4iQ4i DESCEiPiioi^s or Australian miceo-lepidoptera, 



Minor, nivea, thorace antice nigro, alls aut. basi fasciaque lata 

 ante medium nigris, fascia postica maculaque marginis postici 

 brunneis, supra nigricantibus, ciliis griseis ; post, dilute ochreis, 

 apicem versus griseis. 



(^ ? . 14^-17 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, a 

 posterior spot and a small spot on each side white. Abdomen 

 whitish-yellow. Anterior tibiae dark fuscous, middle tibiae dark 

 fuscous with hairs above yellow, anterior and middle tarsi dark 

 fuscous with yellowish rings at apex of joints ; posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi whitish-yellow. Forewings moderate, costa gently 

 arched, apex acute, hindmargin sinuate, oblique ; clear white ; a 

 small blackish-fuscous spot on base of costa, just reaching inner 

 margin, outer edge straight ; a moderately broad, slightly 

 outwardly curved, blackish-fuscous transverse fascia, extending 

 from costa slightly before middle to inner margin slightly beyond 

 middle, somewhat broader beneath ; a short black transverse 

 linear mark in disc at f, usually connected with central fascia 

 below middle so as to appear an upwardly oblique tooth ; a some- 

 what triangular blackish-fuscous spot on costa about f , whence 

 proceeds a rather ill- defined, moderately broad, somewhat inwards- 

 curved reddish-brown transverse fascia to anal angle ; an ill- 

 defined triangular reddish-brown spot on upper half of hindmargin 

 narrowly separated from the second fascia, connected at upper 

 angle with an oblique blackish-fuscous apical dash : cilia dark 

 grey, mixed with whitish towards base, with a blackish-grey spot 

 at apex, costal cilia white. Hindwings with hindmargin slightly 

 sinuate : whitish-yellow, apex suffused with grey ; cilia whitish- 

 yellow, becoming grey round apex. 



Very distinct by the reddish-brown posterior markings. 



Common round Sydney from October to January, yet I have 

 not found it elsewhere. 



