470 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



ii. Forewings moderate ; basal patch 

 indicated, 

 f. Hindwings of male yellowish, 



base black . . . . . . 8. solana. 



jf. Hindwings of male wholly 



dark grey 11. hyperetana. 



1. Dich. luciplagana, Walk. 



(Padisca luciplagana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 381). 



<J $ . 82-"- 9". Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior tibise dark 

 fuscous, anterior and middle tarsi dark fuscous towards base of 

 joints. Fore wings elongate, moderately broad, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa arched at base, apex rather produced, hindmargin sinuate, 

 oblique ; whitish-ochreous, finely strigulated and sometimes 

 suffused with darker ; inner margin narrowly suffused with dark 

 fuscous ; a moderately broad dark fuscous or dark reddish-fuscous 

 outwardly oblique streak from costa at one-third, and a similar 

 inwardly oblique streak from costa at two-thirds, uniting on disc 

 below middle so as to form a triangle which encloses a semi-oval 

 white or pale ochreous patch ; a cloudy suffused semi-oval fuscous 

 blotch along hindmargin from apex to anal angle ; all these 

 markings are sometimes very faint : cilia dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings whitish, towards apex faintly tinged with ochreous, and 

 strongly spotted with grey towards inner margin ; cilia whitish. 



A distinct and peculiar species, apparently allied to D. isoscelana; 

 it varies much in depth of colouring. 



I took three specimens (one male, and two females) amongst 

 forest growth near Dunedin, New Zealand, in January. Walker's 

 type is from Auckland. 



2. Dich. isoscelana, n. sp. 



$ . 8"-8£". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous ; thorax 

 crested. Antenna) brownish-ochreous, annulated with dark 



