480 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEFTDOPTERA, 



ratlier narrow, slightly dilated, costa gently arched at base, 

 hindmargin very oblique ; light yellowish-ochreous, with a few 

 scattered fuscous scales near inner and hindmargins, and a dark 

 fuscous dot on disc at three-fourths : cilia pale yellowish-ochreous. 

 Hind wings fuscous-grey, posteriorly darker; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, with an indistinct dark grey line near base. 



In form of wing approaching D. montwagana, but hardly as 

 elongate ; distinguished by the unicolorous light ochreous fore- 

 wings, contrasting with the rather dark grey hindwings. 



I have only one male, taken by Mr. Gr. II. Raynor near 

 Melbourne. 



13. Dich. panoplana, n. sp. 



£ $ . 4^"-6J". Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-ochreous 

 mixed with black, thorax black on back. Antenna) ochreous- 

 white, sharply annulated with black. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Legs pale ochreous, anterior and middle tibico dark fuscous, all 

 tarsi dark fuscous with ochreous-white rings at apex of joints. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat con- 

 tracted, costa gently arched towards base, hindmargin very 

 oblicpuely rounded ; pale dull ochreous, more or less mixed with 

 dark reddish-brown in irregular spots and streaks, which coalesce 

 so as to form an oblique fascia from before middle of costa to 

 inner margin at two-thirds, and an irregular patch on costa at 

 three-fourths ; whole surface of wing irregularly strewn with 

 numerous bright leaden-metallic spots, tending to form six or 

 eight curved transverse lines; hindmargin with a row of similar 

 spots : cilia light ochreous towards apex, dark grey towards anal 

 angle. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey with a blackish 

 line near base, extremities whitish towards apex. 



This species appears to vary greatly in size, and in the character 

 and position of the leaden-metallic markings ; but is always 

 recognisable by the presence of theso markings, and the slight 

 posterior narrowing of the forewings. 



