668 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



whitish-ochreous or brownish-ochreous, rather narrowly suffused 

 with, fuscous-grey along inner and hind margins ; costa shortly 

 strigulated with blackish, and with several pale strigulae towards 

 apex, of which the last two or three are faintly produced to 

 hindmargin below apex; some scattered black dots in disc 

 towards base, and sometimes one larger spot at about one-third 

 from base ; a grey- whitish roundish patch on anal angle, margined 

 with faint metallic-grey, and surrounded by a blackish-fuscous 

 suffusion extending to apex ; a slender blackish line along hind- 

 margin : cilia silvery- white in middle, greyish towards anal 

 angle, dark fuscous round apex, with a small white subapical 

 dash. Hindwings in male grey, sometimes ochreous-tinged ; in 

 female fuscous-grey, more strongly ochreous-tinged ; cilia grey. 



Easily recognised by the pale ochreous groundcolour, grey 

 suffusion on inner and hind margins, and the whitish anal 

 patch. 



Rather common amongst low heath-like scrub in some localities 

 round Sydney, probably attached to some species of Sibbertia ; 

 it occurs in November and December, and again in March. 



8. Pal. crepusculana, n. sp. 



^ . 5 \". Head and thorax dark ochreous-brown, abdomen 

 dark grey ; rest as in P. fidana. Forewings in form as in P. 

 fidana ; wholly suffused with dark fuscous-grey, mixed with a few 

 pale ochreous scales. Hindwings dark grey. 



This species appears to be certainly distinct from P. fidana, to 

 which it is nevertheless very closely allied, differing only in 

 the very marked dark general suffusion. In the absence of a 

 series of better specimens, I have merely indicated the species by 

 what appears to be a sufficient diagnosis, as it might prove to be 

 a local form only. 



Two specimens, in rather poor condition, taken by Mr. Gr. H. 

 Raynor at Warragul in Gippsland, Victoria, in December. 



