504 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



32. Xysm. cataphracta, n.sp. 



^9. 15-17 mm. Head white. Palpi; antennse, and thorax 

 dark fuscou.s. Abdomen pale grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of 

 joints and posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 absent ; white ; markings dark fuscous ; a narrow 

 basal mark, somewhat produced along costa ; three slender some- 

 what irregular fasciae ; first at ^, not reaching costa ; second from 

 before middle of costa to middle of inner margin ; third from § 

 of costa to anal angle ; a dot on inner margin before third fascia ; 

 a short transverse mark from costa before apex ; a slender streak 

 along hindmargin from apex to near anal angle : cilia white, base 

 dark fuscous opposite wing- markings. Hind wings in- ,^ whitish- 

 grey, in 2 grey ', cilia whitish. 



Hobart, Tasmania ; Adelaide, South Australia ; in October and 

 December, two specimens. The markings are more slender than 

 in any of the allied species. 



33. Xysm. characota, n.sp. 



(J. 13-15 mm. Head white. Palpi, antennae, and thorax dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, apex of 

 joints and posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; white ; markings dark fuscous ; a 

 narrow basal mark, somewhat produced along costa ; an erect 

 fascia-like mark from inner margin at \, reaching more than half 

 across wing; a moderate fascia from before middle of costa to 

 beyond middle of inner margin ; a slightly inwards-angulated 

 fascia from § of costa to anal angle, where it coalesces with a 

 slender submarginal fascia from costa before apex ; sometimes 

 some dark fuscous scales on hindmargin : cilia white. Hindwings 

 whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales ; Mel- 

 bourne, Victoria ; in February and April, three specimens. 



