BY E. MEVRICK. 503 



t'uscons or dark fuscous scales ; markings fuscous mixed with dark 

 fuscous ; a small spot on base of costa ; a small ill-defined spot in 

 disc near base ; a moderate fascia from I of costa to middle of 

 inner margin, slightly angulated in middle; a rather irregular fascia 

 from I of costa to anal angle; a wedge-shaped spot on costa before 

 apex ; an elongate spot on hindmargin below apex : cilia white, 

 opposite wing-markings fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey, basal third rather dark fuscous. 



Toowoomba (3000 feet), Queensland ; Mount Lofty (2000 feet), 

 South Australia ; two specimens amongst rocks. 



31. Xysm. basiferana, Walk. 



(SciaphilQ, basiferana, Walk. 350.) 



(JQ. 12-15 mm. Head white. Palpi and antennae dark fuscous. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, posterior extremity white. Abdomen grey, 

 anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints and 

 posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa rather strongly 

 arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; 7 absent ; white ; markings blackish-fuscous ; a narrow 

 basal mark, somewhat produced along costa ; a rather narrow 

 fascia from g of costa to middle of inner margin ; a fascia from 

 about I of costa to anal angle, furcate at both extremities, upper 

 anterior fork sometimes obsolete ; a series of small spots along 

 hindmargin and apical part of costa : cilia white, base marked 

 with dark fuscous opposite wing-markings. Hindwings pale grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; bred rather freely in September 

 and October. Larva 16-legged, stout, legs long, head small; 

 whitish-grey ; head and 2nd segment black, 3rd segment with a 

 narrow dark grey transverse plate : feeds in a portable case on 

 lichens on damp rocks and fences, in August and September : 

 case cylindrico-conical, broadest at J above mouth, finely granu- 

 lated, whitish-green-grey ; mouth very oblique, apex rather bluntly 

 flattened. 



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