblique ; dark fuscous, with a slight golden
tinge ; costa with short oblique black strigulse, between which
near apex the costal cilia are shortly ochreous-white ; the wing
is crossed by numerous irregular very faint leaden-metallic lines,
often obsolete ; cilia silvery-grey, towards base silvery- whitish,
with a black basal line. Hind wings dark fuscous, darker towards
hindmargin ; cilia grey-whitish, with a dark fuscous line near

Characterised by the entire absence of any pale markings on
forewings, except in cilia.

This small and inconspicuous species frequents the flowers of
Bursaria spinosa, (a shrub belonging to the Pittosporece,) sitting
on them in the hot sunshine ; it is not uncommon ne^: Parramatta
and occurs also at Bowenfels on the Blue Mountajs, 2,500 feet
above the sea.

10. Carpocapsa, Tr.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male thickened,* not ciliated.
Palpi moderate, ascending, appressed to f ace, second joint shortly
rough-scaled beneath, terminal joint distinct. Posterior tibise
loosely scaled. Forewings moderately broad, costa in male
simple, slightly arched, hindmargin rather oblique, slightly
sinuate. Hindwings rounded, broader than forewings, in male
with a short membranous ridge on lower median near base, and
a grooved channel below it. Forewings with veins 7 and 8
separate, 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings with veins 3
and 4 stalked, 5 nearly parallel to 4, 6 and 7 separate.

Allied to Stigmonota, but separated from it and other allied
genera by the ridge and groove of the hindwings in male. From

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 657

Epityrribia, which has a somewhat similar structure, it differs by
the separation of veins 7 and 8 of forewings, and the absence of
a costal fold.

The larvae feed in fruits, and the genus is indigenous in Europe
and North America ; the only species found in Australia has
been introduced together with the apple-tree,

1. Carp, pomonella, L.
$ ? . 7£"-9". Head, palpi, and thorax dark greyish-fuscous,
slightly sprinkled with whitish. Antennae dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins whitish-tinged. Legs
whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi dark fuscous with
slender whitish rings. Forewings moderately broad, posteriorly
dilated, costa hardly arched, hindmargin oblique, indented
beneath apex ; ashy-grey, with numerous irregular transverse
greyish-fuscous lines, coalescing to form a rather narrow trans-
verse band at one-third from base ; a moderately broad elongate-
ovate coppery-fuscous patch on anal angle, extending along
hindmargin nearly to apex, preceded and followed by a silvery-
metallic line^ and containing two small silvery marks on anal
angle ; the anterior silvery line is preceded by a blackish streak,
extending from inner margin half-way across wing ; cilia silvery-
grey, towards base silvery-whitish, with a black basal line.
Hindwings fuscous-grey, apex rather darker ; cilia grey- whitish,
with a dark fuscous line near base.

Described from Australian specimens.

Common round Melbourne and elsewhere in Victoria, and
plentiful in Tasmania, where the larva causes considerable
damage in orchards ; I have also specimens from Wellington in
New Zealand, where it is probably of general occurrence ; taken
from October to December.

11. Epitymbia, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male thickened, not ciliated.
Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint with appressed scales,

658 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

terminal joint distinct. Posterior tibiee fringed with hairs above.
Forewings somewhat oblong, posteriorly dilated, costa in male
with a short narrow basal fold, shortly arched at base, slightly
sinuate in middle, hindmargin oblique. Hind wings as broad as
fore wings, hindmargin indented below middle ; a large membran-
ous scaled ridge on submedian vein towards base, and a thickened
place above it on subcostal (? in male only). Fore wings with
veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings
with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and
7 stalked.

A peculiar and abnormal genus, not evidently related to any
other ; I have placed it here, because the ridge of the hindwings
(though much larger and more conspicuous) is analogous to what
is found in Carpocapsa, but it disagrees in the stalking of veins
7 and 8 of forewings, and of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings, and in
the presence of a small and inconspicuous costal fold ; the form
of the wings is also unusual, and the location of the genus must
therefore remain uncertain at present.

1. Epit. alaudana, n. sp.

<£. 8". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous. Legs pale greyish-ochreous, anterior and middle tibia?
and all tarsi dark fuscous with pale greyish-ochreous rings.
Forewings moderate, dilated posteriorly, costa abruptly bent at
base, sinuate in middle, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; dark
fuscous, irregularly mixed with black ; a small somewhat oblong,
rather oblique, ochreous- whitish spot on middle of inner margin ;
an ochreous- whitish band along hindmargin, irrorated with
fuscous, and on hindmarginal edge becoming fuscous, moderately
broad on costa and gradually attenuated to anal angle, its
anterior edge sharply defined and emitting a short tooth in
middle : cilia dark fuscous mixed with ochreous- whitish, especially
towards anal angle. Hindwings whitish-ochreous above the
ridge, suffused with fuscous- grey below the ridge and towards

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 659

hindmargin ; cilia ochreous- whitish, with two broad suffused
grey lines.

Not like any other species known to me.

One male taken in bush near Parramatta, New South Wales,
in September.

12. Crocidosema, Z.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male somewhat thickened, not
ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint somewhat
arched, roughly haired beneath and at apex above, terminal
joint nearly concealed. Posterior tibiae loosely scaled. Fore-
wings elongate, rather narrow, ccsta in male with short basal
fold, slightly arched, hindmargin sinuate, oblique. Hindwings
elongate-trapezoidal, broader than forewings ; in male with a
dense erect tuft of hairs on surface at base beneath lower median
vein. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to
hindmargin, secondary cell distinct. Hindwings with veins 3
and 4 stalked, 5 very closely approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7
separate.

Belongs to the group of Pcedisca and Grapholitha, amongst
which it is distinguished by the conspicuous tuft of hairs on base
of hindwings in male. There is only one species in the genus,
which has been introduced from Europe, where however it seems
to have been but little noticed ; it was originally described by
Zeller from a single Sicilian specimen, and was subsequently
met with in Spain, and latterly also in other southern localities.

1. Croc, plebeiana, Z.

<$ $ . 5£"-7£". Head and palpi ochreous-whitish, sometimes
tinged with greyish-ochreous above. Antennae whitish, in-
distinctly suffused with grey. Thorax ochreous-whitish, mixed
or suffused with fuscous-grey. Abdomen grey, anal tuft of male
whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibise and
all tarsi ringed with dark fuscous. Forewings rather narrow

660 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

not dilated, costa slightly arched, hindm'argin sinuate, oblique ;
whitish, more or less ochreous-tinged, especially in female, with
coarse irregular scattered blackish-grey strigulge ; costa with fine
oblique blackish-grey strigulae, and four small dark ochreous-
grey spots towards apex ; basal patch dark ochreous-grey
strigulated with whitish, in female obsolete above middle, its
outer edge extending from costa at one-fourth to inner margin
beyond one-third, very obtusely angulated about middle ; central
fascia dark ochreous-grey, ill-defined, oblique, running from
middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, slender towards
costa, rather broader beneath, containing a short longitudinal
black mark near inner margin, above which is often a small
silvery spot ; beyond central fascia the wing is more or less
suffused with ochreous-grey, except on a partially whitish, strongly
silvery-margined, oval patch on anal angle, extending about half
across wing, and containing near its posterior edge three black
dots; above this patch is sometimes a blackish mark towards apex:
cilia silvery- white, mixed with ochreous-grey points, and becom-
ing dark grey towards apex. Hind wings rather thinly scaled,
fuscous-grey ; cilia silvery- white, with a dark grey line near base
-and a faint grey central line.

A dull-looking species, but not closely resembling any other.

Common near cultivated ground, and also comes freely to light ;
occurs round Sydney, Parramatta, and Morpeth, New South
Wales, and at Melbourne, from December to March, and in July ;
I have also received it from the district of Duaringa, in Queens-
land. Prof. Zeller informs me that the larva feeds on Althea
and Lavatera (MalvaceceJ, with either of which it may have
been introduced.

13. PaljEobia, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male ciliated. Palpi moderate,
porrected, second joint with a long dense tuft of hairs beneath
towards apex, terminal joint concealed. Posterior tibiae fringed

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 661

with hairs above. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa in
male simple, moderately arched, hindmargin rather strongly
sinuate below apex. Hindwings elongate, broader than fore-
wings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 running to
hindmargin, secondary cell indicated or distinct. Hindwings
with veins 3 and 4 stalked, 5 closely approximated to 4 at base,
6 and 7 stalked.

Larva sixteen-legged, mining in blotches in leaves, or feeding
in spun-up shoots.

This genus may be regarded as the type of a small group, to
which Rhopobota and Holocola also belong, related in general
characters to the group of Grapholitha (particularly to the genus
PhoxopteryxJ, but distinguished by the stalking of veins 7 and 8
of forewings. The same character suffices to separate it from
the group of Strepsiceros, between which and the group of
Grapholitha it is apparently intermediate. Palaobia differs from
Holocola by the absence of a costal fold in male, and from
Rhopobota by the dense tuft of palpi. Superficially it much
resembles Phoxopteryx in form, colour, and marking, but the apex
of forewings is never actually falcate. The mining habit of the
larva of at least one species is very curious, and unparalleled
among the Tortricina.

The genus is probably rather numerously represented in
Australia ; I am acquainted with nine species, which may be
tabulated as follows :

A. Forewings whitish, with dark grey and
ferruginous markings ; apex strongly
produced.

1. Anterior half of costa whitish.

a. Central fascia distinct .. .. ..3. volutana.

b. Central fascia merged with costal spot. .1. anguillana.

2. Anterior half of costa dark ferruginous.

a. Costa beyond middle whitish . . . . 4. erythrana.

b. Costa beynd middle dark ferruginous. .2. infectana.

662 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

B. Fore wings whitish-ochreous or ochreous-
brown ; apex shortly produced.

1 . Head and thorax oehreous-brown.

a. Hindwings dark fuscous .. ..8. crepusculana.

b. Hindwings golden brownish-ochreous.

i. Cilia of f orewings brownish-ochreous 5 . hibbertiana.
ii. Cilia of forewings grey, with two

white subapical spots .. . .6. himerodana.

2. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed

with fuscous .. .. .. ..7. fidana.

3. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, face

white .. .. .. .. ..9. segetana.

1. Pal. anguillana, n. sp.
$ . of". Head ochreous-fuscous above, whitish on sides,
strongly tufted between antennae. Palpi ochreous-white, tuft
dark fuscous towards extremity. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax
ochreous-grey, paler on shoulders. Abdomen grey. Legs
whitish, anterior tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings moderately narrow, costa moderately arched, apex
strongly produced, hindmargin rounded beneath ; whitish, with
a few grey scales, and with a faint greyish suffusion towards anal
angle ; anterior half of costa strigulated with blackish ; a dark
grey irregularly semi-oval patch on anterior half of inner margin,
extending from base to a little beyond middle, and at its broadest
part reaching a little more than half across wing ; a rather larger
dark ferruginous irregularly oblong patch on posterior half of
costa, extending on costa from a little before middle to apex, and
reaching nearly two-thirds across wing, its lower edge parallel
to inner margin and rather ill-defined, its anterior edge outwardly
oblique and somewhat parallel to posterior edge of the grey patch :
cilia silvery- whitish, with a dark grey line near base.

