518 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



75. Eul. convictella, Walt. 

 fDepressaria convictella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 56G). 



Minor, alis ant. ochreo-griseis, nigro-sparsis, punctis disci 

 tribus (tertio duplici) serieque piinctoruui postica flexuosa nigris ; 

 post, griseis. 



^ $ . 15-18 mm. Head and palpi oclireous-whitish, base of 

 second joint suffused with dark fuscous, terminal joint anteriorly 

 dark fuscous towards apex. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-grey, anteriorly suffused with fuscous, anterior margin 

 blackish. Abdomen light ochreous-grey. Anterior and middle 

 legs dark grey, tarsal joints with whitish apical rings ; posterior 

 legs grey- whitish. Eore wings rather strongly dilated, costa 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin oblique, strongly 

 rounded ; rather light brownish- grey, with a few scattered 

 blackish scales ; extreme costal edge from near base to apex 

 whitish-yellowish ; a blackish dot in^disc before middle, a second, 

 transverse and obscurely double, in disc beyond middle, and a 

 third almost directly beneath first on fold ; the second is some- 

 times connected with anal angle by a cloudy grey streak ; a row 

 of tolerably well-defined disconnected transverse blackish dots 

 from costa about middle, almost parallel and very near to 

 costa, opposite apex indented inwards, almost touching hind- 

 margin beneath apex, and continued thence, very close to hind- 

 margin, to inner margin a little before anal angle : cilia light 

 ochreous-grey, more whitish-grey towards tips. Hindwings grey ; 

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



This and the three following species are closely allied, and are 

 nearly identical in size and form ; E. convictella differs from all 

 in its brownish-grey forewings. 



Very common round Sydney, and also at Brisbane, frequenting 

 Kunzea capitata, from November to January. 



