2^4 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



think it should be kept separate; T. conditana is much larger, 

 22-25 mm., very variable, in some forms very dissimilar, darker- 

 coloured and fasciated; pale specimens in which tlie normal 

 markings are obsolete certainl}'- approximate, but the hind wings 

 are always more or less spotted with grey. 



157. T. xylodus, n.sp. 



(^.17-23 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes 

 brownish-tinged, usually more or less wholly tinged or suflFused 

 with fuscous, tliorax with a more or less marked dark fuscous 

 transverse bar before middle. Palpi whitish-ochreous irrorated 

 with fu&cousor dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1|^. Abdomen 

 pale greyisli-ochreoMs mixed with grey. Forewiugs suboblong, 

 costa anteriorly moderately arched, posteriorly straight, costal fold 

 narrow, reaching to near middle, somewhat dilated with dimin- 

 isliing scales on postei'ior |^, apex obtuse, termeii almost straight, 

 little oblique, rounded beneatli; whitish-ochreous to brownish- 

 ochreous, sometimes more or less irrorated with fuscous, on 

 maigins and towards termen striyulated with dark fuscous or 

 blockish; basal patch brownish, with a few blackish strigulse, 

 outer edge above middle with an irregular acute angular projec- 

 tion more or less edged with black strigulte; central fascia 

 brownish or fuscous, oblique, upper half rather narrow, well- 

 defined and more or less marked with black, with an acute 

 angular projection on posterior edj^e above middle, lower half 

 more or less suflFused and in<listinct, posteriorly confluent with 

 an irregular patch extending over tornus and lower | of termen; 

 costal patch brownish or fuscous, very elongate and narrow, 

 exte ding along costa from middle to near apex, sometimes 

 suffused with upper part of central fascia into a laige triangular 

 blotch, which in one specimen is dark fuscous : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, sometimes partially brownisii-tiiiged, with an inter- 

 rupted dark grey subbasal line. Hindwings light gvey, spotted 

 with darker, wliitish along costa and sometimes somewhat 

 suffused with whitish towards dorsum; cilia whitish, with some- 

 what interrupted dark grey subbasal line. 



