696 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN HICRO-LETIDOPTERA, 



whitish, along base ochreous, extremities and a line before middle 

 blackish, broadly interrupted below apex and beneath middle of 

 ' hindmargin with whitish ; cilia in female similar, but ochreous 

 replaced by orange, and there is a dark ferruginous spot at apex, 

 and an orange spot at anal angle. Hindwings in male pale grey, 

 in female whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 



In general appearance recalling the European Conchy! is 

 straminea, Hw. ; the dissimilarity of the sexes is so singular 

 that I long accounted them as distinct species. 



The larva lives in a portable case composed of fragments of 

 petals of the flowers on which it feeds, adding fresh pieces 

 towards the mouth as it grows ; these are at first white, but 

 quickly become withered, and the whole case has a ragged 

 appearance ; the larva feeds on flowers of Lysinema pungcns and 

 Epacris sp. (Epacri&ccn) in August ; from those found an imago 

 was bred in October. 



A common species, occurring round Sydney, and at Blackheath 

 on the Blue Mountains, and also at Melbourne, in dry sandy scrub 

 amongst its foodplants, from October to March. 



(Note. — Conchyik diemeniana, Z., Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. 1877, 

 138, if correctly referred to this family, would probably belong 

 to HeUocosma ; but I am inclined to doubt whether the species is 

 referable to this neighbourhood at all ; I have not however seen 

 a specimen, nor does the description come near any of the Tortri- 

 cina known to me. Zeller's description is taken from a single 

 female type from Tasmania, without palpi, and the neuration 

 does not seem to have been made out ; it is therefore impossible 

 to quote the species under any generic head, but it is very unlikely 

 to be a true ConchyUs. It may be briefly described as slaty- 

 fuscous, with the head, thorax, and basal third of forewings pale 



yellow.) 



2. Paramorttia, n. g. 



Thorax smooth. Antenna) of male strongly ciliated. Palpi 



very long, straight, porrected, second joint roughly haired, 



