488 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



hindmargiii obliquely rounded ; purple-blackish ; markings bright 

 orange ; a moderate rather irregular fascia at ;^ ; a spot on inner 

 margin at § ; a moderate slightly sinuate fascia from middle of 

 costa to anal angle ; a moderate outwards-curved fascia from | of 

 costa to middle of hind margin : cilia deep indigo-blue. Hindwings 

 purple-blackish ; a moderate orange fascia near base ; a moderate 

 orange fascia from beneath costa at i to hindmargin below middle, 

 upper extremity attenuated ; cilia deep indigo-blue. 



6. Sent. oppositeJla, Walk. 

 (Sentica oppositeUa, Walk. o07 ; Oecinea Felderi, Scott, Austr. 

 Lep. 29, pi. IX. ; ? Lampronia discistrigella, Walk. 487.) 



X. 14 mm. Forewings dark purplish-fuscous ; numei'ous small 

 golden dots towards inner and hindmargin ; a golden spot on 

 middle of costa, and another on costa before apex, flindwings 

 dark fuscous, with a golden discal patch extending to base. 



Q. 15-19 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs black ; antennae ringed with whitish ; base of first tarsal 

 joint white ; anal tuft ochreous-yellowish. Forewings oblong- 

 triangular, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 rounded, little oblique ; black, with slight blue-green reflections ; 

 markings snow-white ; a narrow fascia near base, not reaching 

 inner margin ; a second at ^, somewhat angulated in middle, 

 interrupted below middle ; several variable dots below middle of 

 disc ; three spots forming a curved series from % of costa to J of 

 inner margin ; four others forming a curved submarginal series 

 from I of costa to anal angle : cilia indigo-blue, with white dots 

 at apex and anal angle and sometimes above and below middle. 

 Hindwings very dark purplisli-bronze, towards anal angle blue- 

 greenish-tinged ; three or four variable snow-white dots towards 

 anal angle ; cilia indigo-blue. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; fiom November to Januaiy, 

 common. Larva 16-legged, blackish ; head and segments 2-4 

 yellowish-brown : feeds on lichens, grass, &c., in a portable case ; 



