768 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



402. Mach. caUiyenes, n. sp. 



Parva, alis ant. dilutius flavis, strigula aut maculis costse ad 

 basim, fasciis duabus, altera maculam flavam continente, tei'tia 

 etiam marginis postici vix purpureis nigro-irroratis ; post, satu- 

 ratius griseis. 



$ <^. 10-13 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous-yellow, palpi 

 with lower half of second joint and sometimes base of terminal 

 joint dark fuscous. Antennae grey. Thorax light yellow, anterior 

 half dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs dark grey, 

 posterior tibiaj and apex of joints ochreous- whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hind- 

 mai-gin very oblique, hardly rounded ; ochreous-yellow ; markings 

 whitish-purplish, closely irrorated with black ; a streak along 

 basal fifth of costa, usually separated into two spots ; a narrow 

 slightly outwards-curved fascia from \ of costa to middle of inner 

 margin ; a broader fascia, narrowed on costa. from f of costa to 

 anal angle, containing a spot of ground colour in disc (sometimes 

 open posteriorly) ; a narrow fascia along hindmargin from apex 

 to below middle, attenuated beneath : cilia ochreous-yellow, on 

 anal angle irrorated with purplish-black. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Appears to form a connecting link with Go^syrn., to which it 

 closely approaches. 



Larva 16-legged, moderate, cylindrical ; dull brownish-ochreous ; 

 dorsal vessel smoky-grey ; head, second, and third segments black. 

 Feeds in a portable case on lichen-dust on fences ; case arch-like, 

 both ends affixed to fence, forming a semicircular erect hoop ; 

 cylindrical, granulated with lichen-dust, mouths ragged and 

 flapped ; lax*va emerging at either end ; feeds in August and 

 September. This singular form of case is unique, so far as 

 known to me. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Fernshaw, Victoria ; Launceston, 

 Tasmania ; Port Lincoln, South Australia ; occurs tolerably 

 commonly from October to January ; the larva round Sydney in 

 abundance. 



