520 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



"whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderately broad, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rather obliquely 

 rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous ; markings rather dark fuscous, 

 irregularly margined with darker ; a rather broad irregular basal 

 fascia, including one or two pale spots ; -a moderate fascia from ^ 

 of costa to 5 of inner margin, posterior edge irregularly dilated 

 towards middle; a small spot on costa beyond this, and sometimes 

 one or two strigulee in disc ; an irregular fascia from f of costa, 

 broadly dilated downwards to inner margin, where it extends 

 from ? to anal angle, and contains two or three pale spots or 

 strigulse; a spot on costa beyond this, its apex sometimes connected 

 with it ; an irregular apical blotch, containing three or four pale 

 spots, and connected by a bar with preceding fascia below middle : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, sharply barred with dark fuscous, and with 

 a dark fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; 

 cilia fuscous somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous. 



Duaringa, Queensland; Bathurst, New South Wales; in March, 

 ten specimens. The markings are rather variable, but the species 

 is easy to recognise. 



12. ScARDiA, Tr. 



Head densely rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue short. 

 Antennse |-f, joints closely set, serrate, in ^ pubescent, basal joint 

 with pecten. Labial palpi rather long, curved, ascending, second 

 joint with dense rough scales beneath more or less tufted in front, 

 with several apical bristles, terminal joint rather long or moderate, 

 shortly rough-scaled in front or more or less dilated with rough 

 scales, obtuse or somewhat pointed. Maxillary palpi moderate or 

 rather short, porrected, loosely scaled. Thorax sometimes wdth 

 posterior crest. Posterior tibise rough-haired. Forewings with 

 vein 1 furcate, 4 sometimes absent, 7 to costa, 8 and 9 sometimes 

 stalked, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, 

 cilia |-| ; veins tolerably parallel. 



A genus of few species, including several in Europe and North 

 America besides the Australian. The larvse are not case-bearers. 



