804 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



480. Macr chrysotoxa, n. sp. 



Media, alls ant. cupreo-fuscis, triangulo costiB antico dorsum 

 attingente flavo, linea postica transversa incurvata luteola ; post, 

 saturate fuscis. 



-J 9. 16-19 mm. Head fuscous on crown, face whitish-yellowish. 

 Palpi whitish-yellowish, terminal joint anteriorly dark fuscous. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, spotted with whitish. Thorax yellow, 

 anterior margin dark fuscous, expanded centrally into a quadrate 

 spot. Abdomen grey, mixed with whitish-ochreous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, ringed with whitish-yellowish, posterior pair pale 

 yellowish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; coppery-fuscous ; a 

 triangular yellow patch extending on oosta from near base to 

 middle, its posterior angle narrowly produced further along costa, 

 its apex touching inner margin about \ ; sometimes a small 

 whitish-yellowish spot in disc below middle ; a whitish-ochreous 

 rather inwards-curved transverse line from beyond | of costa to 

 anal angle : cilia fuscous, with whitish-ochreous spots on ex- 

 tremities of posterior line. Hind wings dark fuscous ; cilia light 

 fuscous, on costa becoming whitish-yellowish towards tips. 



Larva elongate, cylindrical ; grey-whitish ; subdorsal very 

 broad, purplish-fuscous ; a small fuscous spot on each segment on 

 side ; head blackish-fuscous ; second segment with anterior half 

 ochreous-yellow, posterior half blackish-fuscous. Feeds between 

 tubularly united leaflets of Acacia dectcrrens, forming a gallery of 

 silk and refuse. Pupa amongst refuse, affixed by tail. 



Brisbane and Toowoomba (2,000 feet), Queensland ; Newcastle 

 and Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne and Warragul, 

 Victoria ; Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania ; common from 

 September to April. 



481. Macr. viesopora, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. luteolis, fascia aiitica angusta saturate fusca, 

 dimidio apicali cupreo-fusco maculis costte angulique analis 

 obscuris luteolis notato ; post saturatius fuscis 



