BY E. METEICK, B.A. 543 



Four specimens taken on Mount AYellington, Tasmania, early 

 in February. 



102. Eld. cimmeriella, n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. saturate griseis, fasciis duabus angustis per- 

 obscuris albidis; post, nigrescentibus. 



^ . 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, very finely 

 irrorated with whitish. Antennoe grey. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, tarsal joints with whitish 

 apical rings ; posterior legs grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 not dilated, costa moderately arched, apex acutely pointed, hind- 

 margin slightl}' sinuate, very oblique ; dark fuscous-grey, 

 minutely irrorated with whitish ; a very ill-defined slender cloudy 

 whitish transverse fascia from \ of costa to %- of inner margin, 

 sharply angulated outwards above middle, posteriorly suffusedly 

 edged with darker fuscous-grey ; an indistinct whitish suffusion 

 on costa at f , and on inner margin before anal angle, seeming 

 to form a paler transverse fascia, followed by darker fuscous- 

 grey ; a faintly indicated paler curved transverse line before 

 hindmargin : cilia light grey, finely irrorated with whitish. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 



An obscure little species, but very different from any other. 



One specimen taken near Bowenfels in the Blue Mountains 

 (2,500 feet) in January. 



103. Eul. xyloptereJla, Walk. 

 {Gelechia xylopterella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat., 650.) 



Media, alis ant. canis, griseo-sparsis, vitta media angusta bis 

 interrupta nigricante ; post, dilute griseis. 



J $ . 18-20. mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish, mixed 

 with fuscous-grey. Antenna) whitish-grey. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Adterior legs fuscous-grey ; middle and posterior legs 

 whitish, slightly mixed with fuscous-grey, middle tibiae fuscous- 