Nearly allied to P. infectana, but distinguished readily from it
by the whitish colour extending along anterior half of costa, the

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 663

clearer colouring, and the rather larger size. In form of mark-
ings it recalls Phox. (?) oltusana, Hw.

Larva light green (undescribed) ; feeds in spun-up shoots of
Correa specwsa (Rutacece) in September ; the imago emerged in
October.

One specimen bred as above from a larva found near Parra-
matta, New South Wales ; a second taken near the same place
in August.

2. Pal. infectana, n. sp.

$ . 4£"-4f". Head and thorax brownish-ochreous. Palpi
ochreous-white, second joint with a dark fuscous spot, tuft dark
fuscous towards extremity. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen
dark grey, extremity whitish. Legs whitish, anterior and
middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
narrow, costa moderately arched, apex strongly produced, hind
margin rounded beneath; dull dark ferruginous, becoming
greyer towards inner margin, and mixed with dark fuscous ;
costa obliquely strigulated throughout with ashy- whitish ; an
ill-defined whitish longitudinal streak starting from base beneath
costa, bent downwards at one-third and ending in an oval silvery-
whitish patch on anal angle ; between this streak and inner
margin the basal third is suffused with dark fuscous-grey ; cilia
grey. Hindwings light fuscous grey ; cilia grey with a pale
line at base.

Distinguished by the whitish colour being confined to a sinuate
longitudinal streak from base to anal angle, so that the whole
costa is dark ferruginous ; and also by the dull rather confused
colouring, and small size.

Two specimens taken in low scrub near Sydney in August and
April, and two others at Mittagong (2000 feet) in March.

3. Pal. volutana, n. sp.

$ . 7". Head ochreous-whitish, greyish-tinged on crown.
Palpi ochreous-white, extremity of tuft greyish-tinged. Antennae

664 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

dark fuscous. Thorax dark grey, on shoulders ochreous- whitish.
Abdomen grey. Legs whitish, anterior tibiae and all tarsi ringed
with dark fuscous. Forewings moderately narrow, somewhat
broader posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex strongly but
obtusely produced, hindmargin rounded beneath ; white, with a
few irregular dark grey strigulse ; costa strigulated throughout
with dark grey ; a dark grey broadly semi-oval patch on anterior
half of inner margin, extending almost from base to middle, at
its broadest part reaching more than half across wing, posteriorly
merged into an ill-defined grey suffusion extending along inner
margin to anal angle ; central fascia dark ferruginous, narrow,
oblique, starting from middle of costa, beneath middle merged
in the grey suffusion ; an ill-defined dark ferruginous elongate-
triangular patch towards apex, its base resting on apex and
upper half of hindmargin, its apex meeting central fascia above
middle ; a narrow ill-defined greyish suffusion along lower half
of hindmargin ; cilia silvery grey. Hindwings fuscous-grey ;
cilia grey- whitish, with an indistinct darker line near base.

Differs from both the preceding species by the costa being
white beyond middle, so that there is a distinct well-defined
central fascia ; the grey dorsal patch is rather more restricted
and more clearly defined, and the insect is considerably larger.
From P. erythrana, which is also smaller, it is at once separated
by the well-defined grey dorsal patch towards base, and the
absence of the dark ferruginous streak along anterior half of
costa.

One specimen taken by Mr. GK H. Eaynor at Warragul, in
Gippsland, Victoria, in December.

4. Pal. erythrana, n. sp.

<$ . 5£". Head ochreous-fuscous, face whitish. Palpi white,
second joint with two dark fuscous spots, tuft dark fuscous
towards extremity. Antennae grey. Thorax brownish-ochreous,
paler posteriorly. Abdomen dark grey, with an ochreous band

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 665

near base, anal tuft silvery-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish,
anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings narrow, costa moderately arched, apex strongly but
obtusely produced ; white, on dorsal half slightly reddish-tinged,
and suffused with grey along inner margin ; costa shortly
strigulated with dark fuscous-grey ; a cloudy dark fuscous-grey
spot in disc at one-third from base ; a dark reddish-ferruginous
moderately broad streak from base along costa to middle, thence
bent downwards and ending in a dark grey spot on disc at two-
thirds from base ; three irregular oblique dark ferruginous lines
from costa between middle and apex to hindmargin ; an ill-defined
cloudy grey patch on hindmargin, darkest towards apex,
extending obscurely to anal angle, and tending to unite on disc
with the spot at two-thirds ; apex dark ferruginous ; cilia grey,
mixed with ferruginous, becoming dark ferruginous at apex,
where the extremities are dark fuscous ; costal cilia white.
Hind wings ochreous-fuscous, more greyish towards hindmargin ;
cilia grey.

Distinguished from all other species by the dark ferruginous
streak along anterior half of costa, bent downwards in middle so
as to leave posterior half of costa white.

One specimen taken in dry bush near Sydney, in October.

5. Pal. hibbertiana, n. sp.

$ $ . 4"-5f". Head and thorax dark ochreous-fuscous. Palpi
whitish-ochreous, second joint with a dark fuscous spot, tuft
blackish-fuscous towards extremity. Antennae dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark ochreous-fuscous. Legs whitish, anterior and
middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
moderately narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa moder-
ately arched, apex obtusely produced; rather dark fuscous,
beyond middle suffused with blackish ; costa obscurely strigulated
with blackish, with four pairs of pale strigulae between middle
and apex, the first two pair leaden metallic and produced as

1Q

666 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

obscure lines to anal angle, third and fourth pair whitish, third
connected with hindmargin below apex by a short leaden-metallic
line ; a whitish or ochreous-white streak beneath costa from base
nearly to middle, sharply denned beneath but suffused into
ground-colour towards costa ; in male a moderately large roundish
ochreous-whitish patch on anal angle, mixed with fuscous, in
female not indicated ; apex ferruginous-tinged : cilia brownish-
ochreous, mixed with whitish, especially towards anal angle,
with a dark fuscous spot at apex. Hindwings golden brownish-
ochreous, towards hindmargin dark fuscous, in female more
fuscous-tinged throughout ; cilia brownish-ochreous, mixed with
whitish towards extremities, with an obscure dark grey line near
base.

Nearly allied to P. himerodana, but smaller and darker,
especially in male ; the first two pairs of costal pale strigulse not
white but leaden-metallic, the whitish streak from base rather
shorter and more suffused, the cilia brownish-ochreous, and a
large pale patch on anal angle in male.

Larva slender, cylindrical, pale yellowish ; head broad, pale
brown : mining first a straight gallery, then a large crumpled
blotch in leaves of Hibbertia volubilis ( ' DilleniaceceJ , the lower
surface of the mine contracting and the upper becoming shrivelled
and brown ; feeding in November and December. Pupa pale
brown, lying free within the mine. The imagos from these
larvae emerged late in December.

Common at Sydney, flying in the sunshine near its foodplant,
and occurs also in the forest on the Bulli Pass, New South "Wales,
from September to December, and in March ; I also bred it
plentifully from the larvae as above.

6. Pal. himerodana, n. sp.

3 $ . 5£"-6£". Head and thorax ochreous-brown, in female
rather darker. Palpi white, second joint with a dark grey spot,

BY B. MEYKICK B.A. 667

tuft dark grey towards apex. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen
dark fuscous, somewhat oehreous-tinged. Legs ochreous-whitish,
anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous.
Fore wings moderately narrow, hardly dilated, costa moderately
arched, apex obtusely produced ; light ochreous-brown in male,
darker in female and suffused with dark fuscous, especially on
posterior half ; costa indistinctly strigulated with dark fuscous
before middle, between middle and apex with four pairs of white
oblique strigulae, separated with dark fuscous ; from each of the
first three pairs proceeds an irregular obscure leaden-metallic
line, the first two running to near anal angle, the third to hind-
margin beneath apex ; a slender white central longitudinal
streak from base to middle, somewhat bent downwards at extremity,
margined beneath posteriorly by an obscure blackish streak ; a
black line along lower half of hindmargin : cilia metallic-grey
on hindmargin, grey mixed with whitish towards anal angle,
dark fuscous towards apex, with two white subapical spots, the
lower one smaller. Hindwings golden brownish-ochreous, more
dark fuscous towards apex ; cilia grey, tinged with ochreous.

Very like the preceding, but larger and more lightly coloured,
with four pairs of white costal strigulae, the longitudinal streak
from base clear white and black-margined beneath posteriorly,
the cilia metallic-grey, with two small clear white subapical spots.

Taken rather commonly on the dry grassy hills near Murru-
rundi, New South Wales, in November, flying readily in the
afternoon sunshine.

7. Pal. fidana, n. sp.

<$ $ . 4£"-6|". Head and thorax pale ochreous, mixed above
with fuscous. . Palpi white, tuft dark fuscous-grey towards
extremity. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs
whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi banded with
dark fuscous. Forewings moderately narrow, slightly dilated,
costa moderately arched, apex obtusely produced ; pale dull

668 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

whitish-ochreous or brownish-ochreous, rather narrowly suffused
with, fuscous-grey along inner and hind margins ; costa shortly
strigulated with blackish, and with several pale strigulse towards
apex, of which the last two or three are faintly produced to
hindmargin below apex; some scattered black dots in disc
towards base, and sometimes one larger spot at about one-third
from base ; a grey- whitish roundish patch on anal angle, margined
with faint metallic-grey, and surrounded by a blackish-fuscous
suffusion extending to apex ; a slender blackish line along hind-
margin : cilia silvery- white in middle, greyish towards anal
angle, dark fuscous round apex, with a small white subapical
dash. Hind wings in male grey, sometimes ochreous -tinged ; in
female fuscous-grey, more strongly ochreous-tinged ; cilia grey.

Easily recognised by the pale ochreous groundcolour, grey
suffusion on inner and hind margins, and the whitish anal
patch.

Bather common amongst low heath-like scrub in some localities
round Sydney, probably attached to some species of Hiblertia ;
it occurs in November and December, and again in March.

8. Pal. crepusculana, n. sp.

<$ . 51". Head and thorax dark ochreous-brown, abdomen
dark grey ; rest as in P. fidana. Forewings in form as in P.
fidana ; wholly suffused with dark fuscous-grey, mixed with a few
pale ochreous scales. Hindwings dark grey.

This species appears to be certainly distinct from P. fidana, to
which it is nevertheless very closely allied, differing only in
the very marked dark general suffusion. In the absence of a
series of better specimens, I have merely indicated the species by
what appears to be a sufficient diagnosis, as it might prove to be
a local form only.

