BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 147 



beneath whitisli. Legs wliite ; anterior tibiee black "with white 

 basal and median bands, middle tibiae slightly thickened, black 

 with white median band, posterior tibiae with narrow basal and 

 broad median black bands, all tarsi with four black bands. Fore- 

 wings moderately dark greyish-ochreous, with three sometimes 

 confluent wedge-shaped fasciae and two spots snow-white, black 

 margined ; first and second fasciae very narrow on costa, rapidly 

 dilating, very broad on fold, narrower on inner margin, second 

 more oblique ; third oblique, formed by union of very small costal 

 spot and very large dorsal triangle ; these three are sometimes 

 confluent along fold ; a small costal spot before apex, j)roduced 

 as an oblique narrow streak to hind-margin ; a small apical spot, 

 extending into cilia ; cilia round apex whitish, with two partial 

 black lines, thence pale grey. Hind wings and cilia fuscous-grey. 



Distinguished from the allied species by the greyish-ochreous 

 thorax and strongly dilated fasciae. The imago is retired in habits ; 

 taken sparingly in April on the creek at Parramatta amongst its 

 foodplant, and also bred. 



Larva tapering posteriorly throughout, segments deeply incised; 

 dull yellowish, tinged with greenish-grey, each segment with an 

 irregular, oblong transverse, blackish-green dorsal spot ; head 

 black, with a pale line on each side meeting behind ; anal segment 

 very small, blackish. Feeds in irregular flat whitish blotches 

 beneath upper surface of leaves of Ttjplia latifolia fTyphaceceJ, in 

 March. Pupa inside the mine in an oval flattened cocoon. 



Grac. autadelpha, n. sp. 



(^ $ . Sl"-Sf'. Head, thorax, and palpi snow-white, terminal 

 joint of labial palpi with slender black basal and subapical rings. 

 Antennae longer than forewings, dark fuscous, whitish at base, 

 basal joint white with black apex. Abdomen dark fuscous, anus 

 white, beneath white with slender black rings posteriorly. Anterior 

 tibiae blackish, with indistinct basal and median whitish rings, 

 tarsi white with two dark fuscous bands : middle tibiae somewhat 



