BY E. METfiICK, B.A.] 449 



jS'ine species are known to me ; the genus is exclusively 

 Australian, and no doubt many others will be found. They may- 

 be distinguished thus : 



A. Torewings white ... ... ... ...10. caUianasm. 



B. Forewings ochreous or rosy, sometimes grej. 



1. Hindwings white, apex more or less rosy. 



a. Eore\\ings grey ... ... ... ...25. aclea. 



h. Forewings ochreous. 



i. Forewings with well-defined rosy costal 



border... ... ... ... ...20. inchiseUa. 



ii. Forewings without well-defined rosy 



costal border .. . ... ... ...2\. dejuncteUa. 



2. Hindwings yellow, apex more or less grey. 



a. Costal edge o£ forewings white ... ...22. matutlneUa. 



h. Costal edge of forewings rosy ... ...18. Icetiferana. 



3. Hindwings grey, base sometimes paler. 



a. Dorsal edge of forewings mostly dark grey. 



i. Head grey-whitish, palpi YO'^^-im^^'^^...'!^. 'pulverulenta. 



ii. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous ...24. acutella. 

 h. Dorsal edge of forewings pale rosy ...26. protopliaes. 



18. Eochr. Icetiferana, Walk. 



{Loplioderus Iceiiferanus, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 336; Oecopliom 

 semifiiseUa, ibid. 696 ; Cryptolechia pudorinella, ibid. 760.) 



Media, alis ant. ochreo-roseis, interdum purpureo-suffusis, 

 macula magna dorsi postica flava, partim roseo-suffusa, punctis 

 disci tribus roseis ; post, flavis. 



^ . 16^-21 mm. Head reddish-ochreous or reddish-ochreous- 

 brown. Palpi reddish-ochreous, anteriorly suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax reddish-ochreous- 

 brown. Abdomen whitish-yellow. Anterior and middle tibiae 

 and tarsi fuscous-crimson, posterior tibiae and tarsi whitish-yellow. 

 Forewings moderate, costa somewhat strongly arched, apex acute, 



