300 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



lb simple, 4 absent, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 absent. 

 Hindwings |, linear, cilia 6 ; transverse vein parth' aljsent, i 

 absent. 



Closely allied to the very large northern genus Coleophora, of 

 which it is a development, differing chiefly in the antennae, which 

 are longer than the forewings instead of shorter. Imago with 

 forewings very elongate lanceolate; in repose the antennje are 

 directed forward as in Coleophora. Larva inhabiting a portable 

 case, within which pupation takes place. 



1. C. galeata, n.sp. 



(^2- "^"13 *^^'i'- Head brown mixed with whitish, with a 

 lateral white streak. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous 

 above. Antennf« white, spotted with brown above. Thorax 

 brown mixed with whitish, shoulders white. Abdomen fuscous- 

 whitish. Legs fuscous, hairs of posterior tibiai whitish, posterior 

 tarsi ringed with white. JFoi'ewings brown, with golden-yellow 

 reflections; a thick costal streak from base to i, and more or less 

 developed usually thick streaks on veins shining white : cilia 

 whitish-fuscous. Hindwings pale grey; cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Sydne}', New South Wales; October to February; ten specimens. 

 Larva on Casicarina suberosa, boring into the twigs in November; 

 case long, slender, formed of several superadded sections of bored 

 twigs of the foodplant. Imago I'etii ed in habits, but occurs at 

 rest on fences. 



2. Batrachedra, Staint. 



Antennte f to almost 1, in (^ simple. Labial palpi long, 

 recurved, second joint with scales more or less angularly project- 

 ing beneath at apex, sometimes with well-developed tuft, terminal 

 joint as long or shorter, somewhat roughened anteriorly, acute. 

 Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Forewings : lb furcate (sometimes 

 obsoletely), 5 absent, 6 and 7 sometimes stalked, 7 to costa, 8 

 absent. Hindwings ^, linear-lanceolate or linear, cilia 5-8; trans- 

 verse vein partly absent, 3 and 4 sometimes absent, 5 and 6 

 stalked or coincident. 



