544 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



tion extends throughout the wing, but is always more dense 

 posteriorly ; the irroration is rarely ochreous-f uscous ; sometimes 

 a small round spot of darker suffusion in disc at | : cilia white, 

 finely irrorated with dark fuscous, with antemedian, subapical, and 

 apical dark lines, antemedian line in custal cilia very strong and 

 black. Hindwings rather dark grey, with purple and brassy 

 reflections ; cilia whitish-grey, darker towards base. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Sydney, Bathurst, and Mount Kosciusko 

 (4300 feet), New South Wales ; Deloraine, Tasmania ; Woodside, 

 South Australia ; Albany, West Australia ; from September to 

 March, very common. 



98. Tin. vetula, n.sp. 



^^. 10-13 mm. Head white, forehead more or less suffused 

 with ochreous-yellovv. Palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 wliite ; anterior tibiae dark fuscous. Forewings very elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; white, finely and sometimes very slightly sprinkled with 

 pale ochreous-yellow : cilia white. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 

 cilia whitish-grey, suffused with white towards apex and anal 

 angle. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; in November and Decembei", 

 common. Larva apodal, elongate, cylindrical, segments deeply 

 incised, last two much attenuated, head very small, semicircular ; 

 dull deep yellow ; mouth blackish : mines an elongate pearshaped 

 blotch in leaves of Banksia integrifolia (Proteaceae), in July, both 

 surfaces thickened and fleshy as in a gall ; often several in one 

 leaf : pupa within the mine. 



99. Tin. lyhauloptera, n.sp. 



^9. 8-9 mm. Head white, forehead fuscous. Palpi white. 

 Antennse white, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax white, 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs dark 

 fuscous, middle pair mixed with white, posterior pair white. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex roundpointed, hind- 

 margin very obliquely rounded ; white, rather thinly irrorated 



