546 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



with dark fuscous, with a strong black line at ^. Hindwings 

 grey, with brassy and purple reflections ; cilia light grey, towards 

 tips more whitish. 



Albany, West Australia ; in December, five specimens. 



102. Tin. nectarea, n.sp. 



^9. 8-11 mm. Head light ochreous-yellow, face ferruginous. 

 Palpi white. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax pale yellow. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints and 

 posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; 

 light ochreous-yellow ; markings dark coppery-fuscous ; a streak 

 along costa from base to beyond middle ; a large apical patch, its 

 anterior edge straight, extending from | of costa to inner margin 

 before anal angle : cilia coppery-fuscous, with three dark fuscous 

 lines. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, with coppery or brassy 

 reflections ; cilia grey, more whitish towards tips. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Sydney and Bathurst, New South 

 Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Georges Bay, Tasmania ; Albany, 

 West Australia ; from September to March, common. I have 

 bred this species from flattened-oval irregular-edged cases, found 

 in plenty on stems of Acacia decurrens, in September, but these 

 were probably pupation-cases only, as in some other species ; I 

 failed to find the larvse feeding, and they may have come from 

 Eucalyptus trees near. 



103. Tin. teleochra, n.sp. 



(^9. 12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged. Palpi 

 whitish, externally fuscous. Antennae grey, in 9 ringed with 

 whitish. Thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, shoulders with a dark 

 fuscous spot. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, apex 

 of joints and posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex tolei'ably acute, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; whitish-ochreous, somewhat mixed with pale shining 

 ochreous ; a few scattered dark fuscous scales, tending to form 



