518 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



straight beneath, apex ; pale ochreous, in female sometimes pale 

 reddish-ochreous, often slightly darker between the veins 

 posteriorly ; a few irregularly strewn black scales ; generally a 

 rather more conspicuous black clot on disc beyond middle, usually 

 preceded by a short longitudinal cloudy-grey streak above middle : 

 cilia pale ochreous, extremities whitish. Hindwings whitish, 

 posteriorly greyish-tinged ; cilia whitish. 



Distinguishable from all its allies except T. glaphjrana female, 

 by the unicolorous pale ochreous forewings ; the male is much 

 broader-winged than T. glaphyrana female, and even in the female 

 the forewings are comparatively less elongate, but the females of 

 the two species are in some cases hardly separable, except by 

 the presence of a few scattered blackish scales in T. leucaniana ; 

 the males are widely different. 



Appears to be generally common in New Zealand, in grassy 

 places ; I found it abundantly near Hamilton and Cambridge, on 

 the "Waikato, and also at Auckland and Wellington, in December 

 and January. 



10. Tort, centurionana, n. sp. 



<$ 11", $ 12A"-13". Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-grey, 

 densely irrorated with dark grey. Antenna) dark fuscous, in 

 male strongly ciliated. Abdomen pale grey or ochreous-grey. 

 Legs grey- whitish, anterior and middle tibia? and tarsi suffused 

 with fuscous-grey. Forewings elongate, in female very elongate, 

 costa rather strongly arched, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 

 pale reddish-ochreous, darker and with rows of scattered black 

 scales between the veins ; dorsal half of wing, a narrow cloudy 

 streak from base to two-thirds of disc above middle, and a slender 

 streak along costa from one-third to apex suffused \vith fuscous- 

 grey ; cilia white, mixed with grey, with a grey line near base. 

 Hindwings whitish-grey, slightly darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish 

 with a faint grey line near base. 



