334 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA^ 



Q.: Duai'inga, Caloundra, and Brisbane: in August, September, 

 December, February-April. 



Macrobathra bigerella. 



Gelechia bigerella Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xxix., p. 644. 

 Macrobathra crymalea Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 188f), p.816. 



Q.: Brisbane, Toowoomba. — S.A.: Port Lincoln. 



Macrobathra myriophthalma. 



Macrobathra myriophthalma Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, 1885, p.822. 



Q.: Brisbane, Toowoomba.— N.S.W. : Sydney.— Vic. : Mel- 

 bourne. 



The larva feeds on various species of Acacia. Mr. Meyriek 

 records it from A. puhescens. I have found it on A. deacrrens 

 and A. complanata. 



Macrobathra xuthocoma. 



Macrobathra xuthocoma Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1885, p.813. 



Q.: Brisbane.— N.S.W. : Sydney.— Vic. : Melbourne. I have 

 found the larva on Acacia penninervis. 



Macrobathra callispila, n.sp. 

 KaAXirr7riAo5, prettily spotted. 

 9. 17 ram. Head ochreous-grey, back of crown blackish; face 

 whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous- whitish ; a slight fuscous 

 suffusion towards apex of second joint, terminal joint fuscous. 

 Antennae blackish annulated with wliite. Thorax blackish; 

 patagia, except at base, whitish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 brown, terminal half irrorated with dark fuscous. Legs blackish, 

 with whitish-ochreous annulations, which are specially broad on 

 the posterior pair. Forewings blackish, with one fascia and 

 three spots whitish-ochreous; fascia evenly broad, from \ costa 

 to \ dorsum; a small spot on midcosta; a large, triangular, sub- 

 apical, costal spot ; a large, triangular spot on tornus ; cilia 

 blackish, on tornal spot whitish-ochreous. Hindwings dark fus- 



