396 REVISI6N OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, VI., 



254. MlCTODOCA TOXEUTA. 



Mictodoca toxeuta, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1891, 

 p.661. 



Palpi 4. Forewings with neuration as given, without varia- 

 tion (4 examples). 



N.S.W.: Newcastle, Sydney, in April and May. — Tas.: Kelso. 



(Jen. 84. Conosara. 



Conosara, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1891, p. 660. 



Face with projecting cone of scales. Tongue well-developed. 

 Palpi long, porrect, densely rough-haired; terminal joint moder- 

 ately long, smooth. Antenna? of £ bipectinate to apex. Thorax 

 with a posterior crest; beneath hairy. Femora smooth; posterior 

 tibise of fi moderately dilated, with internal groove and tuft. 

 Forewings in £ without fovea; 10 and 1 1 arising separately from 

 cell and free, or rarely 10 out of 9 near base (Meyrick). Hind- 

 wings normal. 



Probably allied to Chlenias. 



255. Conosara casta neat a. 



Conosara castaueata, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1891 , 

 p.660. 



Palpi 4; second joint very long, densely rough-haired above 

 and beneath; terminal joint £, tolerably acute. Forewings with 

 10 and 11 arising separately from cell and free (2,^). 



Tas.: Hobart. 



256. Conosara pammicta, n.sp. 

 7T(/.//.//.tK-T05, all-blended. 

 (J. 34 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi 2, terminal joint i, 

 obtuse; dark fuscous. Antennae dark grey; pectinations in g 3. 

 Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fuscous ; 

 tibia? and tarsi annulated with whitish; posterior pair mostly 

 whitish. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen bowed, oblique; 10 and 11 arising separately 

 from cell, 10 connected by a bar with 9 (l^); pale brown, closely 

 strigulated with dark fuscous, in places irrorated with whitish; 

 markings dark fuscous; dentate transverse lines at \ and middle, 

 precede 1 and followed hy some whitish irroration; a discal spot 





