830 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAIT MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



(J. 18 mm. Head whitish. Palpi rosy-whitish, basal half of 

 second joint blackish. Antennae grey. Thorax pale flesh-colour. 

 Abdomen grey. Legs grey, posterior pair whitish. Forewings 

 moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 almost straight, oblique ; light rosy-pink ; a modei-ately large 

 irregular angular black spot somewhat before middle, resting on 

 fold, margined posteiiorly and beneath by a red line ; a moderate 

 blackish fascia from | of costa to anal angle, sinuate inwards 

 above middle, anteriorly sufl'used into fuscous, posteriorly sharply 

 defined and somewhat whitish-edged ; a patch on hindmargin 

 beneath apex somewhat mixed with grey : cilia pale flesh-colour 

 mixed with grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



A very distinct species, intermediate between the two main 

 groups of the genus. 



George's Bay, Tasmania ; one specimen in January. 



Heliocausta, Meyr. 



517. (36a.) Hel. atoecha, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. saturate carneis, pallido-sparsis, punctis disci 

 tribus serieque marginis postici perobscuris griseis ; post, flavidis, 

 9 partim griseo-mixtis, ciliis luteis. 



(J 9. 16-18 mm. Head and thorax reddish-brown, strewn with 

 whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, rosy-tinged. Antennae 

 whitish, sharply annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 

 yellowish. Legs yellow-whitish, anterior tibiae and tarsi dull rosy. 

 Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex roundpointed, 

 hindmargin straight, rather oblique ; reddish-bi'own or deep flesh- 

 colour, strewn with whitish-ochreous scales ; markings formed by 

 a few dark grey scales, very obscure ; a dot in disc at |, a second 

 rather beyond first on fold, and a third in disc at | ; a small spot on 

 costa at ^, a second in middle, and a row of hardly distinguisable 

 dots on apical third of costa and hindmargin : cilia pale rosy, 

 towards tips whitish. Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish, in 9 

 somewhat mixed with grey before apex and towards dorsal margin; 

 cilia pale ochreous-yellowish. 