Two specimens, in rather poor condition, taken by Mr. G. H.
Eaynor at Warragul in Gippsland, Victoria, in December.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 669

9. Pal. segetana, n. sp.

<$ . 5f". Head whitish-ochreous, face white. Palpi ochreous-
white, with a grey spot on second joint, tuft grey towards
extremity. Antennse ochreous-whitish. Thorax pale ochreous.
Abdomen light grey. Legs ochreous-white, anterior tarsi grey
at base of joints. Fore wings narrow, costa moderately arched,
apex obtusely produced ; whitish-ochreous, with numerous coarse
irregular brownish-ochreous transverse strigulse and lines ; costa
with numerous very short ill-defined dark fuscous strigulse ; a
slender black line along hindmargin : cilia whitish-ochreous,
with a broad suffused brownish-ochreous line near base. Hind-
wings grey, cilia grey-whitish.

A very distinct species, well characterised by the whitish-
ochreous transversely strigulated forewings, without darker
markings.

Mr. G. H. Eaynor took one specimen at Warragul in Gippsland,
Victoria, in December.

14. Holocola, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennse in male somewhat thickened,
ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint with a dense
tuft of hairs beneath towards apex, terminal joint almost con-
cealed. Posterior tibiae fringed with hairs above. Forewings
elongate, narrow, costa in male with a strong basal fold, slightly
arched, hindmargin sinuate below apex, obliquely rounded.
Hindwings elongate, broader than forewings. Forewings with
veins 7 and 8 stalked, 7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell
indicated or distinct. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 long-stalked
or coincident, 5 closely approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7
separate.

Larva sixteen-legged, feeding in spun-up shoots.

This genus is only separated structurally from Palceolia by the
strong costal fold of male, agreeing with it in neuration and all

670 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

other respects ; but superficially the species bear a much closer
resemblance to Strepstceros, with which they agree in the costal
fold of male and neuration of hind wings, differing in the stalking
of veins 7 and 8 of forewings, and the absence of the notch on
the antennae of male. The species are small grey insects, marked
as in Strepsiceros.

There are five species, distinguished as follows :

A. Forewings mostly suffused with dark fuscous-

grey . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . triangulana.

B. Forewings not dark grey.

1. An oblique dark streak from inner margin

before middle.

a. This streak produced in disc to three-

fourths from base .. .. . .2. perspectana.

b. This streak interrupted at middle . .3. thalassinana.

2. Oblique streak represented only by a discal

spot.

a. Costal half of forewings grey .. ..4. quietana.

b. Costal half of forewings whitish. . . .5. biscissana.

1. Hoi. triangulana, n. sp.

$ $ . 6^"-7J". Head and thorax light ashy-grey, mixed with
blackish. Palpi light ashy-grey, internally whitish, second joint
with three oblique blackish bands. Antennae dark fuscous.
Abdomen grey. Legs grey-whitish, anterior and middle tibiae
and all tarsi banded with blackish, posterior tibiae grey.
Forewings narrow, costa slightly arched, hindmargin rounded,
rather oblique ; light ashy-grey, more or less wholly suffused
with dark fuscous-grey, especially along disc, and with indistinct
transverse dark fuscous strigulae ; costa strongly strigulated with
blackish ; a moderately broad, outwardly very oblique, straight
blackish streak, from inner margin before middle, reaching half
across wing in middle of disc, anteriorly suffused, posteriorly
sharply defined, truncate above, sometimes connected with costa

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 671

at one-fourth by an oblique blackish line ; beyond this streak are
some whitish scales ; a small outwardly oblique blackish acute
triangular spot on anal angle, reaching nearly half across wing,
followed by some whitish scales, and with a whitish suffusion
between its apex and costa ; a blackish irregular very oblique
line from costa at three-fourths to hindmargin above middle, on
its lower half bordered anteriorly with dull leaden, preceded by
three ill-defined blackish spots; cilia grey, paler along base,
mixed with blackish. Hind wings grey, darker posteriorly,
thinly scaled towards base ; cilia whitish-grey or grey.

The largest and darkest species of the genus, readily known
by the strong dark fuscous-grey suffusion of the forewings ; in
form of markings most resembling H. thalassinana ; the forewings
are very markedly elongate.

Taken rather commonly by Mr. G. H. Eaynor near Melbourne.

2. Hoi. perspectana, Walk.
( Grapholita perspectana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 393.)
g $ . 5£"-6 i". Head and thorax ashy-whitish, with a few black
scales. Palpi light ashy-grey, beneath and internally white,
second joint with a blackish band near apex. Antennae grey.
Abdomen in male dark grey, in female ochreous-grey. Legs
whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi ringed with dark
fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa hardly arched, hindmargin
oblique, hardly rounded ; whitish, with numerous irregular very
oblique grey strigulas ; costa with several broader very oblique
blackish strigulae ; a more or less distinct subquadrate blackish
oblique blotch on inner margin near base, its apex tending to be
suffusedly produced posteriorly ; a narrow very oblique blackish
streak from inner margin before middle, anteriorly suffused,
posteriorly sharply defined, its apex somewhat curved outwards,
extending to disc above middle at three-fourths from base ; a
small oblique, blackish-grey triangular spot on anal angle, not

672 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

reaching half across wing ; a short oblique cloudy blackish-grey
streak from apex, anteriorly suffused and almost meeting the
oblique streak from inner margin ; cilia with basal half white
irregularly barred with blackish-grey, outer half light grey.
Hindwings light grey, thinly scaled towards base ; cilia grey-
whitish, with a suffused grey line near base.

Yery similar to H. thalassinana, but always larger and less
variable; distinguished by the extreme obliqueness of the
markings, and the length of the blackish streak from inner
margin before middle, which extends along the disc uninter-
ruptedly to three-fourths from base.

Yery common amongst Leptospermum scrub from September to
February, and I have taken it in May ; it occurs round Sydney
and Wollongong, in New South Wales; at Melbourne and
Brisbane ; and at Brighton in Tasmania.

3. Hoi. thalassinana, n. sp.

<$ ? . 4"-5£". Head and thorax whitish, thorax mixed with
grey on back. Palpi whitish, second joint with a blackish spot
in middle and a blackish band towards apex. AntennaB grey.
Abdomen in male dark grey, with whitish anal tuft, in female
ochreous-grey. Legs white, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi
with slender dark fuscous rings. Forewings narrow, costa hardly
arched, hindmargin oblique, hardly rounded ; dull white, with
fine very oblique grey strigulse, in male almost entirely suffused
with light grey ; costa with several broader oblique blackish
strigulse ; a small oblique subquadrate dark fuscous-grey blotch
on inner margin near base, anteriorly suffused; a straight
oblique moderately broad dark fuscous-grey streak from inner
margin before middle, anteriorly suffused, posteriorly generally
sharply defined, reaching half across wing, truncate above,
sometimes obsolete towards inner margin ; generally two dark
fuscous-grey linear dots, longitudinally placed, beyond this above
middle, not connected ; a rather broad oblique triangular dark

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 673

fuscous-grey spot on anal angle, reaching half across wing,
sometimes obscured by a greyish suffusion towards hindmargin ;
sometimes a dark fuscous-grey spot towards apex ; cilia with
basal half white barred with black, outer half light grey.
Hindwings grey or light grey, thinly scaled towards base ; cilia
whitish, with a faint grey line near base.

Closely allied to H. perspectana, but smaller and greyer, with
markings variable in intensity, but less well defined than in H.
perspectana as a rule ; the streak from inner margin before middle
less oblique and extending only to middle of disc, its apex
followed by two linear marks with which it is not connected.

Larva rather stout, pale green, head pale brown ; feeding in
spun-up shoots of Leptospermum leevigatum (Myrtacea), growing
on coast sand-hills.

Abundant amongst its foodplant on sand-hills near the sea, at
Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales, from December to
February ; the larvae were found in January, and imagos were
bred from them the same month.

4. Hoi. quietana, n. sp.
? . b\". Head and palpi wholly white. Antennae grey.
Thorax white, irregularly suffused with black. Abdomen grey.
Legs white, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi narrowly ringed
with dark fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa slightly arched,
apex slightly produced, hindmargin oblique, hardly rounded;
whitish, very finely sprinkled with grey, upper half suffused
with grey except along costa towards base; costa finely and
obliquely strigulated with dark grey ; a small somewhat oval
dark fuscous-grey spot in disc below middle, midway between
base and apex, connected above with the grey suffusion ; a
slight greyish suffusion towards anal angle, containing a blackish
dot below middle above anal angle, and two or three scattered
black scales above it : cilia white, irrorated with grey towards

674 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN- MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

extremities, with a strong black apical dash. Hind wings light
grey, darker along hindmargin, more whitish-grey and thinly
scaled towards base ; cilia whitish, with a faint grey line.

The male of this species is unknown to me, but in neuration
and superficial characters it agrees with this genus, in which it
is easily recognisable by the grey costal and white dorsal halves
of the forewings. It has a superficial resemblance to Streps,
seditiosana, from which it may be known by the wholly white
head and palpi, the tuft of the palpi, and the absence of a dark
longitudinal streak on forewings from base.

I took one specimen amongst scrub near Brisbane, in September.

5. Hoi. biscissana, n. sp.

S ? • 3£"-4". Head and thorax whitish mixed with grey.
Palpi whitish, tuft of second joint grey towards extremity.
Antennae grey. Abdomen dark grey. Legs whitish, anterior
and middle tibiae and tarsi ringed with dark fuscous. Forewings
narrow, costa slightly arched, apex somewhat produced, hind-
margin sinuate ; whitish, coarsely irrorated with grey scales,
tending to form iregular hardly oblique strigulae ; costa
obliquely strigulated with blackish ; a small irregular dark
fuscous grey spot in disc below middle at one-third from base,
and a similar one below middle at two-thirds from base ; from
posterior half of costa run two or three very oblique dark grey
lines to hindmargin above middle, the first of which tends to
enclose with the second discal spot a round whitish patch on anal
angle ; a blackish apical dot ; cilia whitish, becoming grey
posteriorly, crossed by a blackish spot at apex. Hindwings
grey ; cilia grey, at base whitish.

A distinct species, characterised by its small size, the coarse
and not oblique strigulation of forewings, and the two well-
marked dark discal spots at one-third and two-thirds from base.

Five specimens, taken amongst low scrub near Sydney and on
the Bulli Pass, New South Wales, in October and January.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 676-

15. Bathrotoma, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male ciliated, with an excavated
notch immediately above basal joint. Palpi moderate, porrected,
second joint rough-haired beneath and towards apex above,
terminal joint distinct. Posterior tibiae fringed with hairs above.
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa in male with a strong basal
fold, almost straight, hindmargin sinuate. Hindwings trapezoidal,
broader than forewings, posterior angle prominent, apex pro-
duced. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to
hindmargin, secondary cell distinct. Hindwings with veins 3
and 4 coincident, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Belongs to the group of Strepsiceros; distinguished from
Strepsiceros by the stalking of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings, and
the position of the notch immediately above basal joint of
antennae, from Tmetocera by the costal fold of male, from
Hendecasticha by the 12 veins of forewings ; the peculiarly shaped
prominent-angled hindwings are a special feature.

