164; DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



margin of eye. Maxillary palpi pale oclireous, with two black 

 bands. Labial palpi rather short, greyish-ochreous, mixed with 

 blackish on sides, beneath ochreous-white at base. Antennae 

 dentate, shortly ciliated, dark fuscous. Thorax light brownish- 

 ochreous, anterior margin with four dark fuscous spots. Abdomen 

 pale ochreous. Anterior tibiae with basal half greyish-ochreous, 

 terminal half suffusedly blackish, tarsi black with ochreous- 

 whitish basal and apical rings on each joint ; middle tibiae white, 

 base black, posterior tibiae wholly white, middle and posterior 

 tarsi dark fuscous-grey with whitish rings at apex of joints. 

 Fore wings rather short, moderately broad, costa very slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin distinctly sinuate, rather oblique, 

 light yellowish-ochreous, becoming ochreous-brown along costa 

 and on anterior half of disc, more greyish-tinged towards anterior 

 half of inner margin ; a few scattered black scales on anterior 

 half of wing ; a moderately broad silvery- white partially black- 

 margined longitudinal streak immediately beneath costa from 

 near base to slightly beyond middle, posterior extremity bent 

 somewhat down, obtuse, anterior extremity acutely attenuated, 

 somewhat suffused, almost touching costa ; an irregular elongate- 

 oval silvery-white spot a little below costa about two-thirds ; a 

 smaller roundish silvery-white subapical spot, not touching hind- 

 margin, its upper angle suffusedly produced into apex ; a 

 moderately broad straight silvery-white black-margined longi- 

 tudinal streak through disc from base to slightly beyond middle, 

 slightly attenuated towards base ; an elongate-oval silvery-white 

 spot in disc below middle about two-thirds from base ; a leaden- 

 metallic line starting from between subcostal and median white 

 streaks at one-fourth from base, running round posterior extremity 

 of median streak, and curving back to inner margin somewhat 

 before middle ; an irregular leaden-metallic spot between subcostal 

 streak and subcostal white spot; a similar leaden-metallic spot 

 between anterior extremities of subcostal and discal white spots ; 

 the ground colour between subcostal and discal white spots, and 



