826 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



middle, apex round-pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, oblique ; 

 light reddish-grey, finely and thinly irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 costal edge ochreous-whitish except at base ; a vei'y small cloudy 

 dark fuscous spot on middle of costa, and three equidistant cloudy 

 dark fuscous costal dots between this and apex ; sometimes a 

 moderate round dark fuscous spot in middle of inner margin ; 

 sometimes anterior half of wing obscurely sufi"used with rather 

 dark fuscous ; traces of an obscure curved cloudy dark fuscous 

 line from centi'al costal spot to anal angle, and a similar waved 

 line from last costal dot to anal angle ; a hindmarginal row uf 

 dark fuscous dots : cilia whitish-ochreous, base reddish-tinged, 

 somewhat mixed with dark fuscous, and with a dark fuscous spot 

 at apex. Hindwings whitish, apex pale greyish ; cilia whitish, 

 towards apex rosy-tinged. 



A variable species, most allied to P. micrastrella, but not 

 capable of being confused with it. 



Deloraine and Mount Wellington (2,500 feet), Tasmania ; three 

 specimens amongst Leptosi)erriium in November and December, 



511. (8a.) Palp, hesycluea, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. dilutissirae griseo-ochreis, lineis transversis 

 nebulosis subcurvis tribus saturatioribus, punctis costjB posticis 

 tribus saturate fuscis ; post, exalbidis. 



5. 22 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, and thorax whitish, finely 

 irrorated with pale greyish-ochreous ; tuft of palpi dense, nearly 

 as long as terminal joint. Abdomen and -legs whitish, anterior 

 tibise and tarsi fuscous. Forewings moderate, dilated posteriorly, 

 costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin rather 

 sinuate, somewhat oblique ; very pale whitish-ochreous, greyish- 

 tinged ; three indistinct cloudy greyish-ochreous ti-ansverse lines, 

 somewhat curved ; first from \ of costa to middle of inner margin, 

 second from middle of costa to f of inner margin, third from f of 

 costa to anal angle ; thi'ee dark fuscous dots on costa between 

 middle and apex : cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex and 

 upper half of hindmargin with a cloudy dark fuscous terminal 

 line. Hindwings and cilia whitish, slightly ochreous-tinged. 



