BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 195 



posterior edge incised in middle ; second about middle, slender, 

 somewhat sinuate, slightly oblique, obscurely interrupted above 

 middle ; a small roundish spot on costa about three-fourths, and 

 another slightly larger exactly opposite it on inner margin ; a 

 very small dot on costa before apex, and a still smaller one on 

 inner margin beneath apex ; cilia dark fuscous, with a blackish 

 line round apex. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 



The smallest species of the genus known to me, belonging to 

 the group of G. autadelpha, Meyr., and G. cmnotheta, Meyr., in 

 which it is characterised by its small size, dark groundcolour, the 

 slenderness and interruption of the second fascia, and smallness 

 of the marginal spots. 



The larva mines a nearly flat discoloured blotch in leaves of 

 Grevillea linearis {Proteacece), occupying apical half of the 

 narrow leaf, upper surface slightly contracted. Pupa in a firm 

 cocoon, not within the mine. I collected a larva accidentally in 

 August amongst a great number of larvse of one of the Gelechida 

 feeding on the same shrub, and did not observe it until the imago 

 emerged in September, when on examination I found the mine 

 and cocoon. 



Grac, chionoplecta, n. sp. 



^ ? . 2f"-3i". Head, palpi, and thorax snow-white, labial 

 palpi with two black rings. Antennae dark fuscous, basal joint 

 white. Abdomen pale silvery-grey, segments with white apical 

 rings, apex white. Anterior tibiae blackish with indistinct basal 

 and median white rings, tarsi white with blackish bands at apex 

 of each joint ; middle tibise slightly thickened, blackish with 

 broad median white band, tarsi white with narrow blackish rings 

 at apex of each joint ; posterior tibiae white, apex dark grey, tarsj 

 white with dark grey rings at apex of joints. Fore wings dark 

 greyish-ochreous, with scattered black scales, and with two fasciae 

 and seven spots snow-white, black margined; some irregular 

 white scales near base ; first fascia about one-fifth, very broad, 



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