534 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



middle ; two small spots on anterior third of inner margin, one on 

 fold near base, and some scales along hindmargin : cilia pale 

 whitish-ochreous, mixed with yellow-ochreous and some blackish 

 points. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; in December, five specimens. 



75. Tin. granella, L. 



(Jj. 9-15 mm. Head ochreous- whitish or whitish-ochreous, sides 

 of crown sometimes fuscous. Forewings very elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; pale whitish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and dark 

 fuscous ; six dark fuscous costal spots or blotches, first three 

 fascia-like, oblique, first two reaching submedian fold, second 

 shortly produced posteriorly at apex, third thickest, reaching half 

 across wing, last three forming small spots : cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 broadly barred with fuscous and mixed with dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings grey, darker in ^ ; cilia grey, 



Sydney, New South Wales ; in September, five specimens. A 

 widely distributed European species, artificially introduced ; the 

 larva feeds on grain. 



76. Tin. fuscipunctella, Hw. 

 ( Tinea fuscipunctella, Hw., Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 100.) 

 (J2. 9-16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Forewings very 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin 

 extremely obliquely rounded j light greyish-ochreous, irregularly 

 sufi'usedly spotted with fuscous ; a dark fuscous dot or small spot 

 in disc at ^, a second obliquely beyond it on fold, and a third in 

 disc at f : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, basal half mixed with 

 fuscous and dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey, yellowish- 

 shining, towards apex darker ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Brisbane and Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland ; Newcastle, 

 Bathurst, and Sydney, New South Wales ; Fernshaw and Caster- 

 ton, Victoria ; Launceston, Deloraine, Campbelltown, and Georges 

 Bay, Tasmania ; Mount Lofty and Port Lincoln, South Australia i 



