278 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



on apical half, ciliations 1^ diminishing to I. Abdomen liglife 

 fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings elongate, posterioily 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, 

 oblique; whitish, variably and irregularly marbled with fuscous 

 or sometimes mostly suffused with fuscous, more or less mixed 

 irregularly with whitish-ochreous or pale yellowish and some- 

 times in disc and towards dorsum with ferruginous; markings 

 rather dark fuscous marked with blackish; basal patch moderate^ 

 outer edge obtusely angulated in middle; central fascia rather 

 broad, oblique, on lower half sometimes obsolete except posterior 

 edge; four or five subquadrate spots on posterior half of costa, 

 two of them sometimes confluent into a blotch; a variable 

 irregular blotch before middle of termen : cilia whitish barred 

 with fuscous, with a fuscous subbasal shade. Hind wings in ^ 

 whitish suflPusedly striated with light grey, in the Gisborne speci- 

 men light grey striated with darker, in ^ gcfy; cilia whitish, 

 with grey subbasal line. 



Vic: Lorne(3 (J's), Gisborne(l (J)(Lyeil)— Ta.sm.: Mount Wel- 

 lington, 3100 feet (3 ^'s); from December to March. This is a 

 variable species, and the fact that the sexes are from different 

 localities introduces a slight element of uncertainty, but there 

 seems no reason to dispute their identity. 



264. S. sulfurosa, n.sp, 



(JQ. 9-12 mm. Head and thorax pale whitish yellow, shoulders 

 narrowly dark grey. Palpi dark reddish-grey, towards apex 

 white. Antennal ciliations of (J 1. Abdomen light grey, anal 

 tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, ratlier narrow, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; pale whitish- 

 yellow; a black dot on base of costa; a small triangular black spot 

 on costa at \, whence a transverse direct line of black specks 

 runs to dorsum, accompanied with two tufts of yellower scales; 

 central fascia and costal patch united to form a rather broad 

 dai'k grey black-mixed fascia beyond middle, considerably ex- 

 panded towards costa; anterior edge marked with a blackish stria, 

 forming a triangular black spot on costa and accompanied by 



