602 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



longitudinal mark before hindmargin in middle : cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, round apex suffused with white and mixed with black 

 jDoints. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia fuscous-grey. 



Adelaide, South Australia ; in October, four specimens bred 

 from elongate firm white longitudinally ribbed cocoons found on 

 the bark of Sterculia ( Sterculiaceae ) in the Botanical Gai dens. 



185, Bucc. ptochastis, n.sp. 



(J^. 8 mm. Head dark fuscous, sides mixed with whitish, 

 forehead white, face fuscous-white. Antennae grey, ringed with 

 darker, basal joint white. Thorax grey. Abdomen prismatic 

 grey-whitish, beneath white. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints 

 and 'hairs of posterior tibise whitish, Forewings elongate-lanceo- 

 late ; grey ; markings very ill-defined, formed by black irroration ; 

 an interrupted streak along submedian fold from base to near 

 anal angle ; two oblique marks from costa, first before, second 

 beyond middle ; a small spot on inner margin at ^ ; a longitudinal 

 mark before hindmargin in middle : cilia whitish-grey, round apex 

 sprinkled with black points. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales; York, West Australia ; in October, 

 two specimens. It has considerable similarity with the preceding 

 species, but is much more uniform in appearance, owing to the 

 absence of the white suffused streaks and the partial obliteration 

 of the black markings. 



186. BuGC. eucalypti, Meyr. 



(Bucculatrix eucalypti, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W, 1880, 

 179.) 



187. Bucc. lassella, Meyr. 



(Bucculatrix lasella, Meyr., Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S.W, 1880, 180.) 



188. Bucc. asphyctella, Meyr. 



(Bucculatrix asphyctella, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1880, 

 181.) 



Also taken at Deloraine, Tasmania, in November. 



