lS2 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



2- 19 nun. Head and tliorax whitish-ochreous, mixed with 

 reddish-fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, terminal joint and apex 

 of second suffused with dark fuscous. Antenna? whitish-ochreous, 

 finely annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous, ringed with grey. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, densely irrorated with 

 reddish-fuscous; an obscure dark reddish-fuscous dot in disc 

 before middle, and a second beyond middle ; a very obscure 

 angulated darker posterior transverse line : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, densely irrorated with reddish-fuscous. Hindwings pale 

 grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Bathurst (2,400 feet) and Mount Canobolas (4,000), New South 

 Wales ; two specimens in April. 



43.5. Oec. jjseudospretella, Stt. 



Media, alis ant. ochreis, saturate fusco conspersis, maculis disci 

 tribus parvis serieque postica submarginali saturate fuscis ; post, 

 dilute griseis. 



A well-known species, of Avhich the larva feeds in skins, seeds, 

 dry refuse, &c. 



Glen Innes (3,000 feet), Bathurst (2,300 feet), Blackheath 

 (3,500 feet), and Cooma (2,500 feet), New South Wales; Mel- 

 bourne, Victoria ; Launceston, Campbelltown, George's Bay and 

 Hobart, Tasmania ; Mount Graham and Port Lincoln, South 

 Australia ; Hamilton to Dunedin, New Zealand ; common in 

 houses, fi'om November to March ; introduced from Europe. 



436. Oec. liji-pochnJca^ n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. albido-luteis, marginibus omnibus strigisque 

 duabus posticis obliquis obscure ochreis ; post, flavescentibus. 



(J 2. 13-17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, bronzy- 

 tinged. Palpi and antennae fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous. 

 Legs fuscous, posterior tibite yellowish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, hindmargin 

 extremely oblique, straight orsomewhat sinuate ; very pale wdiitish- 



