736 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



<£. 19 mm. Head, palpi, antenna), thorax, abdomen, and legs 

 grey ; posterior legs grey- whitish ; palpi long ; antennal ciliations 

 3. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hind- 

 margin almost straight, very oblique ; shining grey, slightly 

 ochreous-tinged ; costal edge slenderly white from \ to near apex : 

 cilia shining grey. Hindwings rather dark grey, apex darker ; 

 cilia grey, with a darker line. 



Hobart, Tasmania, in January ; one specimen. 



269. Pelt, conjunctella, Walk. 



(CEcojihora covjunctella, Walk. 686.) 



Media, alis ant. dilute albido-ochreis, interdum punctis disci 

 duobus saturate fuscis ; post, dilute ochreo-flavis, apice fusco. 



£ Q. 20-26 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs pale 

 whitish-ochreous ; palpi very long ; antennal ciliations 4 ; anterior 

 legs internally dark fuscous. Abdomen light ochreous-yellow. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa 

 moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate, 

 oblique ; pale whitish-ochreous, sometimes fuscous-tinged ; extreme 

 base of costa dark fuscous ; sometimes a dark fuscous dot on fold 

 before middle, and another in disc beyond middle, but these are 

 often absent : cilia pale whitish-ochreous. Hindwings light 

 ochreous-yellow, apex and upper part of hindmargin very narrowly 

 suffused with fuscous-grey ; cilia whitish-yellowish. 



Brisbane and Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland ; Newcastle 

 and Sydney, New South Wales ; rather common in September and 

 October, especially on fences. 



270. Pelt, cataxera, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. dilutius ochreo-griseis, punctis disci tribua 

 serieque postica flexuosa nigrescentibus ; post, griseis. 



<J. 22-24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light ochreous-grey ; 

 palpi long. Antenna; grey -whitish, annulated with dark fuscous ; 

 ciliations 4. Abdomen grey. Legs dark grey, posterior pair grey- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly somewhat 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 