Of the three species described below, only the first two belong
truly to this genus ; the third, B. scopulosana, is only knov n to
me in the female, and is placed provisionally in this genus, to
which it has an evident affinity, until the male is known ; but it
is discordant in the separation of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings,
and cannot remain here.

The three species described may be thus separated :

a. Forewings with a subquadrate dark blotch on

inner margin at one-third.

1. Dorsal spot beyond middle erect, triangular 1. constricfcana.

2. Dorsal spot beyond middle flattened, semi-

oval . . .. .. .. .. ..3. scopulosana.

b. Forewings without dark dorsal blotch . .2. ruficomana.

1. Bathr. constrictana, n. sp.
$ ? . 5"-6£" . Head ochreous-brown on crown and face, behind
whitish finely irrorated with grey. Palpi deep ochreous-brown*

676 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax white, irrorated with grey,
anterior margin and one or two spots on back blackish. Abdomen
ochreous-grey, anal tuft of male ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior
and middle tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
very narrow, costa almost straight, hindmargin sinuate below
apex, slightly oblique ; white, very finely irrorated with grey
scales, tending to form very fine strigulae, especially along costa,
where they cause a narrow greyish suffusion ; costa rather
obliquely and coarsely strigulated with blackish, and inner
margin also generally with a few short blackish strigulae ; a small
grey blackish-margined somewhat triangular spot on inner margin
close to base, reaching two-thirds across wing ; a rather large sub-
quadrate erect dark grey blotch, mixed with blackish, on inner
margin at one-third, reaching half across wing, rather ill-defined
anteriorly ; a small triangular dark grey spot on inner margin
about three-fourths, reaching one-third across wing; a small
blackish apical spot, slenderly produced along hindmargin nearly
to anal angle : cilia dark fuscous with a blackish basal line,
beneath anal angle whitish and becoming grey posteriorly. Hind-
wings thinly scaled, grey, somewhat darker at apex ; cilia grey-
whitish, with an indistinct grey line near base.

Distinctly characterised by the white forewings, dark grey
dorsal spots, and ochreous-brown head.

Rather common at rest on certain fences near Sydney, and at
Parramatta, and also beaten from a species of Melaleuca ; it occurs
from September to November, and in January.

2. Bathr. ruficomana, n. sp.
<$ ? . 4£"-5£". Head reddish-ochreous on crown and face,
behind light ashy-grey. Palpi deep reddish-ochreous. Antennae
grey. Thorax grey, more or less suffused with dark fuscous.
Abdomen ochreous-grey, in male suffused with yellowish-ochre-
ous. Legs grey- whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi
suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings very narrow,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 677

costa straight, hindmargin slightly sinuate, hardly oblique ; light
grey, with very fine whitish transverse strigulae ; a darker grey
suffusion towards costa, attenuated posteriorly and ceasing
before apex, in male more blackish-grey and more distinct ; costa
obscurely strigulated with dark grey ; the veins obscurely
indicated by irregular longitudinal dark grey lines ; a hardly
paler patch on anal angle, preceded and followed by an obscure
leaden-metallic line, and containing a row of four or five ill-
defined blackish dots ; a small blackish apical spot, slenderly
produced along hindmargin nearly to anal angle : cilia reddish-
ochreous, with a black basal line, beneath anal angle whitish
mixed with grey. Hindwings thinly scaled, grey, darker
posteriorly ; cilia grey, with a whitish basal line.

In form of wing closely resembling the preceding, but the
forewings are grey, without any trace of dark dorsal spots, the
cilia and head reddish-ochreous.

Four specimens, (one male, three females) taken at rest on a
fence in Sydney, in December and January.

3. Bathr. (?) scopulosana, n. sp.

$. 61". Head ochreo us- whitish, between antennae dark grey.
Palpi whitish-ochreous, mixed with grey beneath. Antennae
grey-whitish, suffusedly annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax
whitish-ochreous, with a few black scales, and with a grey spot
mixed with blackish behind. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs
ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi
suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Forewings moderately
narrow, costa slightly arched, hindmargin sinuate below apex,
slightly oblique ; whitish-ochreous, somewhat suffused with
brownish-ochreous posteriorly, and with a few scattered black
scales ; costa finely and obliquely strigulated with blackish ; a
subquadrate blotch on inner margin about one-third, black on
inner margin, becoming ochreous-brown and shading gradually
into groundcolour above, reaching half across wing, blackmargined

678 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

on each side, outer edge indented below middle, and connected
with costa at one-fourth by an irregular inwardly oblique blackish
line ; between this blotch and base the inner margin is narrowly
blackish ; an elongate very narrowly semi-ovate blackish-fuscous
spot along inner margin from beyond middle to beyond three-
fourths, posteriorly whitish-margined ; a roundish patch on anal
angle is indistinctly indicated by a slender interrupted blackish
boundary line, and contains a row of four or five ill-defined linear
blackish dots ; a small ferruginous apical spot ; a row of linear
black dots along hindmargin : cilia ochreous-fuscous, with a
blackish spot above apex, and three broadly suffused blackish
bars below apex, with a whitish line along base, towards anal
angle wholly grey mixed with whitish. Hindwings dark grey,
very thinly scaled and almost transparent towards base ; cilia
whitish, with an indistinct grey line near base.

Markings placed much as in B. constrictana, but groundcolour
tinged with ochreous, no dorsal spot close to base, spot at one-
third brown above, spot at three-fourths flattened, elongate,
semi-ovate, and head not brown.

Two specimens taken at rest on fences near Sydney and
Parramatta, in October.

16. Strepsiceros, n. g.
Thorax smooth. Antennae in male ciliated, with an excavated
notch at about one-fifth from base. Palpi moderate, porrected,
second joint roughly haired, often with a more or less dense tuft
beneath towards apex, terminal joint more or less concealed.
Posterior tibiae fringed with hairs above. Forewings elongate,
narrow, costa in male with a strong basal fold, gently arched,
apex generally somewhat produced, hindmargin more or less
sinuate. Hindwings elongate-trapezoidal, broader than forewings
apex somewhat produced. Forewings with veins 7 and 8
separate, 7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell distinct. Hind-

BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 679

wings with, veins 3 and 4 long-stalked or coincident, 5 closely
approximated at base to 4, 6 and 7 separate.

Larva sixteen-legged, feeding in spun-up shoots or between
joined leaves of the Myrtacece.

This genus is the type of a group which is rather extensively
represented in the Australian region, compared with the other
groups of the family. The other known genera belonging to
this group are Tmetocera, Bathrotoma, and Hendecasticha, the whole
being characterised by the possession of a sharply excavated
semicircular notch on the stalk of the antennae of male ; the
antennae of the female are simple. Tmetocera is the only genus
found in Europe, and is distinguished from all the others by the
absence of a costal fold in male. Strepsiceros differs from
Bathrotoma in the separation of veins 6 and 7 of hindwings,
and the position of the notch on the antennae, which is remote
from the basal joint ; from Hendecasticha in the twelve-veined
forewings. The genus is subject to variation in the structure of
veins 3 and 4 of hindwings, which are sometimes on a long stalk,
sometimes wholly coincident, so that there appear to be only
seven veins ; and in the palpi, which have often, but not always,
a tuft beneath on the second joint ; but these forms are connected
by intermediate gradations, and are not available for generic
characters. The species are generally small grey inconspicuous
insects, with very similar markings.

There are eleven Australian species known to me, of which,
two occur in New Zealand also, and appear to be indigenous
there, equally as in Australia. The following is a tabulation of
them :

A. A broad white streak along part or whole
of costa,
1 . Costal streak extending from base to apex.

a. Costal streak interrupted before middle 9. plinthinana.
h. Costal streak entire .. .. ..10. obeliscana.

680 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

2. Costal streak extending from base to one-

third . . . . . . . . . . 4. seditiosana.

3. Costal streak extending from before

middle to apex . . . . . . . .11. sicariana.

B. Costa not broadly white.

1. A white subcostal streak.

a. Subcostal streak extending from base

to apex . . . . . . . . 8. zopherana.

b. Subcostal streak extending from middle

to apex . . . . . . . . 7. sollicitana.

2. A white central longitudinal suffused

streak only . . . . . . . . 6. nuidana, $ .

3. No white longitudinal markings.

a. Forewings reddish-ochreous . . . . 6. fluidana, $ .

b. Forewings grey or dark fuscous.

i. A slender white transverse streak

posteriorly . . . . . . . . 5. pericyphana.

ii. No white markings.

*. Forewings light, with well-defined

entire dark central fascia . . 1. limnephilana.

**. Forewings dark or mottled, with-
out entire fascia,
f. Forewings somewhat dilated,
with broad dark suffused
central streak.. .. ..2. ejectana.

ff. Forewings elongate, without

central streak. . .. ..3. macropetana.

1. Streps, limnephilana, n. sp.

$ . 6"-6£". Head, palpi, and thorax light ashy-grey, slightly
mixed with fuscous. Antennae grey. Abdomen grey, extremity
whitish. Legs grey- whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, posteriorly
dilated, costa moderately arched, hindmargin nearly straight,

BY E. MEYRICK B.A. 681

oblique ; whitish, finely and densely irrorated with ashy-grey ;
costa with a few short blackish strigulse ; some blackish scales
towards inner margin near base ; outer edge of basal patch
indicated by an obscure blackish transverse line at one-third, in
one specimen forming a short erect ochreous-fuscous black-
margined streak from inner margin, reaching one-third across
wing; central fascia narrow , oblique, ochreous-fuscous irregularly
margined with black, suffused with black in middle and on inner
margin, running from middle of costa to inner margin before
anal angle ; a blackish streak from apex along upper half of
hindmargin : cilia ashy-whitish, with two faint grey lines, and
obscurely barred with blackish. Hind wings fuscous-grey ; cilia
whitish, with two suffused grey lines.

The male being as yet unknown, it is not certain whether the
species is correctly referred to this genus, but the general
similarity to S. ejectana, and the identity of all non-sexual
characters, are sufficient to warrant its position. The male may
perhaps have a tuft of raised scales on the forewings, as in S.
ejectana, and may also differ somewhat in marking. The female
may be easily known from S. ejectana by the clearer and lighter
groundcolour, and the well-defined entire central fascia, which in
S. ejectana is partial and suffused, as well as by the absence of
the dark fuscous longitudinal streak.

Five specimens, all females, taken on open swampy ground at
Waratah on the Hunter Eiver, New South Wales, in January.

2. Streps, ejectana, Walk.

(Sciaphila ejectana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 350 ; (?) Sciaphila
dbsconditana, ibid. 351 ; Sciaphila servilisana, ibid. 356; Sciaphila
saxana, ibid. 357 ; Conchylis ligniferana, ibid. 363).

