BY IC. MKVHK'K. 287 



420. L. pomonella Linn. 



{Carpocapsa pomononella Linn., Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. 

 Wales, 1881, 657). 



Q.: Brisbane (Turner) — N.S.W.: Broken Hill (Lower) — Vic: 

 Melbourne — Tasm.: Hobart -8.A.: Adelaide; from August to 

 March. The larva of this notorious pest feed.s in apples, and 

 occasionally in other fruits; it probably occui'S in Australia wliere- 

 ever apple-trees are planted, but some of the above i-ecords may 

 be of specimens bred from apples in shops, with which it is readily 

 introduced. The species is of European origin, but occurs now 

 wherever apples are grown throughout the world. 



421, L. metalJocosma Low. 



{Tortrix metallocostna Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1 901, 

 670). 



Q.: Townsville (Dodd); in October. Larva feeds in stems of 

 Loranthus ( Loranthacerp ), a large gall forming round each, which 

 splits open at the upper end in time for the moths to emerge; 

 many on one stem, often only an inch or two apart (Dodd). 



422. L. aulacodes Low. 



{Leptarthva aidacodes Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S Austr. 1902, 

 253). 



Q. : Townsville (Dodd); in October. Larva feeds in stems of 

 Loranthus, but without making a gall (Dodd). 



423. L. tephra'<i, n.sp. 



(J. 10- 12 mm. Head and thorax greyish-ochreous, head some- 

 times whitish-tinged. Palpi whitish, tinged with greyish-ochreous 

 towards base. Posterior tibiie rather short, above with dense 

 expansible tuft of long ochreous-gi*ey-whitish hairs. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique; greyish-ochreous 

 suffusedly mixed with fuscous, irrorated with whitish points; 

 costa strigulaterl with dark fuscous; three oblique blue leaden 

 strigfv from costa posteriorly; ocellus margined laterally with 

 leadcii-uH'tallic, and containing three black longitudinal marks ; 

 cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish, with dark fuscous subbasal 



