798 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Parva, alls ant. albis, fusco-conspersis, punctis nebulcsis 

 plerisque, tribus etiam disci iusignioribus iiigris ; post, griseis, 

 basim versus dilutioribus. 



(J 9. 9-12 mm. Head and thorax ochreous- whitish, irrorated 

 with blackish. Palpi ochreous-white, basal half of second joint and 

 base of apical joint black. Antennae whitish, sufFusedly annulated 

 with dark grey. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. Legs dark 

 fuscous ringed with whitish, posterior pair whitish. Forewings 

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

 hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; white, finely irrorated 

 with fuscous ; markings formed by a coarse black irroratiou, 

 consisting of numerous small cloudy irregularly scattered spots, 

 and three rather larger and more conspicuous in disc, first before 

 middle, second on fold obliquely before first, third at | : cilia 

 whitish, with a sharp black median line, base irrorated with black. 

 Hindwings grey, becoming much paler towards base ; cilia grey 

 whitish. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Newcastle and Sydney, New South 

 Wales ; Launceston, Tasmania ; in September, January, and 

 July, not uncommon on trunks of Eucalyptus. 



68. DissELiA, Meyr. 



Head smooth, sidetufts rather large, appi^essed. Antenun3 in ^ 

 serrate, moderately strongly ciliated (1^), basal joint rather 

 elongate, with strong pecten. Palpi rather short, second joint not 

 reaching base of antennae, with smooth appressed scales, terminal 

 joint shorter than second, moderate, curved. Thorax smooth. 

 Forewings elongate, hindmargin very oldique. Hindwings slightly 

 narrower than forewings, almost ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1 ; in (J . 

 with an expanded spherical tuft of very long fine radiating hairs 

 at base above. Abdomen somewhat flattened. Posterior tibire 

 clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings with vein 7 to 

 costa, 2 from angle of cell. Hindwings normal. 



Nearly allied to Oecophora and Crossopliora, probably developed 

 from the former ; diffex'ing from all others 1)y the spherical tuft 

 of hairs on the hindwings of ^. 



