272 REvisrox of Australian tortricixa, 



with grey towards dorsum; central fascia brown irregularly 

 marked with black, hardly oblique, narrow on costa and dorsal 

 third, irregularly dilated posteriorly in disc, upper portion con- 

 fluent with a patch of dark grey suffusion beneath costa following 

 it and two small dark fuscous costal spots to form a conspicuous 

 dark blotch; an erect brown tornal spot; a ring-shaped brown 

 mark towards termen, connected by a bar with middle of terinen; 

 a small and blackish spot on costa near apex, and one at apex : 

 cilia red-brown sprinkled with whitish and barred with dark grey. 

 Hind wings rather dark fuscous; cilia fuscous- whitish, with dark 

 fuscous subbasal line, and grey apical bar. 



Q.: Cooktown (Meek), Brisbane (Lower); two specimens, in- 

 cluding the type. 



388. A. helicana Meyr. 



{Fenthina helicana Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1881, 

 645). 



Q.: Duaringa (Barnard), Rosewood — N.S.^".: Richmond R. 

 (Masters), Newcastle and Bulli; in September and October. The 

 posterior tibiae of $ are rough-scaled above. 



389. A. operosa, n.sp. 



2. 19-23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, palpi porrected. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly hardly dilated, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, vertical; 

 light iridescent violet-fuscous; costa suffused with liglit brown 

 on anterior half; a hardly oblique rather narrow brown fascia 

 beyond middle, anteriorly suffused, posterior edge defined, angu- 

 lated near costa and below middle, concave between these; poste- 

 rior half of costa with four pairs of ochreous-whitish strigulse, 

 brown between these; a round violet-brown blotch towards termen 

 above middle, anteriorly entered by a projecting bar of ground- 

 colour, posteriorly connected by a bar with termen below middle; 

 some fine scattered black dashes on veins posteriorly : cilia dark 

 violet-fuscous irrorated with whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous, 

 lighter anteriorly; cilia whitish-fuscous, with dark fuscous sub- 

 basal shade. 



New Guinea : Woodlark I. (Meek); two specimens. 



