BY E. :i[EYEICK, E.A. 463 



saturate grisea, ciliis griseis, sub apicem nigricantibus ; post, 

 griseis, basim versus albido-ochreis. 



(^ ? . 12- 12^ mm. Head white, sides of crown with a dark 

 fuscous spot. Palpi white, basal third of second joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax blackish-fuscous, with a white 

 spot behind. Abdomen whitish-yellow. Anterior tibiae and tars^ 

 blackish-fuscous ; middle tibiae and tarsi dark fuscous above, 

 yellow beneath ; posterior tibiae whitish-yellow, tarsi yellowish 

 partially suffused with grey. Forewings moderately broad, costa 

 moderately arched, apex acute, hindmargin distinctly sinuate, 

 rather oblique ; white, apical i suffused with light grey, most 

 strongly towards hindmargin ; a small blackish- fuscous basal spot, 

 extending from costa to inner margin, its outer edge straight ; a 

 nearly straight moderately broad blackish central fascia, extend- 

 ing from costa a little before middle to inner margin slightly 

 beyond middle, smewhat dilated beneath, its anterior edge slightly 

 concave ; a very small ill-defined blackish spot on costa at f , 

 whence proceeds an irregular suffused dark grey line to anal 

 angle, bent inwards in middle, and obscurely whitish-margined 

 posteriorly ; suffused blackish line along hindmargin from apex 

 to a little above anal angle : cilia whitish- grey mixed with yellowish, 

 basal % on upper half of hindmargin dark grey, and with a dark 

 grey spot at apex, costal cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings with 

 hindmargin markedly sinuate ; grey, suffused with whitish-yellow 

 towards anal angle. 



Characterised by its small size, the grey posterior suffusion, 

 and the reduction of the second fascia to a suffused dark grey 

 line. 



Three specimens taken near Sydney in January and Februarv. 



31. Zon. (lecisaiia, Walk. 



fConcliylis decisana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 367 ; Oecophoi^a 

 retractella, ibid. 680 ; Oecopliora mediella, ibid. 1033.) 



