272 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



ciliations 2. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, tennen rather bowed, little oblique; dark fuscous, 

 irregularly marked and striated with darker; basal patch contain- 

 ing two or three blue-metallic striae, its edge marked by a strong 

 curved dark fuscous stria, followed by two pairs of subconfluent 

 blue-metallic striae; disc beyond this strewn with scattered pale 

 bluish hairscales; a dark bronzy-fuscous streak from § of costa to 

 termen above tornus, preceded by a pair of lighter striae becom- 

 ing gradually violet-blue-metallic downwards, and followed by a 

 violet-blue-metallic stria, confluent beneath with a similar sub- 

 marginal stria; a light ochreous streak runs round npex, sometimes 

 nearly obsolete : cilia fuscous, with interrupted dark fuscous 

 subbasal shade. Hindwings dark fuscous irregularly striated 

 with darker, base of scales pale; along lower half of termen a 

 suffused blackish patch, irregularly marked on marginal portion 

 with violet-golden-metallic and on inner portion with liyht 

 ochreous-yellowish; cilia fuscous, with blackish-fuscous subbasal 

 shade, mixed with pale golden-metallic on terminal patch. 



Q.: Cairns(Dodd); in October and April, six specimens. A. 

 very curious species, but C. catenata forms a clear connecting 

 link with normal forms. 



253. C. catenata, n.sp. 



(J. 15 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi rather long, 

 fuscous, second joint with a longitudinal ochreous-orange stripe. 

 Antennaj detitate, ciliations 1. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft 

 yellowish. Forewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, somewhat oblique; 

 rather dark purplish-fuscous, with scattered dark feiruginous- 

 brown strigulse; costa strigulated with dark ferruginous-brown, 

 costal edge whitish between these; edge of basal patch dark 

 ferruginous-brown, obtusely angulated above and in middle; 

 central fascia very narrow, dark ferruginous-brown, angulated 

 and twice interrupted in disc, dorsal section somewhat broader; a 

 dark ferruginous-brown streak from § of costa to middle of ter- 

 men; apical area beyond this striated with leaden-metallic andi 



