486 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



wings ; in the blackish crown of ^ it agrees with A^. sparsellus, 

 in the yellowish tint of the strise with JV. oriclialcias. The fact 

 of the three species appearing to frequent different flowers may 

 not indicate much, as it is possible that these are not the food- 

 plants of the larvse, but are merely frequented by the imagos for 

 their nectar ; they may thenefore be simply selected as the most 

 attractive blossoms in the localities respectively inhabited by the 

 species. 



2. Adela, Latr. 



Head rough-haired, face rather smooth beneath ; ocelli absent ; 

 tongue developed. Antennse in ^ about 3, in 9 about 1|, filiform, 

 often thickened with scales towai-ds base. Labial palpi rather 

 short, porrected, rough-haired. Maxillary palpi absent. Posterior 

 tibi» clothed with long hairs. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 

 7 to costa, 8 and 9 rarely stalked, 11 from J. Hindwings 1, 

 elongate-ovate, cilia | ; sometimes 5 and 6, or 6 and 7 stalked. 



This genus, distinguished from the preceding by the eyes of the 

 (J not being abnormally enlarged, is characteristic of the northern 

 hemisphere, where it attains some development ; whether the 

 single species alleged to be Australian is really so, appears to me 

 at present very doubtful. Besides the species in question, an 

 insect has been figured by Felder (Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxix, 1) under 

 the name of Adela aethiops, from Australia ; it is represented as 

 having blue-black forewings, with three straight parallel blue 

 transverse lines beyond middle, and blackish hindwings ; I believe 

 this figure represents a Neuropterous insect which 1 have seen in 

 Australia ; and not a Lepidopteron at all. 



4. Ad. caeruleella, Walk. 

 (Adela caeruleella, Walk. 502.) 



(J. 13-14 mm. Head reddish-ochreous. Forewings elongat'e ; 

 deep purple, with indigo-blue reflections. Hindwings dark grey. 



I have never seen this species in Australia, neither have any of 

 my correspondents; possibly it is from the northern districts, but 



