734 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



costa hardly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very oblique, 

 in $ slightly rounded, in $ somewhat sinuate ; dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; a large subquadrate yellow spot on inner margin 

 near base, upper side near and parallel to costa, posterior side 

 somewhat curved, lower side shorter than upper ; extreme costal 

 edge pale yellow posteriorly ; some whitish-yellow scales on costa 

 at £ , and on inner margin before anal angle, in £ forming distinct 

 spots; cilia dark fuscous, tips on hindmargin ochreous-whitish. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia ochreous-yellowish, with a dark 

 fuscous basal line, round apex becoming wholly dark fuscous. 



Distinguished by the form of the yellow spot, which is contracted 

 below, with the posterior edge curved. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Vic- 

 toria ; three specimens in October and January. 



266. Pelt, basiplaga, Walk. 



flncurvaria basiplaga, Walk. 490 ; Oecophora quadratella, ib. 

 1029.) 



Minor, alis ant. saturate purpureo-fuscis, macula dorsi ad basim 

 subquadrata magna flava inferius dilatata, macula costa? media 

 parva fasciaque postica angusta albido-ochreis ; post, saturatusi 

 fuscis. 



£ Q. 14-16 mm. Head bright yellow. Palpi in £ long, in Q 

 extremely long, yellowish, second joint with basal half and sub- 

 apical ring dark fuscous, in £ anterior edge dark fuscous. 

 Antenna?, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax with a 

 few yellowish scales anteriorly ; antennal cilia tions 2. Legs 

 ochreous-yellow, anterior and middle pair banded with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin almost straight, oblique; dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; a large subquadrate bright yellow blotch on inner 

 margin near base, upper side near and parallel to costa, posterior 

 side straight, lower side rather longer than upper ; a small 

 cloudy whitish-ochreous spot on middle of costa ; a slender 

 whitish-ochreous fascia from -| of costa to | of inner margin, dilated 

 on margins, slightly inwards-curved, sometimes interrupted in 



