166 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAK MICRO -LEPIDOPTERA, 



jagged ; a minute black apical spot, witli a metallic-bluish tinge ; 

 bind-margin expressed in black scales ; cilia grey, intersected by 

 a row of blackisb scales round the bind-margin, and with a 

 tendency to a small projecting blackisb book." 



Tbe above is Stainton's description, taken from a single specimen 

 witb thorax injured, and no abdomen, from near Brisbane ; it 

 does not appear to correspond to any insect I have seen, but the 

 species is probably allied to the group of laciniella. 



CORISCIUM, Z. 



Head smooth ; no ocelli ; tongue long. AntennoD as long or 

 longer than fore- wings, slender, filiform. Maxilllary palpi rather 

 long, filiform. Labial palpi moderately long, slender, ascending, 

 second joint beneath with projecting tuft of hairs ; terminal joint 

 longer than second, pointed. Fore-wings elongate, very narrow, 

 parallel-sided. Hind-wings very narrowly-lanceolate, much 

 narrower than fore-wings, cilia thrice or four times as broad. 

 Abdomen elongate, slender. Legs long. Fore-wings with 12 or 

 1 1 veins, 5 branches to costa, no secondary cell, 1 simple. Hind- 

 wings with 8 veins ; 5 and 6 stalked, ceU open. 



A small genus, comprising only some eight or nine species as 

 yet, but found in every part of the globe ; it only differs from 

 Gracilaria by the distinct rather long tuft of hairs on the second 

 joint of the palpi. In rex^ose they usually have the same attitude 

 as in Gracilaria ; the larval habits are also similar. 



Cor. ochridorsellum, n. sp. 



^ ? . 4^" -5". Head pure ochreous, face white. Maxillary 

 palpi whitish, basal joint fuscous. Labial palpi whitish, second 

 joint externally dark fuscous, with a blackish tuft nearly as long 

 as terminal joint, its anterior edge white ; terminal joint with an 

 indistinct fuscous ring near base. Antennae much longer than 

 fore-wings, dark fuscous with slender whitish annulations, basal 

 joint whitish. Thorax ochreous-whitish, with a dark fuscous 



