320 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



99. G. xerophyVa, n.sp. 



(J9. 11-12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous or ochreous-whitish. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint with dark fuscous basal and 

 supramedian bands, terminal joint with dark fuscous basal and 

 black subapical rings. Antennae whitish-ochreous, ringed with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, mixed with brownish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, 

 ringed with ochreous-whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae ochreous- 

 whitish. Fore wings acutely pointed; whitish-ochreous, irregu- 

 larly irrorated with brownish-ochreous, with a faint rosy tinge; 

 markings brownish-ochreous, usually more or less irrorated with 

 blackish, varying much in development and intensity; spots on 

 costa and in disc near base; an oblique usually interrupted bar 

 from \ of costa to fold; stigmata moderate, plical obliquely before 

 first discal; sometimes cloudy spots along costa and termen and 

 at apex : cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex with more or less 

 developed rows of blackish points. Hind wings 1, pale whitish- 

 ^rey; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Melbourne, Victoria; Broken Hill, iS"ew South Wales; twenty- 

 one specimens bred in October. Larva rather stout, grey-whitish 

 or greenish-whitish, dorsal surface sometimes tinged with crimson; 

 spots minute, dark grey; head pale ochreous. 2 whitish-ochreous : 

 feeds amongst spun leaves of Atriplex nummular ia {Cheno2)o- 

 dlacece), partially mining the leaves in whitish inflated blotches. 



100. G. heliopa, Low. 



(Gelechia heliopa, Low,, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1900, 417.) 



^9. 12-15 mm. Head whitish-ochreous or ochreous-wdiitish. 

 Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint with dark fuscous basal and subapical rings. 

 Antennae ochreous-whitish ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 whitish-ochreous suffused with 3'ellow-ochreous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish, 

 posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings acutely pointed; 

 pale yellow- ochreous suffusedly irrorated with darker; markings 



