180 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



65. vl. sphaltica, n.sp. 



5, 17 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous mixed with 

 fuscous, thoracic crest strong, dark fuscous. (Palpi broken.) 

 Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, somewhat 

 dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique; fuscous-wliitish; markings 

 formed by blackish striae irregularly mixed with deep yellow- 

 ochreous and filled up with leaden-grey; a moderate basal patch, 

 outer edge obtusely angulated above middle; an indistinct stria 

 beyond this; central fascia rather broad, little oblique, on lower 

 half subconfluent with a conical praetornal spot so as to appear 

 dilated; a triangular apical patch, its anterior margin running 

 from I of costa to tornus, somewhat broken up towards costa : 

 cilia dark bronzy-fuscous, towards tornus paler-mixed. Hind- 

 wings rather dark fuscous, towards base lighter and somewhat 

 fulvous-tinged; cilia fuscous. 



N.S.W.: Sydney (Manly Beach), in February; one specimen. 

 As the palpi are broken, the generic location is not assured, but 

 probably correct. 



15. Rhomboceros, n.g. 



Antennae in ^ moderately ciliated, basal third much thickened 

 with dense projecting scales above and beneath, serrate. Palpi 

 moderate, porrected, second joint much expanded with long dense 

 projecting scales above and beneath, terminal concealed. Thorax 

 with posterior crest. Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 almost parallel, 6 

 and 7 stalked. 



Differs from C'a2)ua b}' the peculiar antennae. 



66. R. nodicontis, n.sp. 



J". 12 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous mixed 

 with brownish, face dark fuscous. Palpi brownish, internally 

 blackish. Antennae whitish-ochreous, basal thickened portion 

 suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen brownish-ochreous, apical 

 tuft very large, suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate,^ 



