282 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



411. ^. j)hylJodes Jjow. 



{Diptprina phylJodcx Low., Proc. Linn. Hov. N. 8. AVales, 1899, 

 93). 



(J9. 15-17 mm. Forewings witli tenuen slightly sinuate; varies 

 a good deal in extent of blac-k marking, in one specimen a broad 

 median longitudinal band of blackish suftusion, edged beneath in 

 middle with a white suffused spot. 



Q.: Brisbane (Turner); from November to January. Recoo-nis- 

 able from all other Australian species except A. ekeodes by the 

 green colouring. The size given by Lower (10-12 mm.) is erro- 

 neous. 



412. A. mithologa, n.sp. 



9. 16-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax deep orange, palpi 

 porrected Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, some- 

 what oblique; glossy indigo-blue-blackisli; base deep orange; a 

 rather narrow deep orange terminal fascia, widest on costa, 

 narrowed to tornus : (;ilia orange, beneath tornus blue-blackish. 

 Hindwings orange; a broad blackish terminal fascia, narrowed to 

 toi'iius; cilia blackish, on dorsum oi-ange. 



Solomon Is.: Choiseul, New Georgia (Meek); three specimens. 



413. A. poetica Meyr. 



{Argyroploce jjoetica Meyr., Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xix., 

 437; Eucosma mosaica ib. xviii., 139 (prfeocc). 



(J5. 19-20 mm. Palpi ascending. Posterior tibife without 

 tuft. Forewings brownish-ochreous; markings shining blue-grey, 

 finely edged with whitish; a broad patch occujaying costal | 

 towards base, sending a thick curved streak from beneath costa 

 before middle through disc, nearly reaching a round subterminal 

 spot beneath apex, its upper edge broken by a small daik-brown 

 spot in middle of curve; a short thick oblique streak from middle 

 of costa, followed by some blackish suffusion; sevex-al costal dots 

 and a subcostal dot above subapical spot; a broad dark brown 

 streak occupying dorsal fourth towards base and continued follow- 

 ing margin of grey marking above it to terinen, where it is 



