540 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



fuscous, with yellow- whitish dorsal stripe. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 dark fuscous, posterior pair ochreous- whitish. Forewings very 

 elougate, costa gently arched, apex acute, hindmargin extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; white suffusedly mixed with whitish-yellowish, 

 especially towards margins ; a broad straight dark fuscous median 

 longitudinal streak from base to hindmargin, upper edge with a 

 triangular projection at I not reaching costa : cilia fuscous mixed 

 with blackish, on costa and anal angle yellow-whitish. Hindwings 

 light grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Gerald ton and Perth, We.st Aus- 

 tralia; in September and October, six specimens. Larva 16-legged, 

 abdominal legs very rudimentary ; elongate, slender, somewhat 

 flattened, tapering at both ends, segments rather deeply incised ; 

 ochreous-yellow ; dorsal vessel dull greenish ; head very small, 

 black ; second segment suffused with blackish ; anal segment 

 minute, black : mines a flat discoloured blotch occupying apical 

 portion of leaves of Hakea dactyloides [Proteaceae), in August ; 

 pu)>a free, within the mine. 



89. Tin. lativitteUa, Walk. 

 (Elachista lativitteUa, Walk. 898.) 



(J^. 9-12 mm. Head pale whitish-yellowish, face often ferru- 

 ginous-tinged. Palpi and antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark 

 fuscovis, with yellow-whitish dorsal stripe. Abdomen grey. Legs 

 dark fuscous, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings very 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex acute, liindmargin extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; white, suffused with whitish-ochreous towards 

 margins; a broad straight dark purple-fuscous median longitudinal 

 streak from base to hindmargin, upper edge straight throughout : 

 cilia fuscous mixed with blackish, on costa and anal angle ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales ; Perth, 

 West Australia ; from August to November, and in February, 

 rather common. Larva 16-legged, elongate, cylindrical, slightly 

 tapering at both ends ; dull yellowish-grey; head reddish-ochreous, 



