166 DESCEIPTIONS OF AUSTEALIAN MICEO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



palpi light ochreous, towards base externally dark fuscous. 

 Labial palpi very long, greyisb-ochreous mixed witb dark fuscous, 

 beneath white at base. Antennae dark fuscous, basal joint 

 ochreous-whitish. Thorax light ochreous, shoulders ochreous- 

 brown, centre of back black, with a longitudinal white stripe on 

 each side of back, not reaching anterior margin. Abdomen light 

 ochreous-yellow. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibiae light 

 ochreous above. Forewihgs moderately broad, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtusely pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, 

 moderately oblique ; ochreous-brown, darkest on disc, becoming 

 light brownish-ochreous towards inner and hindmargins; extreme 

 costal edge white from one-fourth almost to apex, a very slender 

 snow-white streak immediately beneath costa from near base 

 almost to middle ; a straight narrow snow-white longitudinal 

 streak running from a little below costa at one-fourth to costa 

 immediately before apex, anterior extremity finely attenuated, 

 upper edge tending to emit slender streaks to costa posteriorly ; 

 a moderate nearly straight snow-white central longitudinal 

 streak through disc from base to hindmargin, margined with 

 dark fuscous, somewhat sinuate beyond middle, slightly attenuated 

 at base ; from its lower edge beyond middle proceed three slender 

 ill-defined white streaks to hindmargin at equal distances ; a 

 variable elongate-wedge-shaped ill-defined white longitudinal 

 streak immediately above posterior fourth of median streak, 

 sometimes more clearly marked, anteriorly finely attenuated ; 

 above this sometimes an ill-defined irregular white spot on hind- 

 margin ; between the white streaks posteriorly are cloudy dark 

 fuscous lines ; beneath third branch of median streak is a slender 

 ill-defined white streak from middle to hindmargin, not touching 

 median streak ; a straight slender cloudy white streak from base 

 to anal angle, and another from base to inner margin at one- 

 third ; a clearly-marked blackish hindmarginal line : cilia pale 

 ochreous-grey, with a sncw-white basal line. Hindwings pale 

 dull ochreous-yellow, in female somewhat infuscated towards 