3 ? • 5 J"- 7". Head, palpi, and thorax grey irrorated with

ashy-whitish, and with a few black scales, shoulders ochreous-

tinged; palpi not tufted. Antennce dark fuscous, in male

thickened and notched at one-fifth from basal joint. Abdomen

IE

682 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

grey. Legs whitish.- grey, anterior and middle tibise and tarsi
suffusedly banded with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings moderate,
slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, hindmargin
nearly straight, oblique ; light ashy-grey, with a few scattered
black scales, in male more or less wholly suffused irregularly
with dark grey, especially towards costa and hindmargin ; costa
and inner margin coarsely strigulated with blackish ; a strong
tuft of raised scales in male towards inner margin at one-third
from base ; a cloudy irregular somewhat sinuate broad dark
fuscous longitudinal streak in disc, mixed with ochreous and
blackish, extending from near base to beyond middle, thence
bent downwards to inner margin before anal angle ; in male this
streak is more or less obscured through the general dark suffusion;
an ill-defined triangular dark fuscous blotch on upper half of
hindmargin, its apex extending inwards to disc at three-fourths,
sometimes ochreous-tinged, in male often cloudy and suffused,
especially beneath, generally containing two or three longitudinal
black streaks : cilia grey, mixed with whitish points, irregularly
and indistinctly barred with blackish. Hindwings dark grey ;
cilia grey, with a dark grey line near base ; veins 3 and 4 long-
stalked.

The markings of this species are very obscure and confused,
especially in the male, but it cannot well be mistaken for any other;
it is comparatively the broadest- winged species of the genus, and
the raised tuft of scales on forewings in male is a peculiar
character ; its dark cloudy colouring, and the absence of any
white markings distinguish it from all but the much narrower-
winged and differently marked S. macropetana, and the more
clearly marked S. limnephilana.

Larva cylindrical, active, dull green, more yellowish on sides
and towards extremities, dorsal spots paler ; head and second
segment, or posterior half of second segment, black. Feeds
amongst spun- together shoots of Kunzea capitata and Darwima

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 683

fasciculata fMyrtaceceJ, and probably other plants of the same
order, in December, January, and doubtless other months.

Extremely abundant in the bush round Sydney, readily
disturbed and very active, especially towards sunset, almost with-
out intermission from July to March ; occurs also at Melbourne ;
and I took it not uncommonly at Wellington and Hamilton, New
Zealand, in January, frequenting a shrub which I believe to be
Leptospermum ericoides. The New Zealand specimens do not differ
perceptibly from Australian, except in being slightly smaller
than the average ; and there seems no reason to suppose that the
species has been artificially introduced from either country into
the other.

3. Streps, macropetana, n. sp.
$ $ . 7"-8£". Head, palpi, and thorax light ochreous-grey,
mixed with dark grey and dark fuscous; palpi not tufted.
Antennae dark fuscous, in male thickened and notched at one-
eighth from basal joint. Abdomen grey, segmental margins
ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle
tibise and all tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, hindmargin nearly
straight, very oblique ; ashy-grey, variable in depth, finely and
closely irrorated with whitish ; costa finely and obliquely strigu-
lated with blackish-grey ; numerous indistinct dark grey longi-
tudinal strigula3 in disc, towards hindmargin more distinct and
forming connected lines ; often there is a faint irregular ochre-
ous suffusion, especially towards middle of disc ; two or three
raised scales near inner margin towards base ; often a slender
oblique anteriorly suffused black streak from inner margin at
one-third, reaching half across wing, frequently interrupted or
obsolete ; often a small indistinct dark fuscous triangular spot on
inner margin before anal angle j between this and the oblique
streak at one-third the ground colour is often paler, forming an
irregularly oblong patch j sometimes a small cloudy dark grey

684 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

triangular patch on upper half of hindmargin, darkest towards
apex ; a row of three or four black linear dots near hindmargin
above anal angle, preceded and followed by a faint leaden-metallic
line : cilia grey, irregularly mixed with blackish, and irrorated
with whitish points. Hindwings thinly scaled, grey, darker at
apex ; cilia grey-whitish, with a grey line near base ; veins 3 and
4 long-stalked.

The largest species of the genus, with very elongate forewings ;
variable, but generally very uniform in colouring, with very few
darker markings, of various character in different specimens.

Larva cylindrical, with scattered hairs ; rather pale yellowish-
green, above rather darker dull green, dorsal spots faintly whitish -r
head amber, second segment rather lighter amber ; anal segment
with slight indications of a black plate. Feeds between joined
leaves of Eucalyptus sp. — , in June.

A common species, occurring amongst Eucalyptus scrub round
Sydney and Parramatta, at Bulli, Blackheath on the Blue
Mountains, and Newcastle, in New South Wales ; at Melbourne,
and near Duaringa, Queensland ; from July to October, and from
January to March.

4. Streps, seditiosana, n. sp.

$ £ . 4f/'-5i-". Head, palpi, and thorax grey, densely irrorated
with whitish ; palpi not tufted. Antennae dark fuscous, in male
thickened and notched at one-fifth from basal joint. Abdomen
grey. Legs grey-whitish, anterior and middle tibia? and all tarsi
suffusedly ringed with dark fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa
slightly arched, hindmargin somewhat sinuate, oblique ; dull
whitish, costal half suffused with dark grey (in female slightly
ochreous-tinged) except along basal third of costa and towards
apex ; costa shortly strigulated with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous
strongly marked central streak from base to middle, posteriorly
abruptly attenuated and somewhat bent upwards, posterior edge

BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 685

blackish and sharply defined ; an ill-defined grey suffusion about
anal angle, and another on hindmargin beneath apex ; a silvery-
metallic line from anal angle reaching half across wing, and
another near hindmargin extending to costa before apex : cilia
grey, whitish towards base, with a blackish spot at apex. Hind-
wings very thinly scaled, grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish-
grey, with an indistinct darker line near base ; veins 3 and 4s
stalked.

A distinct species, sufficiently characterised by the dark central
longitudinal streak from base to middle.

Three specimens (one male, two females) taken in low scrub
at Sydney and above the Bulli Pass, New South Wales, from
August to October.

5. Streps, pericyphana, n. sp.

<$ . 4i"-4i". Head white, mixed with dark grey above. Palpi
somewhat tufted, white, with a dark fuscous spot near base, and
a dark fuscous band towards apex of second joint. Antennae
grey, in male abruptly swollen and notched at about one-fifth
from basal joint. Thorax blackish, mixed with reddish-ochreous
on sides. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Legs whitish, anterior and
middle tibia? and all tarsi sharply and narrowly ringed with dark
fuscous. Forewings very narrow, costa nearly straight, hind-
margin sinuate, oblique ; blackish-fuscous, mixed with ochreous-
brown, and coarsely irrorated with white ; costa with white
obscure strigulao arranged in pairs ; two ill-defined white angulated
strigulae crossing wing near base ; two or three short oblique
white striguhe near together on inner margin before middle ; an
irregularly sinuate snow-white streak crossng wing from near
costa at three-fourths to anal angle, angulated inwards about
middle, preceded on inner margin by a small somewhat triangular
dark fuscous anteriorly whitish-margined spot ; in this white
streak are several faint leaden-metallic spots on ics posterior edge,

686 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

and there is an obscure leaden-inetallic lice near hindmargin ;
cilia white, outer half grey irrorated with blackish. Hindwings
very thinly scaled, grey ; cilia grey.

This small species is of peculiar appearance, and very distinct
from any other, being characterised by its small size, very narrow
forewings, dark colouring, and the pure white transverse streak
posteriorly.

Three specimens taken at rest on a fence near Sydney, in
October. In repose the apex of the forewings is obliquely bent
in round the abdomen, as though deformed ; a habit which is not
perceptible in any other species of the genus, but is similar to
that noticed in the case of Helictophanes uberana.

6. Streps, fluidana, n. sp.

4"-5". $ . Head and thorax white, more or less sprinkled
with ochreous and grey. Palpi white, second joint tufted, tuft
dark grey towards extremity. Antennae grey, in male thickened
and notched at about one-fourth from basal joint. Abdomen
ochreous-whitish, indistinctly suffused with grey towards base of
segments. Legs white, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi
ringed with dark fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa slightly
arched, apex produced, hindmargin sinuate, obliquely rounded
beneath ; grey, densely irrorated with white, and more or less
suffused posteriorly with reddish-ochreous ; along the costa the
grey alternates with the white to form coarse oblique strigulse y
a more or less distinct narrow central longitudinal white streak
from base, almost reaching anal angle, but posteriorly dilated and
suffused, sometimes crossed by ill-defined strigulas ; sometimes
a dark grey spot on submedian fold before middle ; a row of
four or five sharply-defined linear black dots near lower half of
hindmargin, preceded and followed by a silvery-metallic line, the
second metallic line extending to costa before apex ; apex and
hindmargin beyond this line reddish-ochreous : cilia white on

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 687

costa, grey on hindmargin, with a black spot at apex, and a white
basal spot on middle of hindmargin. Hindwings thinly scaled,
grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with a faint grey line near base ; veins
3 and 4 on a very long stalk.

?. Head, palpi, &c, as in male; thorax partially suffused
with reddish-ochreous. Forewings more elongate than in male,
wholly reddish-ochreous, sprinkled with grey-whitish ; costa very
narrowly white, and posteriorly with short oblique white
strigulae ; two or three blackish scales on inner margin ; the
silvery-metallic lines and black dots above anal angle as in male ;
cilia as in male. Hindwings as in male.

Easily distinguished from its allies by the reddish-ochreous
partial suffusion towards hindmargin in male, and the wholly
reddish-ochreous forewings of female ; nearest to S. sollicitana,
but differing from it and the other allied species by the absence
of any white costal or subcostal streak.

Larva undescribed ; feeding in spun-up shoots of Leptosper?num
lanigerum (Myrtacece), in October (and doubtless other months).

Abundant amongst its foodplant, flying out in numbers when
disturbed, round Sydney, and at Bulli, and Blackheath on the
Blue Mountains, from August to March.

7. Streps, sollicitana n. sp.

$ $ . 3£"-5". Head and thorax white, sides suffused with
grey. Palpi white, second joint tufted beneath, tuft more or less
suffused with grey towards extremity. Antennae dark grey, in
male thickened and notched at about one-fifth or one-sixth from
basal joint. Abdomen grey, segmental margins and anal tuft of
male silvery-whitish. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae
and all tarsi ringed with dark fuscous. Eorewings very narrow,
costa slightly arched, apex rather produced, hindmargin sinuate,
rather oblique ; rather dark grey, densely irrorated with white ;
along the costa the dark grey alternates with the white to form

688 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

oblique coarse strigulae; a rather broad white longitudinal
streak rather above middle from base to middle of disc, dilating
gradually, ill-defined at extremity ; a rather narrow white
longitudinal streak beneath costa from middle to apex, generally
interrupted at half its length by a very oblique grey line ; a
slender blackish-grey oblique streak from inner margin at one-
third, reaching half across wing, forming a small spot above
submedian fold ; between this and base are several blackish-grey
transverse strigulse, not crossing the white longitudinal streak j
a faint silvery-metallic mark above anal angle, and a faint
silvery-metallic line near hindmargin ; a small black apical spot,
above which is a snow-white spot in cilia : cilia dark grey, with
a blackish spot at apex, and a white spot at base on middle of
hindmargin. Hindwings rather thinly scaled, grey, apex dark
grey ; cilia light grey, with a dark grey line near base ; veins
3 and 4 coincident.

