172 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



oblique central fascia, contracted above middle, broader on lower 

 portion and tending to coalesce with an elongate-triangular blotch 

 •extending along posterior | of costa, and a transverse patch rest- 

 ing on termen above tornus; sometimes a slender black longi- 

 tudinal dash crossing middle of central fascia, above which in ^ 

 is sometimes more or less undefined ochreous-brownish suffusion : 

 cilia grey with a blackish line. Hindwings with 6 and 7 usually 

 approximated; fuscous, strigulated with darker, towai'ds apex 

 suffused with darker; cilia grey, with darker subbasal sliade, 

 -sometimes becoming whitish towards dorsum. 



N. S. W. : Blackheath, 3500 feet(Turner)— Vic. : Gisborne(Lyell); 

 in March and April, fifteen specimens. Bred in plenty from spun 

 leaves (phyllodia'?) of Acacia melanoxylon by Mr. Lyell, who sent 

 me a fine series, showing the constancy of the specific characters. 

 The Blackheath specimens seen are only females, a large and fine 

 form, but apparently not distinguishable. 



48. J. dolosana Walk. 



{l^ortrix dolosana Wn\k., Cat. xxviii., 3-31; Acropolitis dolosana 

 Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1881, 435.) 



(J 20-25 mm., 9 24-30 mm. Fore wings with costal fold in J" 

 reaching somewhat beyond J, termen in ^ almost straight, in 9 

 slightly sinuate, hardly oblique, rounded beneath; leaden-grey, 

 very obscurely strigulated with ferruginous-ochreous, with dark 

 ashy-fuscous markings sprinkled with black. Hindwings with 6 

 and 7 stalked, fuscous with distinct (sometimes strong) fulvous 

 tinge, strigulated with darker fuscous. Recognisable by the dark 

 colouring and suff'used markings. 



Vic: Gisborne(Lyell), Melbourne(Raynor) — Tasm : Deloraine 



— S. AusT.: Mount Lofty, Balaklava(Guest); from September to 



December. 



49. A. excelsa, n.sp, 



^. 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey. Abdomen pale 

 grey. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly moderately arched, 

 posteriorly nearly straight, with fold reaching to beyond J, rather 



