BY E. MEYRICK. 515 



hairs. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 7 and 8 sometimes stalked, 

 7 to costa or apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia I ; 5 and 6 sometimes stalked. 



At present i-estricted to the three following species ; it indicates 

 rather accurately the connecting link between the Tinea and 

 Xysmatodoma groups. 



1. Head wholly white ; forewings narrow 2. 



Forehead grey; forewings not narrow 52. palustris. 



2. Margins of white median streak indented in 



middle 53. castella. 



Margins of white median streak not indented 



in middle 54. isomacra. 



52. lies, palustris, n.sp. 



^<^. 14-18 mm. Head white, hairs of forehead mixed with 

 grey. Palpi dark grey, beneath white. Antennae grey. Thorax 

 pale brownish-ochreous, shoulders sprinkled with white. Abdo- 

 men grey. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair grey-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex roundpointed, 

 hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 separate ; light 

 brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous; a moderately broad 

 cloudy irregular white subcostal streak from base to |-, thence 

 bent upwards to costa at i, lower edge indented by ochreous- 

 brown round dots at ^, ?, and | ; a cloudy white submarginal or 

 marginal suffusion from apex to above anal angle : cilia pale 

 brownish-ochreous, somewhat mixed with whitish. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Deloraine, Tasmania ; in October 

 and November, taken commonly in swampy places. 



53. Mes. castella, Walk. 

 (Prays castella, Walk. 541.) 



^2- 21-24 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, above 

 dark fuscous. Antennae dark grey, mixed with white. Abdomen 

 grey, sides and segmental margins white. Legs dark fuscous, 



