660 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



not dilated, costa slightly arched, hindmargin sinuate, oblique ; 

 whitish, more or less ochreous-tinged, especially in female, with 

 coarse irregular scattered blackish-grey strigula) ; costa with fine 

 oblique blackish-grey strigula), and four small dark ochreous- 

 grey spots towards apex ; basal patch dark ochreous-grey 

 strigulated with whitish, in female obsolete above middle, its 

 outer edge extending from costa at one-fourth to inner margin 

 beyond one-third, very obtusely angulated about middle ; central 

 fascia dark ochreous-grey, ill-defined, oblique, running from 

 middle of costa to inner margin before anal angle, slender towards 

 costa, rather broader beneath, containing a short longitudinal 

 black mark near inner margin, above which is often a small 

 silvery spot ; beyond central fascia the wing is more or less 

 suffused with ochreous-grey, except on a partially whitisb, strongly 

 silvery-margined, oval patch on anal angle, extending about half 

 across wing, and containing near its posterior edge three black 

 dots; above this patch is sometimes a blackish mark towards apex: 

 cilia silvery-white, mixed with ochreous-grey points, and becom- 

 ing dark grey towards apex. Hindwings rather thinly scaled, 

 fuscous-grey ; cilia silvery-white, with a dark grey line near base 

 and a faint grey central line. 



A dull-looking species, but not closely resembling any other. 



Common near cultivated ground, and also comes freely to light ; 

 occurs round Sydney, Parramatta, and Morpeth, New South 

 Wales, and at Melbourne, from December to March, and in July ; 

 I have also received it from the district of Duaringa, in Queens- 

 land. Prof. Zeller informs me that the larva feeds on AWiea 

 and Lavatera (Malvacecr), with either of which it may have 

 been introduced. 



13. PaljEobia, n. g. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male ciliated. Palpi moderate, 

 porrected, second joint with a long dense tuft of hairs beneath 

 towards apex, terminal joint concealed. Posterior tibiae fringed 



