785 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



446. Oec. eurrlion, n. sp. 



Minor, alls ant. ochreis, costa anguste nivea ; post, albido- 

 griseis, apice ochreo-tincto. 



(J 9. 15-17 mm. Head white, crown more or less ochreous- 

 grey. Palpi white, second joint mixed with ochreous and grey, 

 terminal joint anteriorly grey. Antennai whitish. Thorax 

 brownish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs dark grey, 

 posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather 

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

 extremely obliquely rounded; yellowish-ochreous; a narrow white 

 streak along costa from base to 5 : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings very pale whitish-grey, apex suffused witli Avhitisli-ochreous ; 

 cilia very pale whitish-ochreous. 



Sydney, Blackheath (3,500 feet), and Bathurst (2,300 feet). 

 New South Wales ; Launceston, Tasmania ; rather connnon from 

 January to April. 



447. Oec. scholrm, Meyr. 

 {Oecophora scholcea, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst., 1883, 35.) 

 Media, alls ant. dilute griseis, rufescenti-conspersis, maculis 



costiB tribus anticis, punctis disci duobus, tertio plicae post 

 primum disci posito, lineaque postica transversa angulata saturate 

 fuscis ; post, griseis. 



Wellington to Invercai-gill, New Zealand, from Deceml)er to 

 February. 



448. Oec. letharga, Meyr. 



(Oecophora letharga, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst, 1883, 35 ) 

 Minor, alis ant. albido-griseis, fusco-conspersis, maculis costte 

 tribus anticis nebulosis, punctis disci duobus, tertio plicse ante 

 primum disci posito, lineaque postica transversa angulata saturate 

 fuscis ; post, griseis. 



Dunedin, New Zealand, in January. 



449. Oec. chlnritis, Meyr. 

 {Oecophora chloritis, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst., 1883, 36.) 



