174 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



but the pecular venation, and absence of a costal fold, leave no 

 doubt of its true position. 



Common at about 2,000 feet of elevation on the ascent of 

 Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, flying readily over a mossy bank at 

 tbe beginning of February. 



Dichelia f^J humerana, Walk. 



Having recently obtained specimens of tbis species in Tasmania, 

 I am able to announce tbat, as conjectured, it does not belong 

 to the Tortricina at all, but to a genus of Tineina, allied to 

 Depressaria, Hw. 



Oacoecia, Hb. 



Cac. psapharana, n. sp. 



J 8", $ 8f". Head, palpi, antennse, and thorax pale whitish- 

 ochreous ; palpi in male twice as long as head, in female hardly 

 longer, slightly speckled externally with fuscous. Abdomen 

 ochreous- whitish, anal valves of male large, tufted. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish, anterior tibiae, and anterior and middle tarsi 

 speckled with dark fuscous, posterior tibiae white. Forewings 

 oblong, moderately broad, costa in male rather sharply bent 

 somewhat before middle, in female rather strongly arched 

 towards base, apex obtusely pointed, hindmargin slightly rounded, 

 rather oblique, in female slightly sinuate below apex ; costal 

 fold of male very slight, short and imperfect ; very pale whitish- 

 ochreous, with faint regular slightly darker transverse strigulte ; 

 basal patch wholly obsolete ; central fascia very faintly defined, 

 running from slightly before middle of costa to anal angle, light 

 greyish-ochreous, upper third very narrow, lower two-thirds 

 rather broad, posterior margin sharply incised below middle ; a 

 very indistinct light greyish-ochreous flattened-triangular patch 

 on costa about three-fourths, and a similar triangular patch on 

 middle of hindmargin; cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 whitish, irregularly strigulated with light grey ; cilia white. 



