524 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



A. Forewings pale yellow, with blackish 



markings 1 . tasmaniana. 



B. Forewings whitish. 



1. Central fascia straight, oblique . . . .2. tribolana. 



2. Central fascia angulated 5. imbriferana. 



C. Forewings grey, with darker markings ..4. rupicolana. 



D. Forewings dark purplish-fuscous, with 



blackish transverse lines 3. refluana. 



1. Dipt, tasmaniana, Walk. 



fConchylis tasmaniana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 36.5). 



<$ ? . 5"-7". Head and palpi deep yellow. Antenna whitish, 

 annulated with dark fuscous, basal joint yellow. Thorax blackish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs yellowish, anterior and 

 middle tibiee and all tarsi banded with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 subtriangular, costa hardly arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded- 

 pale yellow, tinged with orange towards base ; an indistinct 

 blackish dash on base of inner margin ; a blackish subtriangular 

 patch on costa towards base, its apex reaching two-thirds across 

 wing ; a moderately broad straight blackish fascia from middle 

 of costa to inner margin slightly beyond middle, its edges slightly 

 irregular ; a black dot on costa beyond it ; a blackish hind- 

 marginal band, rather broad on costa, with a blunt projecting 

 tooth above middle, thence attenuated to anal angle, and slenderly 

 produced along inner margin to meet central fascia ; in this band 

 is usually enclosed a yellow dot on costa : cilia yellow, black at 

 apex and anal angle, and suffusedly blackish along base. Hind- 

 wings fuscous-grey, towards apex dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous-grey 

 with a dark fuscous line near base. 



A very distinct species, not liable to be confused with any other. 



Mr. G. H. Eaynor took this species in plenty at Melbourne in 

 gardens, during September and October ; Walker's type is from 

 Tasmania. 



