180 DESCRIPTIONS OF ATJSTBALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



oclireous, tarsi Tvith. black rings at base of joints. Fore- wings 

 brownisb-ocbreous mixed witb paler, witb suffused darker ocbreous 

 brown markings ; an obsolete cloudy spot on costa beyond middle ; 

 a ratber larger cloudy spot, suffused witb blackisb scales, on 

 middle of inner-margin ; apical spot minute, linear, black ; cilia 

 brownisb-ocbreous round apex, witb scattered blackisb points, 

 wbitisb-grey on bind-margin. Hind-wine^s fuscous-grey, cilia 

 pale grey. 



Smaller tban tbe two following species, and distinguisbed 

 generally by tbe obsoleteness and suffusion of tbe markings on 

 tbe brownisb-ocbreous fore-wings. One specimen bred in Marcb 

 from a single larva found at Sydney in February. 



Larva of tbe typical form, pale dull green, bead pale brownisb ; 

 feeds on tbe under side of tbe leaves of Eucalyptus sp., (probably 

 tereticornisj, fMyrtacemJ, gnawing tbe surface of tbe leaf. Pupa 

 in a firm, wbite, longitudinally five-ribbed cocoon. 



Bucc. lassella, n. sp. 



^ ? . 3^". Head brownisb-ocbreous, witb a pale stripe on 

 eacb side of crown, and mixed witb fuscous bairs ; face wbitisb- 

 ocbreous. Antennae wbitisb, witb strong black annulations. 

 Tborax brownisb-ocbreous irrorated witb paler. Abdomen and 

 legs pale brownisb-ocbreous, tarsi witb distinct black rings at 

 base of joints. Fore- wings wbitisb-ocbreous, finely irrorated 

 witb dark fuscous scales, and witb brownisb-ocbreous ill-defined 

 markings ; a central streak from base nearly to middle ; two sbort 

 broad oblique streaks from costa, first in middle, second at f, 

 produced to apical spot ; a fuscous oblique spot on inner-margin 

 beyond middle, and extreme edge of inner-margin more or less 

 distinctly brownisb-ocbreous ; apical spot irregular, black ; cilia 

 ockreous-wbitisb round apex, witb irregular^rows of black points, 

 pale grey on bind-margin. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia ratber 

 paler. 



