286 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII. , 



50. S. cerealella, Oi. 



(Gelechia melanarthra, Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales^ 

 1900, 416.) 



Q^. 11-16 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs whitish-ochreous, anterior legs infuscated. Forewings pale 

 ochreous, more or less sprinkled with brownish; plical and second 

 discal stigmata blackish; often a blackish tornal dot; some black 

 scales at apex : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a row of dark fuscous 

 points, and apical bar of blackish irroration. Hindwings grey, 

 cilia grey, round apex pale ochreous. 



Rosewood, Queensland; Sydney and Broken Hill, Isew South 

 Wales; Carnarvon and York, West Australia; from October to 

 February, and in June, fifteen specimens; common in corn bins, 

 and probably generally distributed in warm districts. Larva 

 feeds in grains of wheat, maize, kc. I have seen Lower's type of 

 melanarthra; it is certainly this species. 



7. Aristotelia, Hb. 



Antennae 4, in ^ simple or moderately ciliated {\-\h), basal 

 joint moderate, without pec ten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 second joint with appressed scales or sometimes rough beneath, 

 terminal joint nearly as long as, or longer than, second, acute. 

 Fore wings : 2 and 3 separate, 7 and 8 stalked, sometimes 7 and 

 8 out of 6, or 6 and 7 out of 8. Hindwings 1 or somewhat under 

 1, elongate-trapezoidal, apex pointed, produced, termen sinuate 

 or emarginate, cilia \\A; 3, 4, 5 remote, nearly parallel, 6 and 7 

 remote or somewhat approximated. 



A considerable genus, fairly numerous in Europe and probabl}^ 

 of wide distribution, but the species are often obscure and retired 

 in habit, and therefore easily overlooked. The Australian species 

 at present known seem in part rather disconnected, but all have 

 their counterparts amongst the European forms. Imago with 

 forewings elongate, more or less acute. 



1. Forewings with 7 and 8 out of 6 2. 



Forewings with 6 separate 7. 



