564 LKPIDOPTKRA OF EBOR SCRUB, N.S.W. 



N.S.W.; Gisborne, Victoria; Launceston, Deloraine, George's 

 Bay, and Hobart, Tasmania. 



Subfam. T i n e i n iE . 



Xysmatodona polystona, n.sp. 



7roXv(rTOVO<i, sorrowful. 



9.16 mm. Head bro^vn-ochreous- whitish. Palpi and antennae 

 fuscous. 'J'horax and abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous: tarsi 

 annulated with ochreous- whitish. Forewings rather elongate, 

 costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely 

 rounded; ochreous-whitish densely irrorated with fuscous, mark- 

 ings obscure, due to absence of fuscous irroration; a large sub- 

 basal dorsal blotch nearly reaching to costa; ill-defined costal 

 spots at middle, |, and |; a dark fuscous spot preceding, and 

 two following last pale spot; a broad interrupted dark fuscous 

 terminal line; cilia fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



One specimen. Veins 7 and 8 of forewings are long-stalked, 

 7 to termen. 