Allied to S. fluidana, but without any ochreous colouring, and
with a white subcostal streak from middle to apex.

Six specimens taken amongst low scrub near Sydney and
Parramatta, in October, December, and January.

8. Streps, zopherana, ft. sp.

$ $ . 5"-6". Head, palpi, and thorax grey, more or less
irrorated with white, head sometimes almost wholly white ; palpi
not tufted. Antenna3 dark fuscous, in male somewhat thickened
and notched at about one-eighth from basal joint. Abdomen dark
grey, segmental margins silvery-whitish. Legs whitish, anterior
and middle tibiae and all tarsi sharply banded with dark fuscous.
Porewings very narrow, costa slightly arched, apex produced,
hindmargin sinuate, very oblique ; dark grey, irrorated with
whitish ; costa very obliquely strigulated with blackish-grey ; a
rather broad ill-defined white streak beneath costa from base to
apex, crossed by an oblique dark grey fascia-like streak before

BY E. MEYBJCK, B.£. 689

middle, and three or four slender dark grey very oblique strigulse
between that and apex ; middle of disc somewhat suffused with
blackish ; an ill-defined black spot in disc above anal angle ;
generally a row of about three ill-defined black spots above anal
angle towards hindmargin, preceded and followed by an obscure
silvery-metallic line : cilia dark grey, paler towards anal angle,
with a blackish apical spot, costal cilia white. Hindwings thinly
scaled, grey, darker at extremity ; cilia pale grey, with an
indistinct darker line near base ; veins 3 and 4 coincident.

Distinguished from all others by the white subcostal streak
from base to apex, but variable in intensity of colouring.

JFour specimens taken in the scrub near Sydney in December ;
I found the species very abundant amongst, I believe, Leptosper-
rnum ericoides, near Dunedin, and also took it at Hamilton and
and Wellington, in New Zealand during January. The New
Zealand specimens do not differ from the Australian ; the species
is evidently at home in New Zealand, but appears to be scarce in
Australia, and it is possible that it may have been artificially
introduced thither.

9. Streps, plinthinana, n. sp.

$ . 6". Head and thorax white, with a few grey scales. Palpi
rather elongate, somewhat tufted beneath, white, the hairs greyish-
tinged towards extremities. Antennas grey, in male notched at
about one-eighth from basal joint. Abdomen ochreous-grey.
Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi suffusedly
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa gently
arched, apex produced, hindmargin sinuate, rather oblique; dark
reddish-fuscous, coarsely irrorated and suffused with white,
especially towards anal angle ; a broad well-defined white streak
along costa from base to apex, posteriorly attenuated, crossed by
an oblique dark reddish-fuscous fascia-like streak before middle ;
costal edge strigulated finely with brownish-grey, one or two of

690 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA,

the strigulse towards apex crossing the white streak ; some
irregularly placed blackish scales beneath the white streak
posteriorly : cilia light reddish-fuscous, becoming whitish towards
anal angle, extremities greyish-tinged, with a dark fuscous apical
spot, costal cilia white. Hindwings thinly scaled, grey ; cilia
light grey, with a faint darker line near base.

Nearly allied to 8. zopherana, but forewings somewhat broader,
and characterised by the general reddish tint, and costal, not
subcostal, white streak.

One specimen taken at Parramatta in November.

10. Streps, obeliscana n. sp.

$ $ . 5"-6". Head dull white, greyish -tinged on sides. Palpi
elongate, not tufted, white, sometimes externally greyish-tinged.
Antennae grey, in male slightly thickened, and notched at about
one-tenth from basal joint. Thorax grey, suffused with white on
back. Abdomen whitish, tinged with ochreous grey towards
base of segments. Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and
tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous-grey. Forewings
narrow, costa gently arched, hindmargin sinuate beneath apex,
very oblique; rather light grey, slightly brownish-tinged, irro-
rated with whitish, especially towards inner margin ; a broad
white costal streak from base to apex, attenuated posteriorly,
sharply-defined beneath, costal edge irrorated and sometimes in
male suffused with brownish-grey towards base, towards apex
with slender oblique brownish-grey strigulse, of which two or
three cross the white streak ; the lower margin of the white
streak is indented by a short tooth of the groundcolour before
middle, beyond this irregularly margined by a blackish line;
a sharply-defined small black spot above anal angle, beyond
which is a small oval space preceded and followed by a silvery-
metallic line, and sometimes enclosing two or three black dots ;
cilia brownish-grey, mixed with whitish towards anal angle.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 691

with a blackish apical spot, costal cilia white. Hindwings thinly
scaled, in male whitish-grey, in female pale grey ; cilia in male
white, in female whitish, with a faint darker line near base.

Distinguished from all by the broad uninterrupted white costal
streak from base to apex, and light grey groundcolour.

Abundant amongst Leptospermum scrub, generally in sandy
places, round Sydney and at Parramatta, from August to
December.

11. Streps, sicariana n. sp.

<$ . 7". Head white, with one or two grey scales. Palpi
elongate, not tufted, white mixed with grey beneath, terminal
joint dark grey. Antennae grey, in male slightly thickened, and
notched at about one-tenth from basal joint. Thorax white.
Abdomen light silvery-grey, anal tuft whitish. Legs whitish,
anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffusedly banded with
dark fuscous-grey. Forewings moderately narrow, costa gently
arched, hindmargin slightly sinuate beneath apex, very oblique ;
dark fuscous-grey, dorsal half suffusedly white sprinkled with
grey ; a sharply- defined fusiform white streak along costa from
before middle to apex, acutely attenuated at each extremity,
suffusedly margined beneath with blackish, costal edge with
slender oblique brownish-grey Tstrigulae, of which two or three
towards apex cross the white streak ; an oblique blackish mark
above submedian fold before middle ; cilia white, extremities of
hindmarginal cilia mixed with grey, with a black apical spot,
and a dark grey smaller spot a little below it. Hindwings thinly
scaled, grey ; cilia whitish, with a faint grey line near base.

Allied to S. oleliscana, but very distinct from that species
through its larger size, dark colour, and the white costal streak
extending only from before middle to apex.

One specimen taken in dry scrub near Sydney in February.

692 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

17. Hendecasticiia n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male ciliated, with an excavated
notch near base. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint
densely rough-haired above and below, terminal joint nearly
concealed. Posterior tibke fringed with hairs above. Forewings
elongate, narrow, costa in male with a basal fold, nearly straight,
hindmargin sinuate. Hindwings elongate-trapezoidal, broader
than forewings. Forewings with 11 veins, vein 7 running to
costa, secondary cell indicated, upper basal fork of vein 1 nearly
obsolete. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 coincident, 5 approximated
to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked.

Nearly allied to Strepsiceros, but distinguished from it and the
other genera of the group by the possession of only 1 1 veins in
the forewings, the normal veins 7 and 8 being probably coinci-
dent ; in the neuration of the hindwings it resembles Bathrotoma.

The only species is from New Zealand.

1. Hend. aethaliana n. sp.

j$ $ . 3£"-4f ". Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous, sprinkled with ashy-whitish. Antennae dark fuscous,
in male notched a little above basal joint. Legs whitish-grey, all
tibiae and tarsi suffusedly banded with dark fuscous-grey. Fore-
wings narrow, costa hardly arched, hindmargin slightly sinuate,
very oblique ; dark fuscous, coarsely irrorated with grey and
ashy- whitish scales, especially on basal half and before apex,
tending to form irregular transverse lines ; sometimes there is
an irregular ochreous suffusion towards inner margin before
middle, and above anal angle : cilia dark fuscous sprinkled at
base with ashy- whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia dark
fuscous, with a blackish line at base.

1 took this species rather commonly in January amongst rank
grass and herbage on some swampy ground near Hamilton on
the Waikato, New Zealand ; its small size and dark colouring
make it very inconspicuous on the wing.

BY E. MEYRICK, B A. 693

Fam. III. CONCHYLIRZE.
Lower median vein of hindwings not pectinated ; vein 2 of
forewings rising from posterior fourth, of lower margin of cell.

This family appears to be very scantily represented in the
Australian region by a few peculiar genera ; none of the previously
described genera have yet occurred. The four genera with which
I am acquainted may be thus distinguished :

A. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings remote at origin 1 . Heliocosma.

B. Veins 3 and 4 of hindwings stalked or from

a point.

1. Palpi very long .. .. .. ..2. Paramorpha.

2. Palpi moderate.

a. Forewings in male with a raised mem-

branous ridge near base .. .. 4. CosciLoptycha.

b. Forewings in male without membran-

ous ridge . . . . . . . . 3. Oistophora.

1. Heliocosma, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae in male thickened, laterally com-
pressed, pubescent. Palpi very long,' straight, porrected, second
joint roughly haired, attenuated, terminal joint long, exposed.
Posterior tibise fringed with hairs above. Forewings elongate,
somewhat dilated, costa in male simple, slightly arched, bent
before apex, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; surface with rough
scales. Hindwings broader than forewings, rounded-ovate.
Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to hindmargin,
secondary cell indicated, vein 1 furcate at base. Hindwings with
8 veins, 3 and 4 remote at origin, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7 remote
at origin, nearly parallel.

Larva sixteen-legged, case-bearing, feeding on flowers.

The species of this genus in superficial appearance nearly
resemble Conchylis, but the genus differs widely from all others
of the family in the remoteness of veins 3 and 4 of the hindwings

694 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

at origin, these veins being from a point or stalked in all other
described genera ; it resembles Paramorpha in the structure of
the palpi, and has the rough scales on the surface of the fore-
wings in common with all the other Australian genera, and with
the European Phtheochroa. The case-bearing habit of the larva
is at present unique amongst Tortricina.

The two species are readily known :
a. Forewings carmine, with white markings . .1. rhodopnoana.
I. Forewings whitish, with ochreous markings 2. incongruana.

1. Hel. rhodopnoana, n. sp.

$ . 7^". Head and palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennae light
brownish-ochreous. Thorax light ochreous-brown, shoulders
tinged with carmine. Abdomen ochreous-grey, extremity ochre-
ous. Legs ochreous-grey, anterior coxse and femora carmine.
Forewings rather narrow, triangular, costa straight, bent before
apex, hindmargin slightly sinuate, oblique ; bright carmine,
deeper posteriorly, becoming ochreous-orange along inner margin
towards base ; a narrow oblique silvery-white anteriorly blackish-
margined streak from inner margin at one-third, nearly reaching
costa, its extremity uniting with apex of a slender ill-defined white
streak from base beneath costa ; a second narrow oblique silvery-
white anteriorly black-margined streak from inner margin just
beyond middle, reaching nearly to costa, the ground colour tinged
with orange along its anterior edge ; from middle of its posterior
edge proceeds a much slenderer white anteriorly blackish-margined
streak to inner margin a little before anal angle ; between first
and second white oblique streaks is a tuft of raised scales near
inner margin, a slender crescentic outwardly concave white
blackish-margined mark beneath costa a little before apex, and
another similar rather larger mark beneath it and anal angle,
not quite touching either ; a silvery- white streak from apex along
hindmargin, ending in a small dilated silvery-white anteriorly
blackish-margined spot below middle of hindmargin : cilia

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 695

carmine, with a white spot beneath apex and another below
middle of hindmargin, between these two spots tho basal third
is carmine, central third white, apical third grey, extremities
above apex dark grey. Hind wings pale ashy-grey, cilia whitish.

