BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 99 



whitish, tarsi ringed with whitish. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin obliquly rounded, narrower than hindwings; dark 

 fuscous; three obscure equidistant blackish marks, placed longi- 

 tudinally, slightly above middle of wing; an elongate blackish 

 mark along fold at i from base, followed by a similar less distinct 

 mark above and before anal angle; costa more or less spotted 

 throughout with blackish ; a fine obscure blackish line around 

 apex : cilia greyish, with a distinct median line of blackish scales, 

 becoming obsolete towards anal angle. Hindwings with termen 

 sinuate beneath apex, apex hardly pointed; greyish, thinly scaled; 

 cilia greyish, with a fuscous tooth at apex. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; five specimens bred during October and 

 November, from spun-up shoots of Dodoncea sp. (Native Hop). 



An obscure little species. 



Gelechia desmatra, Lower. 

 (Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. 1897, p. 56.) 



Recent captures of this species prove it to be identical with 

 Gelechia zygosema, Meyr., MSS.; Mr. Meyrick informs me, however, 

 that his name has not been published, consequently the name 

 desmatra must be adopted for the species. My type is evidently a 

 faded specimen; in the description the colour is given as whitish, 

 whereas it should be yellow, as the series before me are all of that 

 coloui\ I exceedingly regret the confusion. 



Gelechia decaspila, n sp. 



5. 12 mm. Head, thorax, antennte and palpi pale ochreous. 

 Abdomen and legs greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex somewhat pointed, hind- 

 margin very oblique; pale ochreous; markings black; a very small 

 spot on costa at base; three small spots, first on costa beyond \; 

 second in middle of wing, obliquely below and beyond; third 

 obliquely below and beyond second, not very near inner margin; 

 an elongate mark on costa before middle; a second, similar but 



