824 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



(J 9. 10-12 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs shining rather dark grey ; palpi internally whitish ; patagia 

 orange. Forewings lanceolate ; orange ; two metallic grey dots 

 transversely placed very near base, upi>er connected with base of 

 costa, and lower with middle of base of wing, by black dots ; a 

 thick black erect streak from middle of inner margin, reaching | 

 across wing, dilated at base, anteriorly margined with metallic grey, 

 its apex connected with ] of costa by an oblique metallic grey line ; 

 three parallel linear longitudinal metallic grey streaks in disc, 

 anteriorly terminating in black erect streak, posteriorly reaching 

 to near hindmarginal border ; a narrow blackish hindmarginal 

 border, extending from apex to below anal angle, rather dilated at 

 extremities : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



Larva with abdominal legs rudimentary, almost obsolete ; 

 elongate, gradually tapering posteriorly from sixth segment ; dull 

 light ochreous-reddish ; head small, black ; second segment broader 

 than head, narrower than third, dark fuscous, anteriorly lighter 

 and more ochreous ; anal segment small, black. Mines a short 

 tubular gallery, open at both ends, adjoining midrib, in leaves of 

 Eucahjjjtus tereticornus {MyrtacecB), emerging from anterior end to 

 feed and eating holes in the leaf, ejecting excrement from posterior 

 end ; often three or four larvse in one leaf. Pupa free within the 

 gallery. Larva feeding in September and October. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Adelaide, 

 South Australia ; in October and November ; rarely captured, but 

 bred in plenty from the larva, which is locally abundant. 



APPENDIX ]. 



The foregoing species complete the original scheme of the family ; 

 but as the publication has extended over a period of three years, a 

 considerable number of additional species have come into my hands 

 since the completion of the genera to which they are referable. 

 These will now be added in the form of an appendix ; the species 

 will continue to be numbered in ordinal succession, but a second 

 number will be added in bi-ackets, which will indicate the position 