An extremely beautiful and distinct species, of which the male
is as yet unknown.

One specimen taken by Mr. G. H. Eaynor near Melbourne in
November.

2. Hel. incongruana, Walk.

( Conchylls incongruana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 363; Eromene
apertella, ibid. Suppl., 1762.)

<$ $ . 5"-8". Head, palpi, and thorax white, more or less
suffused on sides with light brownish-ochreous. Antennae
whitish-ochreous, in male dilated and laterally compressed.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior and middle
tibiae and tarsi obscurely infuscated. Fore wings moderately
narrow, dilated, triangular, costa bent towards apex, hindmargin
nearly straight, oblique ; whitish, faintly and irregularly suffused
with pale ochreous ; a short ochreous-orange streak along costa
at base ; generally an ill-defined reddish-ochreous spot on sub-
median fold near base ; a slender (in male almost linear) strongly
marked ochreous-orange fascia parallel to hindmargin, running
from slightly beyond middle of costa to middle of inner margin,
which it does not quite reach, posteriorly black-margined, on its
anterior edge towards inner margin are two tufts of raised scales ;
sometimes two or three blackish scales on inner margin before
anal angle, and in disc above it ; a short cloudy oblique blackish
apical streak ; in female a moderately narrow ferruginous hind-
marginal band, extending along hindmargin from apex to anal
angle, enclosing a small white spot on hindmargin below middle,
anterior margin somewhat sinuate ; between it and central fascia
is often a cloudy ferruginous suffusion in disc, but in male both
this and the hindmarginal band are wholly absent : cilia in male

696 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

whitish, along base oehreous, extremities and a line before middle
blackish, broadly interrupted below apex and beneath middle of
hindmargin with whitish ; cilia in female similar, but oehreous
replaced by orange, and there is a dark ferruginous spot at apex,
and an orange spot at anal angle. Hind wings in male pale grey,
in female whitish-grey ; cilia whitish.

In general appearance recalling the European Conchylis
straminea, Hw. ; the dissimilarity of the sexes is so singular
that I long accounted them as distinct species.

The larva lives in a portable case composed of fragments of
petals of the flowers on which it feeds, adding fresh pieces
towards the mouth as it grows ; these are at first white, but
quickly become withered, and the whole case has a ragged
appearance ; the larva feeds on flowers of Lysinema pungens and
Epacris sp. (Epacridccc) in August ; from those found an imago
was bred in October.

A common species, occurring round Sydney, and at Blackheath
on the Blue Mountains, and also at Melbourne, in dry sandy scrub
amongst its foodplants, from October to March.

(Note. — Conchylis diemeniana, Z., Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss. 1877,
138, if correctly referred to this family, would probably belong
to Heliocosma ; but I am inclined to doubt whether the species is
referable to this neighbourhood at all ; I have not however seen
a specimen, nor does. the description come near any of the Tortri-
cina known to me. Zeller's description is taken from a single
female type from Tasmania, without palpi, and the neuration
does not seem to have been made out ; it is therefore impossible
to quote the species under any generic head, but it is very unlikely
to be a true Conchylis. It may be briefly described as slaty-
fuscous, with the head, thorax, and basal third of f orewings pale
yellow.)

2. Paramorpiia, n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae of male strongly ciliated. Palpi
very long, straight, porrected, second joint roughly haired,

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 697

attenuated, terminal joint long, exposed. Posterior tibia) fringed
with hairs above. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa in male
simple, moderately arched, apex acute, hindmargin oblique ;
surface with raised scales. Hindwings rounded, elongate-ovate,
broader than forewings. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate,
7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell absent, upper fork of
vein 1 obsolete. Hindwings with 6 veins, 3 and 4 stalked from
posterior angle of cell, 5 from upper angle of cell to apex, 6 free.

This genus has a peculiar facies from the remarkably narrow
and elongate forewings ; in the structure of the palpi it resembles
Heliocosma, but the singular neuration of the hindwings causes it
to be classed with Oistophora and Coscinoptycha as forming a
peculiar and abnormal group, probably confined to the Australian
region.

The two species (one Australian, the other from New Zealand)
may be easily distinguished ;

a. Forewings faint whitish-grey . . . . . . 1 . aquilana.

b. Forewings densely irrorated with dark grey ..2. adreptella.

1. Par. aquilana n. sp.

£ ? . b\"-Q>l". Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen white.
Palpi white, beneath sharply dark fuscous. Legs whitish,
anterior tibine and tarsi greyish- tinged. Forewings very narrow,
costa gently arched, hindmargin nearly straight, very oblique ;
white, almost wholly suffused with faint pale grey except
towards anterior half of costa, and with very fine scattered dark
grey scales; five sharply defined very oblique short black
strigulae on costa between middle and apex, and one shorter
(sometimes absent) on costa before middle; a large sharply
defined black dot in disc at two-thirds from base, followed by
some raised scales ; a small tuft of raised scales before this,
another below it, two others in a straight line between this lower
one and the base at equal distances, and sometimes another
obliquely above and beyond the anterior of these, each of these
IS

698 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

tufts generally immediately preceded by a small black dot;
sometimes a faint grey angulated transverse line from four-fifths
of costa to anal angle ; a sharp black line along hindmargin :
cilia white, faintly suffused with grey, with two indistinct grey
lines. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish, with two very
faint grey lines.

Readily known by its pale whitish colouring and black dots.

The imago frequents damp or swampy ground, flying low
amongst the herbage ; it occurs tolerably commonly round
Sydney and Parramatta, and at Blackheath on the Blue
Mountains (3,500 feet), in September, and agaki in February
and March.

2. Par. adreptella Walk.

(Gelechia adreptella Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 654).

<$ ? . 6£"-6|". Head, palpi, and thorax pale grey irrorated
with whitish ; palpi beneath sharply dark fuscous. Antennae,
abdomen, and legs whitish, anterior and middle pair infuscated.
Forewings very narrow, costa gently arched, somewhat bent
before middle, hindmargin straight, very oblique; light grey,
more whitish towards base of costa, distinctly ochreous-tinged,
and thickly irrorated with dark grey ; a suffused black spot in
disc at two-thirds from base ; between this and base are about
eight black dots in upper half of wing, irregularly arranged,
tending to be followed by raised scales ; two or three tufts of
raised scales towards submedian fold ; a very indistinct angulated
transverse dark grey line from three-fourths of costa to anal
angle ; an ill-defined blackish line along hindmargin ; cilia grey,
with light points, and two indistinct dark grey lines. Hindwings
whitish, towards apex pale grey ; cilia whitish, with a suffused
faint grey line near base.

Larger than P. aquilam, with the costa of forewings distinctly
bent, and the groundcolour appearing much darker from the

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 699

close irroration of dark grey scales, and distinctly ochreous-
tinged ; the black dots are also differently arranged.

Three specimens taken in the swampy forest near Cambridge
and Hamilton, on the Waikato, New Zealand, in January.
Walker's type is unset, but certainly referable to this species.

3. Oistophora n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antenna} of male hardly thickened towards
base, very finely ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second
joint very roughly haired above and below towards apex,
terminal joint concealed. Posterior tibiae thinly haired above.
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa in male simple, moderately
arched, apex acute, hindmargin oblique ; surface with tufts of
rough scales. Hind wings broader than forewings, apex rather
produced ; a very large expansible tuft of long hairscales towards
base beneath lower median vein. Forewings with veins 7 and
8 separate, 7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell absent, upper
basal fork of vein 1 obsolete (?). Hind wings with 6 veins, 3 and
4 short-stalked from posterior angle of cell, 5 from upper angle
of cell to apex, 6 free.

E elated to Paramorpha, but abnormal in facies ; distinguishable
by the short palpi, and especially by the large expansible tuft of
hairs on the hindwings in both sexes.

1. OVst. pterocosmana n. sp.
£ $ . 8"-8£". Head and thorax white, slightly mixed with
ochreous. Palpi white, beneath sharply dark fuscous. Antennae
whitish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish, anal tuft of male ochreous.
Legs whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffusedly
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings very narrow, costa bent
towards apex, hindmargin straight, very oblique; ochreous-
whitish, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous; costal edge
blackish towards base ; five short very oblique cloudy blackish
strigula) on costa between middle and apex, and one still shorter

700 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEItA,

before middle ; a tuft of raised scales beneath costa near base ;
two black dots obliquely placed in disc close to base ; four or five
tufts of raised scales in disc between one-fourth, and middle, each
preceded by a black or dark fuscous dot ; two raised tufts trans-
versely placed in disc beyond middle, preceded by cloudy
blackish dots ; a cloudy interrupted angulated blackish line from
three-fourths of costa to anal angle ; a sharply defined black line
along hindmargin, tending to be interrupted on the veins : cilia
whitish, with two broad indistinct grey lines. Hind wings
whitish-grey or pale grey ; cilia grey-whitish.

Two specimens, taken at Sydney and Melbourne respectively,
in October.

4. CosciNOPTYCiiA n. g.

Thorax smooth. Antennae of male much thickened, dentate,
strongly ciliated, basal joint swollen, of female slender, simple.
Palpi moderate; porrected, second joint roughly haired above
and below towards apex, terminal joint in male concealed, in
female exposed. Posterior tibise smooth above. Forewings
elongate, narrow, costa in male simple, nearly straight, bent
before apex, hindmargin oblique ; surface with tufts of raised
scales, and in male with a membranous longitudinal ridge
towards base. Hindwings broader than forewings, apex
elongate, almost acute. Forewings with veins 7 and 8 separate,
vein 7 running to hindmargin, secondary cell absent, upper basal
fork of vein 1 obsolete. Hindwings with 6 veins, 3 and 4 in
male from a point or short-stalked, in female long-stalked from
posterior angle of cell, 5 from upper angle of cell to apex, 6
free.

