582 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



9. Forewings with median white streak. ,. 10. , 



Forewings without median white streak 11. 



10. Forewings with costal area suffused with 



orange 162. pyroleuca. 



Forewings with costal area not orange... 163. mystarcha. 



11. Forewings with costal edge blackish 161. proterospila ^. 



Forewings with costal edge white 164. citrina 2- 



156. Zell. cynetica, n.sp. 



(J5. 12-15 mm. Head brownish-ochreous or reddish-ochreous, 

 face whitish-ochreous, middle of crown sometimes whitish. Palpi 

 dar-k fuscous mixed with white. Antennae pale ochreous. Thorax 

 light brownish-ochreous or purplish-fuscous. Abdomen pale grey. 

 Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair suffused with ochreous-whitish. 

 Foi'ewings very elongate, narrow, parallel-sided, long-pointed, 

 apex acute, produced ; varying from pale fuscous to reddish- 

 ochreous, with reddish-purple reflections; an irregular dark 

 fuscous irroration, especially posteriorly and on costal edge ; 

 inner margin sometimes narrowly whitish ; a very oblique cloudy 

 dark fuscous mark from inner margin near base, not reaching 

 beyond submedian fold, often reduced to a spot on fold ; some- 

 times an elongate dark fuscous spot on inner margin beyond this ; 

 sometimes several blackish dots on fold and costa ; a small dark 

 fuscous spot above anal angle : cilia pale greyish-ochreous or 

 whitish-fuscous, round apex reddish-ochreous with a terminal 

 black hook. Hindwings light grey, thinly scaled towards base ; 

 cilia pale ochreous-greyish. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Murrurundi, Sydney, and Blackheath 

 (3500 feet), New South Wales ; Launceston, Deloraine, Georges 

 Bay, and Hobart, Tasmania ; from October to December and in 

 March, common : a variable insect. 



157. Zell. araeodes, n.sp. 



(J. 14-15 mm. - Head and thorax light grey irrorated with 

 white. Palpi whitish, externally dark grey. Antennae whitish. 



