316 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



this an irregular elongate black submedian patch, containing a 

 silvery-white anterior speck and two posterior subconfluent 

 golden-metallic spots; a triangular whitish postmedian dorsal spot 

 nearly reaching costa, edged with fuscous suffusion ; an inwardly 

 oblique whitish streak from costa before apex, not reaching 

 dorsum, strongly fuscous-edged anteriorly ; a fuscous streak along 

 termen : cilia fuscous, on costa partly whitish. Hind wings dark 

 fuscous; cilia fuscous. 



Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; in Septem- 

 ber and October, eight specimens. 



10. Stathmopoda, Staint. 



Antennae |, in ^ with ver}' long fine ciliations (4-5). Labial 

 palpi very long, recurved, second joint smooth-scaled, terminal as 

 long, acute. Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Forewings: lb furcate, 

 2 and 3 sometimes partially obsolete, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. 

 Hindwings |^-|, elongate-lanceolate, cilia 4-6; transverse vein absent 

 between 5 and 6. 



Numerously represented in Australia and New Zealand, but 

 apparently little prominent in other regions, its distribution being 

 similar to that of Batrachedra. Imago with forewings narrow, 

 broadest near base, long-pointed; in repose the posterior legs are 

 commonly erected more or less perpendicularly over the back, 

 sometimes projecting between the anterior and middle pairs, the 

 tarsi often bent more sideways, but in some species the insect 

 does not always assume this posture, and sometimes does it with 

 one leg only. The partial obsolescence of veins 2 and 3 is a 

 variable charactei-, appearing first at the base of the veins, some- 

 times the extreme tips only remaining. The labial palpi are 

 usually more widel}' divergent than in other groups of the family. 

 Although many of the species are plentiful, the larvae have mostly 

 eluded discovery ; those known feed in galls or fruits, and 

 probably many of the Australian species are attached to Acacia. 



1. Autenn;e sharply liiiged "ith (laik fuscous 2. 



Antennaj not sharply dark-ringed 5. 



