516 desceiption:s of atjstealia?^ miceo-lepidoptera, 



A very distinct species, not approaching near to any other, 

 but in general appearance recalling some species of Fhloeopola. 



One specimen taken at Wellington, New Zealand, in January. 



73. Eul. meleseJla, Newm. 



{Depressaria melesella, Newm, Trans., Ent. Soc. Lond., YoL 

 iii., N.S., 291.) 



Media, alis ant. dilute ochreis, venis obscure fusco-lineatis, 

 punctis disci tribus serieque punctorum postica flexuosa nigris ; 

 post, dilute griseis. 



(5". 21 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 whitish-oehreous, slightly suffused with brownish. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous, anterior tibiae and tarsi suffused above with grey. 

 Forewings strongly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, 

 apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded , whitish-oehreous, 

 all veins indicated by suffused ochreous lines, more or less mixed 

 with dark fuscous scales, especially towards base of subcostal ; 

 a dark fuscous dot in disc before middle, a second rather larger 

 in disc beyond middle, and a third almost directly beneath first 

 on fold ; a row of tolerably well-defined transversely elongate 

 dark fuscous disconnected dots, proceeding from middle of costa 

 almost parallel and very near to costa, opposite apex sharply 

 indented inwards, almost touching hindmargin beneath apex, 

 thence very close and parallel to hindmargin, continued to middle 

 of inner margin ; a suffused dark fuscous hindmarginal line : 

 cilia whitish-oehreous, towards tips whitish, mixed with dark 

 fuscous towards base. Hindwings pale whitish-grey ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, with a faint grey line near base. 



Markedly characterised by the strongly dilated f orewings, and 

 peculiar form of the posterior line. 



Common round Melbourne, and also at Hobart, Tasmania, in 

 January. Newman's description is very inadequate, but I do 

 not know any other species to which it could refer. 