This peculiar genus is well defined by the curious swollen
bladder-like ridge on the forewings of male, the strongly dentate
and ciliated antennas of male, the rather short palpi, and the
smooth posterior tibiae ; it is very abnormal in appearance.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 701

1. Cose, iniprobana n. sp.
$ $ . 6£"-7£". Head silvery- white. Palpi white, basal two-
thirds of second joint sharply dark fuscous beneath. Antennae
in male fuscous, basal joint white ; in female whitish. Thorax
white, somewhat mixed with fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Legs
whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi broadly banded
with dark fuscous. Forewings very narrow, costa somewhat
bent close to base and a little before apex, almost sinuate in
middle, hindmargin nearly straight, very oblique; white, in
male with an irregular ochreous-grey suffusion towards margins ;
about seven irregularly placed black linear spots on costa; in
male a raised longitudinal bladder-like membranous ridge,
extending in disc from near base to two-fifths, its costal half
clothed with white scales, dorsal half naked, pellucid, and
shining ; in female this is absent, but there is a small irregular
blackish spot in disc at two-fifths ; a grey cloudy spot on inner
margin at two-fifths, extending half across wing, in male con-
taining a transverse blackish mark, in female obscurely mixed
with blackish ; a rather broad grey transverse central suffusion,
containing in male a short longitudinal black linear jnark near
middle, in female a small roundish black spot and some scattered
black scales; a row of indistinct linear blackish spots along
hindmargin : cilia whitish, suffused with grey, obscurely barred
with darker. Hindwings thinly scaled, whitish, apex greyish-
tinged ; cilia whitish, faintly greyish-tinged round apex.

Of this curious species, which for some time I did not
recognise as belonging to the Tortricim, I have three specimens
(two males and one female), beaten from bushes of Kunzea capitata
near Sydney, in December.

For convenience of reference, a list is here subjoined of the
species described by Walker in the British Museum Catalogues
under the head of Tortricina ; the number given refers to the page
of the Catalogue, and after each species is given its proper generic

/ 02 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

and specific name, as determined in the present and preceding
papers.

Teras retractana, Walk., p. 288= Caccecia postvittana, Walk.,

according to type, but not
by description, which, is un-
identifiable.
,, responsana, Walk., p. 297= Caccecia responsana.
,, postvittana, Walk., p. 297= ,, postvittana.
,, dotatana, Walk., p. 298= ,, postvittana.
,, mersana, Walk., p. 298= Capua sp., but too worn to be

recognisable.

,, scitulana, Walk., p. 298= Cacoecia postvittana.

,, basialbana, Walk., p. 299= ,, postvittana.

,, similana, Walk,, p. 300= Anisogona similana.

,, secretana, Walk., p. 300= Cacoecia postvittana.

,, solana, Walk., p. 300=Dichelia solana.

,, miserana, Walk., p. 301 = Caccecia miserana.

,, canigerana, Walk., p. 301= ,, miserana.

,, immcrsana, Walk., p. 302= Cryptoptila immersana.

,. obliquana, Walk., p. 302= Caccecia obliquana.

,, excess ana, Walk., p. 303= ,, excessana.

,, oblongana, Walk., p. 303= ,, oblongana.

,, inaptana, Walk., p. 304= ,, oblongana.

,, incessana, Walk., p. 304=Arotrophora incessana.

,, spurcatana, Walk., p. 305= Caccecia spurcatana.

,, biguttana, Walk., p. 306= ,, biguttana.

,, conditatia, Walk., p. 306=Pyrgotis conditana.

,, servana, Walk., p. 306 ; type worthless and not identifiable.

,, semiferana, Walk., p. 306= Capua semiferana.

,, priscana, Walk., p. 307, \ types worthless and unrecog-

,, antiquana, Walk., p. 307, ) nisable.

,, congestana, Walk., p. 308. type too worn tc be identified,
perhaps= Cacoecia spurcatana or C. excessana.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 703

Teras maoriana, Walk., p. 308 ; type represented by one un-
recognisable fore wing.
Pandemis secundaria, Walk., p. 310= Caccecia postvittana.

,, mediana, Walk., p. 311 =Anisogona similana.

,, consociana, Walk., p. 311 = Caccecia postvittana.

,, gavisana, Walk., p. 3l2=Pyrgotis gavisana.
Caccecia metaxantlxana, Walk., p. 315= Acroceuthes metaxanthana.

,, chrysophilana, Walk., p. 31 5= Aristocosma chrysophilana,
Batodes jactatana. Walk., p. 317 '= Caccecia jactatana.
Dichelia reversana, Walk., p. 321= ,, postvittana.

,, fcedana, Walk., p. 321= ,, postvittana.

,, sobriana, Walk., p. 322= ,, postvittana.

,, retractana, Walk., p. 322=Dichelia (?) retractana.
Tortrix magnana, Walk., p. 330 =Acropolitis magnana.

>> polygraphana, Walk., p. 330= Caccecia polygraphana.

,, canana, Walk., p. 331= Acropolitis canana.

,, impletana, Walk., p. 331= Thrincophor a impletana.

,, dolosana, Walk., p. 331= Acropolitis dolosana (?).

,, velutinana, Walk., p. 332; type headless and mangled,
probably not belonging to the Tortricina, unrecognisable.

,, signigerana, Walk., p. 332= Acropolitis signigerana.

,, (?) innotatana, Walk., 333; type lost, description un-
identifiable.
Zopkoderus Icetiferanus, Walk., p. 336, belongs to the (Ecophoridce

(Tmeina).
Sciaphila conjunctana, Walk., p. 348= Asthenoptycha conjunctana.

,, disputana, Walk., p. 349=Dichelia disputana.

,, rudisana, Walk., p. 349= Acropolitis signigerana.

,, basiferana, Walk., p. 350 belongs to the Tineidcef 'TineinaJ '.

,, ejectana, Walk., p. 350= Strepsiceros ejectana.

„ absconditana, Walk., p. 351 ; type worn, unidentifiable,
perhaps= Streps, ejectana.

,, debiliana, Walk., p. 351= Caccecia miserana.

,, sidney atia, Walk., p. 352 ; type very worn, unrecognisable

704 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,

Sciaphila inconcisana, Walk., p. 352 ; type worn to pieces, un-
recognisable.

projectana, Walk., p. 352= Acroceuthes metaxantlmna.

comptana, Walk., p. 853= Scolioplecta comptana.
flexivittana, Walk., p. 3033" Caccecia jactatana.

transtrigana, Walk., p. 354= ,, spurcatana.

turbulent ana, Walk., p. 355= ,, spurcatana.

fusiferana, Walk., p. 355 ; type worn, unrecognisable.

detritana, Walk., p. 356; worn, prob.= Capua semiferana.

servilisana, Walk., p. 356 ; mangled, = Strepsiceros ejectana

spoliatana, Walk., p. 356 ; type worn to pieces, uniden-
tifiable.

infimana, Walk., p. 357 ; type very worn, unidentifiable.

saxana, Walk., p. 357 = Strepsiceros ejectana.
Olindia vetustana, Walk., p. 358 ; type doubtfully identifiable,

not recognised.
Concliylis incongruana, Walk., p. 3§3=Heliocosma incongruana.

ligniferana, Walk., p. 363= Strepsiceros ejectana.

divulsana, Walk., p. 364 ; type in fragments, unidenti-
fiable, perhaps=i)^A. fusciceps.

fuscicepsana, Walk., p. 364=DicheIia fusciceps.

iasmaniana, Walk., p. 365= ,, tasmaniana.

notatana, Walk., p. 365, probably belongs to the
GelechidcB (Tineina).

cepsana, Walk., p. 366=Dichelia fusciceps.

humerana, Walk., p. 366= ,, (?) humerana.

(?) amcenana, Walk., p. 3Q>Q=Tortrix amcenana.

vacuana, Walk., p. 3Ql=Cap)ua vacuana.

decisana, Walk., p. 367, belongs to the (Ecophoridce
(Tineina).

mundulana, Walk., p. 668=Dichelia fusciceps.

(?) subfurcatana, Walk., p. 368=Tortrix subfurcatana.

(?) sparsana, Walk., p. 369, belongs to the Bombycina.

plagiatana, Walk., p. 370=Pyrgotis plagiatana.

BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 705

Conchylis leucaniana, Walk., p. 370=Tortrix leucaniana.

,, recusana, Walk., -p. 37 l=Pyrgotis plagiatana.

,, marginana, Walk., p. 371= ,, gavisana.
Pentium trifasciana, Walk., p. 377, belongs to the TineidcefTineinaJ

,, indecretana, Walk., p. 377=Acropolitis signigerana.
Pccdisca immersana, Walk., p. 380= Caccecia post.vittana.

„ lignigerana, Walk., p. 380=Acropolitis lignigerana.

,, confusana, Walk., p. 381= Arotrophora confusana.

,, luciplagana, Walk., p. 38i=Dichelia luciplagana.

,, morosana, Walk., p. 382; type worn and unrecognisable,
probably belongs to Tineidce (Tineina).

,, privatana, Walk., p. 382= Caccecia jactatana.

Grapholita parvulana, Walk., p. 39l=Midemis botrana.

,, extrusana, Walk., p. 391, belongs to the Pyralidina.

,, decolorana, Walk., p. 392,= Capua decolor ana.

,, mutatana, Walk., p. 393=Capua vacuana.

,, perspectana, Walk., p. 393=Holocola perspectana.

Carpocapsa conficitana, Walk., p. 412= St igmonota conficitana.

Tospitis transitana, Walk., p. 430, belongs to Bombycina.

Argua scabra, Walk., p. 448, probably belongs to Geometrina.

Urdba lugens, Walk., p. 448, belongs to Pyralidina.

Teras absumptana, Walk., p. 1780; type lost, description un-
recognisable.

,, punctilineana, Walk., p. 1780 ; type lost, description un-
recognisable.

,, cuneiferana, Walk., p. 17 8Q=Caccecia obliquana.
,, abjectana, Walk., p. 1781 ; type lost, description unrecog-
nisable.

,, pauculana, Walk., p. 1781= Tortrix leucaniana,
,, contractana, Walk.,, p. 1782 ; type lost, description unrecog-
nisable.
,, constrictana, Walk., p. 1785 ; type lost, description un-
recognisable.

706 PLANTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES,

Goboca copiosana, Walk., p. 1805 ; type lost, description unrecog-
nisable.

The following descriptions, erroneously placed by Walker
under various groups, refer truly to species of the Tortricina.
Scopula arcuatalis, ~W aXk.,=Arotrop7wra arcuatalis.
Tinea admotella, Walk., p. 485=Ojpm« semiferana.
Gelechia intactella, Walk., p. 652=Tortri& leucaniana.

„ adreptella, Walk., p. 654i=Paramorpha adreptella.
JEromene transcissella, Walk., p. 17 '62— Arotropliora arcuatalis.

„ apertella Walk., p. V7Q2=Heliocosma incongruana.

ADDENDUM.

Holocola triangulana.

Whilst this paper was passing through, the press, I have bred
the above species from the larva. Larva moderate, cylindrical,
slightly thickest in middle ; whitish-grey, faintly purplish- tinged ;
head and a plate on second segment ochreous-brown : it feeds in
a good deal of web and refuse amongst spun shoots of Acacia
decurrens, (LeguminosceJ. Pupa with a transverse row of small
close oblique spikes on each abdominal segment, stronger
posteriorly; lying free where the larva fed. The larva was
found in August, and the imago emerged early in November.

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