502 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



middle of inner margin ; a straight narrower fascia from | of costa 

 to anal angle ; a variable fascia from costa before apex to second 

 fascia below middle, sometimes connected with it also by a bar 

 above middle, sometimes extending sufFusedly to apex and hind- 

 margin so as to become marginal : cilia dark fuscous, sometimes 

 mixed with whitish-yellowish towards tips. Hindwings pale 

 ochreous-yellow ; a variable marginal band of dark fuscous irrora- 

 tion from apex to below middle of hindmargin, narrowed down- 

 wards ; cilia as in forewings. 



Sydney (Parramatta), New South Wales; in May, six specimens 

 flying in the early morning sunshine at 6 a.m. I took them on 

 different mornings, but never saw them at any other time of day ; 

 it is an elegant and very distinct species. 



29. Xysm. chi^ysopetala, n.sp, 



^. 12mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi, antennse, and thorax 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath pale yellowish. 

 Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints and posterior pair ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 roundpointed, hindmargin rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 7 

 absent; clear ochreous-yellow; a dark purplish-fuscous streak 

 along basal third of costa, extended at base to inner margin ; 

 apical half beyond a straight line from middle of costa to beyond 

 middle of inner margin wholly dark purplish-fuscous, except a 

 yellow spot on costa at f , and another on inner margin at f : cilia 

 dark purplish-fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark purplish-fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; two specimens on fences in Sep- 

 tember. Also very distinct. 



30. Xysm. hamalitha, n.sp. 



9. 16 mm. Head and antennse white. Palpi white, terminal 

 joint dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish. 

 Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints and posterior pair whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded ; 7 absent ; white, with a few scattered 



