BY E. MEYRICK. 529 



with dark fuscous, and with two dark fuscous lines. Hindwings 

 light grey ; cilia whitish-grey, more whitish terminally. 



Glen Innes (3500 feet), Bathurst, Sydney, and Cooma (3000 

 feet), New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Georges Bay and 

 Hobart, Tasmania, Wirrabara and Mount Lofty, South Australia ; 

 York and Albany, West Australia; also throughout New Zealand : 

 from September to May, common everywhere, but usually near 

 dwellings, often at lamps. 



71. Blah, ferruginella, Hb. 



(Tinea ferruginella, Hb. ; Blabophanes ferruginella, Meyr., 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 97.;) 



(J9. 10-13 mm. Head ferruginons-ochreous. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, with broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe. Forewings 

 dark fuscous ; costal and posterior areas coarsely strigulated with 

 whitish-ochreous ; a whitish-ochreous or pale ochreous irregular- 

 edged dorsal streak from near base to anal angle ; a large trans- 

 parent ochreous-whitish discal spot : cilia whitish-ochreous, barred 

 with dark fuscous, on hindmargin sometimes obsoletely. Hind- 

 wings pale grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland ; Bathurst and Sydney, 

 New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Hobart, Tasmania ; 

 Perth, West Australia ; from August to March and in June, rather 

 common, but less so than the preceding. An accidental introduc- 

 tion from Europe, occurring now also in North America and New 

 Zealand. 



15. TiNRA, L. 



Head densely rough-haired ; ocelli present or absent ; tongue 

 short. Antennae |-f, in ^ ciliated, pubescent, or simple, joints 

 usually closely set, basal joint sometimes with small pecten. Labial 

 palpi moderate, porrected, second joint shortly rough-scaled or 

 smooth, with a few long bristles towards apex, terminal joint 

 moderate, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi long, tolerably 

 filiform, folded. Posterior tibiae clothed with loose hairs. Fore- 

 wings with vein 1 furcate, 7 to costa, sometimes 6 and 7, or 7 and 



