190 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



Gracilaria OCTOPUNCTATA. 

 N.Q. : Kuranda, near Cairns. 



Gracilaria plagata. 

 Q. : Brisbane, in September and March. 



Gracilaria albispersa. 

 Q. : Brisbane, in September and March. 



Gracilaria albicincta. 

 Q. : Brisbane, in September and October. 



Gracilaria xanthopharella. 

 N.Q. : Herberton, in January.— Q. : Brisbane, in November; Mt. 

 Tambourine, in December; Coolangatta, in May. 



Gracilaria euglypta. 

 N.Q. : Cairns, in September. 



Gracilaria xylophanes. 



Q.: Brisbane, in September, December, January, and April; Mt. 

 Tambourine, in November and December. 



Gracilaria eurycnema. 

 Q.: Brisbane, in August, September, and December; Too- 

 vvoomba, in April. 



GRACILARIA PLAGIOTOMA, n.sp. [-rrXaytOTOfMos, obliquely divided]. 



(J 9. 9 mm. Head brown-reddish; face white. Palpi white; 

 terminal joint with a dark fuscous subapical ring. Antennae 

 dark grey, with paler annulations. Thorax white; patagia brown- 

 reddish. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs dark purple-fuscous; 

 posterior pair brown-whitish; all tarsi white, with fine fuscous 

 annulations. Forewings brown-reddish with purple reflections; 

 markings white, sharply defined; an outwardly oblique fascia 

 from J costa to before mid-dorsum, slightly broader on costa; a 

 lar^e suboval spot on costa beyond §; cilia brown-reddish mixed 



