493 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



? . IG^ mm. Head grey-wliitisli, above pinkish- tinged. Palpi 

 whitish, pinkish- tinged, terminal joint and apex of second 

 anteriorly grey. Antennae ochreous- whitish, annulated with dark 

 fuscous. Thorax pinkish-grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 segments suffused with ochreous-grey except on margins. 

 Anterior tibiae and tarsi dark grey, reddish-tinged, apex of tarsal 

 joints with whitish rings ; (middle legs broken ;) posterior legs 

 ochreous-whitish. Fore wings moderately broad, rather dilated, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin almost straight, 

 slightly oblique ; glossy pinkish-grey ; costa narrowly dull pink, 

 tips of scales whitish ; a dark fuscous dot in disc before middle, 

 a second in disc beyond middle, and a third obliquely beyond 

 first on fold ; cilia whitish, towards base pinkish-tinged. Hind- 

 wings grey, slightly ochreous-tinged, lighter towards base ; cilia 

 whitish- grey, with an indistinct grey line near base. 



Distinguished from all the other pinkish-grey species by the 

 total absence of the posterior and other transverse lines, which 

 are distinct in all of them ; in its glossy appearance it resembles 

 IT. cliolodella, but is smaller. 



One specimen taken near Sydney in December, and a second 

 at Brisbane in September. 



60. llo])l. earned, Z. 



{Cryptolecliia carnea, Z., Linn. Ent. X,, 148.) 



Media, alis ant. carneo-griseis, punctis disci -tribus, serie 

 punctorum postica angulata alteraque marginis postici saturate 

 griseis ; post, griseis, basim versus albidis. • 



(^ ? . Head and thorax pinkish-grey, face whitish. Palpi 

 grey, second joint whitish towards base, terminal joint whitish 

 posteriorly. Antennse whitish-grey. Abdomen whitish-grey, 

 anal tuft'ochreous-tiuged. Anterior tibiae and tarsi dark fuscous, 

 tarsi with obscure whitish rings at apex of two basal joints ; 

 middle tibiae whitish, slightly reddish-tinged, tarsi dark grey with 



