24 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



ochreous, shoulders mixed with fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs 

 dark fuscous, with numerous whitish-ochreous rings. Forewiugs 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; 4 present, 8 and 9 stalked ; light ochreous- 

 brownish, with irregularly scattered dark fuscous and whitish 

 strigulse and small spots ; costa spotted with blackish-fuscous ; a 

 rather dark fuscous spot beneath costa at ^, and one at ^ of inner 

 margin ; a moderate rather dark fuscous fascia from beyond 

 middle of costa to beyond middle of inner margin ; an irregular 

 band proceeding from costal extremity of this to 5 of disc and 

 thence to costa before apex : cilia fuscous, irregularly barred with 

 dark fuscous and whitish. Hindwings rather dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous- whitish, with dark fuscous cloudy basal line 

 and suffusedly barred with dark fuscous. 



Sydney (South Creek), New South Wales ; one specimen in 

 March. 



65. Scard. celsella, Walk. 



(Tinea celsella, Walk. 482; T. adjunctella, ib. 1006.) 

 9. 20 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous mixed with rather 

 dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax and abdomen rather 

 dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind- 

 margin rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 4 present ; light fuscous, 

 strewn with dark fuscous or blackish scales, tending to form 

 transverse strigulse ; costa paler, spotted with blackish-fuscous ; 

 a small cloudy dark fuscous spot in disc before middle, another on 

 fold beneath middle, and a third larger in disc at f ; a dark 

 fuscous suffusion towards hindmargin : cilia light fuscous mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark purplish-fuscous; cilia 

 fuscous-whitish, ochreous-tinged, with a cloudy fuscous line near 

 base. 



Murrurundi and Newcastle, New South Wales ; two specimens 

 in November. 



66. Scard. jjriniaeva, n.sp. 



^2' 14-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs dark fuscous; palpi more or less mixed with ochreous-whitish; 



