522 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; Ballarat 

 and Warragul, Victoria ; Georges Bay, Tasmania ; Wirrabara, 

 Port Lincoln, and Kangaroo Island, South Australia ; in Septem- 

 ber, October, January and April, rather common. The larva feeds 

 on lichens on rocks. Felder's insect is represented as being from 

 Fiji, but this is not at all probable, and as his localities are 

 frequently erroneous, the record may be neglected until confirmed. 



61. Scard. dictyotis, n.sp. 



^9. 25-31 mm. Differs from australasiella only as follows : 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins and anal tuft light 

 orange. Forewings with nine or ten slender irregular fasciae ; 

 third twice connected with second and fourth, sometimes obsolete 

 except between connections, fourth twice connected with fifth, 

 fifth twice connected with sixth and sometimes confluent with it 

 on margins, sixth connected with seventh below and sometimes 

 above middle, seventh connected with eighth in middle, eighth 

 twice connected with ninth, sometimes interrupted above middle, 

 tenth subapical, often interrupted. 



Perth and Albany, West Australia ; in October and November, 

 rather common. If intermediate forms are discovered in the 

 connecting districts, this and the preceding can be united as 

 geographical forms of the same species ; at present they remain 

 quite distinct, and it seems best to give this form a name. 



62. Scard. inconcisella, Walk. 



(Tinea inconcisella, Walk. 474.) 



(Jj. 14-26 mm. Head and palpi light yellow-ochreous, second 

 joint of palpi externally sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennee 

 fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, partially suffused with deeper 

 ochreous and anteriorly with fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs 

 dark fuscous, apex of joints and hairs of posterior tibiae whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 4 absent ; light 

 ochreous, partially suffused with brownish-ochreous, deeper in ^, 



