370 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, XVIII., 



series obliquely beyond these respectively; a blackish dorsal 

 mark near base : cilia whitish-fuscous, basal half mixed with 

 white and sprinkled with black. Hindwings 1, apex pointed, 

 termen sinuate; grey, paler and thinly scaled towards base; cilia 

 whitish-fuscous. 



Mount Kosciusko (5000 feet), New South Wales, in January; 

 one specimen. 



176. P. compsochroa, n.sp. 



(J. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax reddish-ochreous. Palpi 

 reddish-ochreous, terminal joint shorter than second, with a 

 blackish subapical ring. Antennae fuscous, base reddish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with 

 whitish, hairs of posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 with costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 connate; fuscous, sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous and a few white scales; a broad reddish-ochreous 

 streak along costa from base to f, lower edge irregular and 

 partially margined with white scales; a streak of blackish irrora- 

 tion beneath this from 'i to extremity, with a short whitish- 

 edged projection upwards at ^, and marked with a white dot 

 representing second discal stigma; a streak of blackish irroration 

 along fold, marked with two or three white dots; a series of 

 white dots alternating with black scales along posterior half of 

 costa ; veins towards termen tending to be lined with dark 

 fuscous, with numerous scattered white scales : cilia whitish, 

 basal third with fuscous bars irrorated with blackish, with a 

 fuscous line beyond middle, tips fuscous round apex. Hindwings 

 over 1, apex obtuse, termen slightl}^ sinuate; light grey; cilia 

 grey-whitish, with grey subbasal shade. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Port Lincoln, South Australia; 

 from the end of September to November, four specimens (three 

 of them bred from larva?). Larva slender, whitish, tinged with 

 greyish-ochreous, spots minute, dark grey; head umber-brown, 

 on sides blackish; 2 with an umber-brown shield, anterior margin 

 and sides whitish : mines a large irregular crumpled and swollen 

 blotch in leaves of Correa speciosa (L'utacece), in July. 



