BY E. MEYRICK. 493 



at ^ ; a spot on costa beyond middle, and a smaller one at | ; a 

 small spot on inner margin at | ; a narrow fascia from i of costa 

 to anal angle ; a small mark at apex, and one or two dots on 

 hindmargin below it. Hindwings dark fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; I liave described the type in the 

 British Museum, which is the only specimen I have seen ; I have 

 not been able to examine it accurately for structure, but have 

 little doubt of its position, though it might be a Lepidoscia. 



d. Xysin. Frauenfeldi, Scott. 

 (Oecobia Fraiienfeldi, Scott, Anstr. Lep. 27, pi. ix.) 

 5. 18 mm. Forewings elongate, ))urp]ish-black ; about eleven 

 white spots irregularly scattered throughout. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales. Larva blackish, head and segments 

 2-4 testaceous spotted with brown ; feeds on Euccdyptus ; case 

 cylindrical, formed of silk covered with small twigs placed 

 longitudinally. T have not seen this species ; a single specimen 

 was bred by Scott, and the above account is taken from him. 



10. Xijiiin. stellaris, n.sp. 



§. 20 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; 7 absent; dark fuscous; 

 numei'ous small scattered well-defined white spots, on anterior half 

 })artially coalescing to form transverse marks or incomplete slender 

 fasciis; a more conspicuous transverse white spot on middle of 

 inner margin : cilia fuscous, basal half dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; one specimen received from Mr. G. H. 

 Ray nor. The number of spots is much greater than in the 

 preceding species, especially in the posterior half of wing. 



11. Xysm. maurella, Walk. 

 (Tinea maiirella, Walk. 483). 

 5. 24-26 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs dark fuscous ; palpi with scales of second joint forming a 



