472 DESCKIPTIOXS OF AIJSTEALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



38. Hel. hemisckf, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. albis, macula dorsi basim versus magna, altera 

 dorsi media, punctis disci duobus, linea postica transversa 

 angulata, fasciaque margin is postici griseo-fuscis ; post, albido- 

 griseis. 



(^ . 16 mm. Head white, mixed with grey. Palpi white, 

 second joint with a broad suffused dark grey band before apex, 

 terminal joint anteriorly dark grey. Antennae whitish, annulated 

 with dark grey. Thorax white, mixed with grey, with a grey spot 

 posteriorly. Abdomen with basal third white, rest whitish- 

 ochreous with segments suffused above with browiiish-ochreous 

 except on margins. Anterior tibise and tarsi grey with whitish 

 rings at apex of joints ; middle and posterior legs whitish. Fore- 

 wings moderate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 apex acute, hindmargin rather concave, oblique ; white, towards 

 costa faintly greyish-tinged ; a dark fuscous blotch on inner 

 margin, extending almost from base to -|, terminated above by 

 the fold, posteriorly lighter and ill-defined ; an ill-defined cloudy 

 fuscous subquadrate blotch beyond this, extending on inner 

 margin from before middle to f , reaching rather more than half 

 across wing; a dark fuscous dot in disc before middle, confluent 

 with anterior angle of this blotch, and a small dark fuscous spot 

 in disc beyond middle, connected with posterior edge of blotch 

 near inner margin by a curved row of three smaller fuscous spots ; 

 a dark fuscous ill-defined partially interrupted transverse line 

 from just below costa at f to before anal angle, angulated out- 

 wards in disc* ; a straight suffused dark fuscous line from costa a 

 little before apex to hindmargin just above anal angle, beyond 

 which the ground colour i« suffused with pale grey, forming a 

 narrow hiudmarginal band : cilia grey- whitish, with a faint grey 

 line near base. Hii^.dwings with apex almost acute, hindmargin 

 rather strongly sinuate ; whitish-grey, towards base whitish ; cilia 

 whitish-grey. 



